Snow and ice coat the Rouse Simmons and its cargo of Christmas trees in 1910, two years before it sank off Wisconsin. Elsie Schuenemann stands near the wheel of the Christmas Ship, near the Clark ...

It was bound for Chicago, with a cargo of Christmas trees ... December 7th when they host their annual Christmas Tree Ship Day.

A ship and its captain, the crew, the trees, the tradition — all combined in a 1912 Yuletime tragedy to make a Great Lakes legend. As folks in Windsor and Essex County tuck into their Night ...

MANITOWOC – The Christmas Tree Ship the Rouse Simmons will be the focus of a program at Wisconsin Maritime Museum on the anniversary of its disappearance. The Rouse Simmons, known as the ...

Authorities in the island district of Kalangala have banned transportation of cargo like timber, large sacks of brooms, and stones on MV Kalangala during the Christmas period. MV Kalangala is ...