Daily Press file photo With cruises on Little Bay de Noc scheduled to begin from Gladstone’s Harbor as part of the 4th of July Celebration, the Baytowne Belle, owned by Bay Town Navigation Co., was lifted into the water the morning of July 1, 1985 at the north shore yard of the T.D. Vinette Co., which built the boat. The 49-passenger vessel cruised in Little Bay de Noc that summer with regular trips to Washington Island. A “Travel Lift,” which straddled the boat and carried it in a sling, was used to launch the vessel.

Daily Press file photo

With cruises on Little Bay de Noc scheduled to begin from Gladstone’s Harbor as part of the 4th of July Celebration, the Baytowne Belle, owned by Bay Town Navigation Co., was lifted into the water the morning of July 1, 1985 at the north shore yard of the T.D. Vinette Co., which built the boat. The 49-passenger vessel cruised in Little Bay de Noc that summer with regular trips to Washington Island. A “Travel Lift,” which straddled the boat and carried it in a sling, was used to launch the vessel.