- Founded
- 1931
- Coordinates
- 44.8342° N, 87.3763° WGoogle Maps: Roen Steamship CompanyDownload KML
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimeshippingeconomyheritage
Summary
The Roen Steamship Company was one of the Great Lakes operations John Roen built after moving from Charlevoix to Sturgeon Bay in 1931. The held obituary also connects the company to the two years of service of the recommissioned Captain John Roen.
Evidence and limits
The source does not provide incorporation papers, officers, a complete fleet, or a precise legal relationship to the Roen Transportation Company and shipyard. The 1931 date is the source’s business-move context, not a verified incorporation date.
Open questions
- What corporate records establish the company’s formation, officers, and successor?
- Which Roen tugs and freighters belonged to or were operated by the company?
See also
Sources
- Charlevoix Courier, December 9, 1970, “Death Claims Captain: Roen Steamship Empire Was Launched in Charlevoix.”Says John Roen built the Roen Steamship Company after moving his operation from Charlevoix to Sturgeon Bay in 1931, and that his company sailed the recommissioned Captain John Roen for two years. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
- Corroborates the company's creation after the 1931 move and its role in Roen's Great Lakes tug and salvage operations.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1970-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eleven-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1970-12_Beaver-Beacon
- ArcGIS World Geocoding Service, city-level lookup for Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, retrieved 2026-08-06.Returned a city-level point at longitude -87.376269, latitude 44.834209. The held obituary places the company’s post-1931 operation in Sturgeon Bay but gives no office, dock, or shipyard address; this is a city locator.
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Roen Steamship Company”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/organizations/roen-steamship-company/, accessed [date], citing Charlevoix Courier, December 9, 1970, “Death Claims Captain: Roen Steamship Empire Was Launched in Charlevoix.” (and 3 further sources listed on the page).
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