Plaunt Transportation, Inc.
Serving Bois Blanc Island since 1932.

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The man who started it all:
Charles Plaunt
d.o.b. 5-29-1883
Piloted the following boats from 1932-1948:
1927 Margaret
1930 Adventure
1937 Ada-M
1944 Nora

 

Thanks to Charlie Haefner for the pic.

Raymond Plaunt, 2nd generation
d.o.b. 6-17-1920
Piloted the following boats starting in 1948:
Ada-M
Nora
Char
1954-1984 Char-Leann II
1979-1987 Chee-Maun-Nes
1987-     Kristen D

 

Thanks to Charlie Haefner for the pic.

Curtis Plaunt, 3rd generation
d.o.b. 9-14-1952
Worked on the following boats starting in 1963, Piloted after obtaining license in 1973:
Char-Leann II
1979 Chee-Maun-Nes
1987 Kristen D
1998 Kristen D lengthened 30'

 

Jason Plaunt, 4th generation
d.o.b. 2-8-1981
Started working on the Kristen D in 1992

 

Ryan McLaren, 4th generation (Char's son)
d.o.b. 4-14-1975
Started working in 1985, obtained license in 1997
1985 Chee-Maun-Nes
1987 Kristen D

 

Kristen D.
d.o.b. 4-14-83
Started working in 1993 in the office and on the boat until she graduated high school in 2001.

 


 

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 Lori Bohn

 

 Lee McNamara

 

 

 

© 2010 Robert E. Johnston