Travel Bug Dog Tag Great Lakes Tug Bug

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Owner:
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Released:
Monday, June 7, 2010
Origin:
Minnesota, United States
Recently Spotted:
In the hands of Herr Hasenpfote.

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My goal is to travel around the Great Lakes hiding in caches along the way. I hail from Two Harbors, Minnesota an iron ore shipping port. The Edna G tugboat is picture on the state charm. It sits near the iron ore docks where summer tours are available.

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Great Lakes Tug Bug

It's a Minnesota state shape charm with a picture of the Edna G tugboat.

The Edna G was built in 1896 by the Cleveland Ship Building Company of Cleveland, Ohio. she was purchased by the Duluth and Iron Range Railroad for approximately $50,000, and was named after the railroad president's daughter, Edna Greatsinger. this coal-burning, steam-powered tugboat was the last one of its kind operating on Lake Superior. She measures 110 feet in length and has a beam of 23 feet. Her average coal consumption was 25 tons a week. She was designed specifically for transporting ore carriers to and from the Two Harbors docks, and for towing barges and smaller steam ships. Her crew consisted of the Captain, the Chief Engineer, a deckhand and a fireman. She only left the Two Harbors area once in her 85 years of operation, when she was requisitioned to tow vessels up and down the Atlantic coast during WWI. the Edna G was retired on January 6, 1981.

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Tracking History (2859.5mi) View Map

Discovered It 5/30/2011 JMKR discovered it   Visit Log

Spotted in CacheKamm's hands at Entrada camp.
Retrieve It from a Cache 5/30/2011 CacheKamm retrieved it from Kissing Turtle Overlook Utah   Visit Log

Found it while visiting Moab with BSA troop 444 from Littleton CO. We have brought the bug back with us and will be depositing in a location in CO. First bug we have found!
Dropped Off 5/27/2011 RAJimmy placed it in Kissing Turtle Overlook Utah - 947.83 miles  Visit Log

Dropped in GCN8FQ
Retrieve It from a Cache 4/10/2011 RAJimmy retrieved it from Forest of Sand Dunes Minnesota   Visit Log

Fun history, will find a new cache.
Dropped Off 10/31/2010 yellowdogs placed it in Forest of Sand Dunes Minnesota - 357.33 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 10/16/2010 yellowdogs retrieved it from They Took Our Neighborhood School! Minnesota   Visit Log

We love the North Shore and Lake Superior, so this was a good find! We will keep it moving!
Dropped Off 10/12/2010 MinnesotaKit placed it in They Took Our Neighborhood School! Minnesota - 10.5 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 8/7/2010 MinnesotaKit retrieved it from Max's Mission Minnesota   Visit Log

Picked up and will try to move it closer to the Great Lakes.
Discovered It 8/7/2010 MinnesotaBen discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered in "Max's Mission" and was picked up by Minnesota Kit.
Dropped Off 7/31/2010 julesnstu placed it in Max's Mission Minnesota - 330.62 miles  Visit Log
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