Sport

Ship Dog of the Great Lakes

by Pamela Cameron

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illustrated by Renée Graef

Sport is the true story of a Newfoundland-Retriever who lived on the U.S. Lighthouse Service Tender Hyacinth from 1914-1926. The book highlights some of Sport’s adventures, including helping the crew, being lost in Chicago, and a trip on a Great Lakes passenger ship. Sport was a valued companion to his crew and a recognizable mascot on Lake Michigan.

Pamela Cameron Pamela Cameron has been an elementary and middle school librarian and a public librarian in Wisconsin and Michigan. She is a member of the Association for Great Lakes Maritime History, the Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association, and the Great Lakes Historical Society. (via sportshipdog.com)

Photo of Pamela Cameron with a large stuffed animal of Sport the Ship Dog.

Learn more about Pamela Cameron and Sport at: https://sportshipdog.com/