>>1127281Lakes steamers are one of the coolest little-known things that the US has going for it in terms of /n/-tier excitement.
If I was interested in doing the merchant marine thing, working a lake steamer seems like it's about as /comfy/ as it could get. Doubly-so if you're on one of the really big boats that can't get through the welland and you're basically sailing a landlocked panamax for a living.