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Old 07-25-2014, 02:56 PM   #1
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Does anyone know who these two boats are named after? Is there a story?
I know a lot of lake trivia, but not that.
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Here's the history:
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Does anyone know who these two boats are named after? Is there a story?
I know a lot of lake trivia, but not that.

Sophie C and Doris E were the wife and daughter-in-law of Carl Gustaph Hedbloom, whose company, GS&E, built the Old Mount Washington.


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