Interlake Shipping Company

The Interlake Steamship Company is a shipping company that mainly operates its fleet on the North American Great Lakes. The firm was found in 1913 when a consortium of firms bought out the seventeen vessels of the Gilchrist Company, which had gone into receivership. The other firms were: the Lackawanna Steamship Company; the Acme Steamship Company; the Standard Steamship Company; the Provident Steamship Company; the Acme Steamship Company and the Huron Barge Company. The combined fleet operate 56 vessels.

According to Mark L. Thompson's 1994 Queen of the Lakes, when Interlake launched its largest vessel, the William J. Delancey, its fleet contained 151, vessels, and was capable of carrying over three million tons of cargo, at one time.