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Under threatening skies the Saginaw from the Lower Lakes Towing fleet makes an early morning appearance at Sarnia entering the St. Clair river . The Lower Lakes fleet is perhaps one of the most unique on the lakes, operating a variety of classic second hand vessels the big fleets disposed of years ago, may they continue to run for years to come.
Name: Shaun Hinz
Company: Lower Lakes Towing…
Date: 08/14/2013
Ship: Saginaw
Country: Canada
Registry: Nanticoke
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With her cargo of taconite discharged at Severstal Steel at the Rouge, the Charles M. Beeghly is upbound on the Detroit River at the Ambassador Bridge in ballast for Marquette. The Beeghly now sails as the Hon. James L. Oberstar.
Name: Earl Minnis
Company: Interlake Steamshi…
Date: 07/29/2009
Ship: Charles M. Beeghly
Country: Canada
Registry: Wilmington Del
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Canadian Leader, at the scrapyard, Port Coulborne, ONT. 9/18/2011
Name: Jack D Kuiphoff
Company: Upper Lakes Shippi…
Date: 09/18/2011
Ship: Canadian Leader
Country: Canada
Registry: Toronto
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The Federal Miramichi sits docked at Thunder Bay Terminals Ltd. (TBTL) awaiting a load of potash (or coal?) on a late and warm Septemeber evening.
Name: David Young
Company: Fednav Group
Date: 09/24/2011
Ship: Federal Miramichi
Country: Canada
Registry: Antigua & Bar…
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CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent has just tied up at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography. She will be in town for a few days to resupply and get fuel. After that she will sail for the Labrador Strait to resume icebreaking operations.
Name: Josh Roth
Company: Canadian Coast Gua…
Date: 01/28/2013
Ship: CCGS Louis S. St-L…
Country: Canada
Registry: Ottawa
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With GM's World Headquarters in Detroit providing the backdrop, LLT's freshly painted Tecumseh is upbound for Thunder Bay to load grain.
Name: Earl Minnis
Company: Lower Lakes Towing…
Date: 10/03/2017
Ship: Tecumseh
Country: Canada
Registry: Port Dover
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Heavy ice conditions dictate icebreaker service in the lower Great Lakes. CCGS Samuel Risley leads the Saginaw, Algomarine and CSL Tadoussac upbound for Lake Huron. The Saginaw, loaded with coal from Sandusky Ohio, is destined for Sault Ste. Marie Ontario.
Name: Earl Minnis
Company: Lower Lakes Towing…
Date: 01/09/2014
Ship: Saginaw
Country: Canada
Registry: Nanticoke
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Built in 2013, the downbound Whitefish Bay passes the upbound 1943-built Cuyahoga just above Lake Huron's lights 1 and 2.
Name: Earl Minnis
Company: Canada Steamship L…
Date: 08/10/2013
Ship: Whitefish Bay
Country: Canada
Registry: Montreal, Quebec
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From the archives 30 years ago today we have the Canadoc(2) and Algogulf(1) laid up in the north slip at Point Edward, ON. The Canadoc was scrapped in Colombia in 1991 while the Algogulf sails today as the Algosteel.
Name: Marc Dease
Company: N. M. Paterson and…
Date: August 2, 1987
Ship: Canadoc
Country: Canada
Registry:
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Algoma Central Corporations Algoma Provider is laid up in Hamilton, Ontario for maintenance.
Name: Stephen C. Host
Company: Algoma Central
Date: 04/02/2012
Ship: Algoma Provider
Country: Canada
Registry:
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Downbound on Lake Huron at Point Edward, the Maumee completes the turn at lights 1 and 2 as she prepares to enter the St. Clair River en route to Windsor. After 5 years of dependable service since her last survey, the Maumee laid up at Cleveland, OH in late 2010 with an uncertain future. The venerable lake boat's owners retired the Maumee after having acquired and placed into service much newer, more modern vessels. After gradually stripping the old self-unloader of parts needed for their other vessels, the Maumee's scrap tow departed Cleveland late on December 1, 2011 with 'G' tugs Illinois on her bow and Iowa controlling her stern. The tow crossed Lake Erie arriving at International Marine Salvage, Inc., Port Colborne, ON in the morning of December 3, 2011.
Name: Earl Minnis
Company: Lower Lakes Transp…
Date: 05/23/2009
Ship: Maumee
Country: Canada
Registry: Cleveland Ohio
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Making a rare visit to the Motor City, the 107 year old St. Marys Challenger works at Detroit's Lafarge Cement facility. Currently holding the honors of being the oldest lake boat still trading on the Great Lakes, the self unloading cement carrier St. Marys Challenger was built as a traditional Great Lakes bulk carrier as hull #17 by Great Lakes Engineering Works, Ecorse (Detroit), MI in 1906. This veteran of the lakes was launched February 7, 1906 as the William P. Snyder for Shenango Steamship & Transportation Co. (subsidiary of Shenango Furnace Co.), Cleveland, OH. Retaining her original overall dimensions, the St. Marys Challenger is now powered by a Skinner Marine Unaflow 4 cylinder reciprocating steam engine burning heavy fuel oil rated at 3,500 i.h.p. (2,611 kW) with 2 water tube boilers. The power is fed to a single fixed pitch propeller and the vessel is equipped with a bow thruster. The vessel is capable of carrying 10,250 tons (10,415 mt) in 8 holds at mid summer draft of 21’09” (6.63m). Cargoes of bulk or powdered cement can be unloaded by a fully automated system including air slides, conveyor equipment and bucket elevators feeding a forward mounted 48’ (14.63m) discharge boom. Of note, the St. Marys Challenger is one of only two remaining U.S. flagged vessels still active on the Great Lakes to be powered by the classic Skinner Marine Unaflow steam engine. The other vessel is the car ferry Badger (2) which is powered by two of these engines and, in turn, remains as the only coal fired vessel still in active service on the Great Lakes.
Name: Earl Minnis
Company: Port City Steamshi…
Date: 08/06/2013
Ship: St. Marys Challeng…
Country: Canada
Registry: Philadelphia PA
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Built in 1963 at Canadian Vickers in Montreal for the Upper Lakes fleet as the Quebecois, the Algoma Quebecois, under the Algoma Central flag, sails downbound on the Detroit River for Quebec City. She was recently sent to the scrapper in Port Colborne. Another classic bites the dust.
Name: Earl Minnis
Company: Algoma Central Cor…
Date: 10/05/2012
Ship: Algoma Quebecois
Country: Canada
Registry: Toronto
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Sam Laud is upbound the Detroit River on a nice summer day.
Name: Josh Roth
Company: American Steamship…
Date: 08/19/2012
Ship: Sam Laud
Country: Canada
Registry: Wilmington, Del
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In ballast for Thunder Bay on a fine fall morning, the Gordon C. Leitch passes the beautiful skyline of Detroit. On February 25, 2011, a formal statement was issued announcing the sale of the privately owned Upper Lakes Shipping fleet and their associated interest in Seaway Marine Transport to Algoma Central Corporation. Former Upper Lakes Chairman of the Board, company spokesman and owner John D. ("Jack") Leitch stated "It is with some regret and sadness that I tell you that we have decided to sell the vessels of Upper Lakes Shipping and our interest in Seaway Marine Transport to Algoma Central Corporation. A definitive agreement has been signed and the deal is anticipated to close in about a month. By the end of this season the proud logo on the funnels of Upper Lakes vessels would no longer be seen on the Great Lakes or along the St. Lawrence River." Jack further states "For 80 years we have been a part of the Canadian landscape and of the fabric of the Canadian economy." The Upper Lakes Shipping fleet would take its place in modern Canadian Great Lakes history as having been a prominent player in the economic development of the regions served by the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway system. On April 15, 2011, Algoma announced that Gordon C. Leitch would retain her current name. The Gordon C. Leitch operated for Algoma throughout the 2011 season remaining in her ULS livery which continued to fuel rumors of her impending demise. She departed Hamilton on December 13 bound for Toledo OH to take on a partial load of grain, proceeding to Goderich to complete loading. This load, which proved to be her last, was partially discharged in Montreal with the remainder in Port Cartier. Afterwards she returned to Montreal for winter layup arriving there on December 28, 2011, berthing alongside the Algocape. Both vessels failed to fit out for the 2012 season and by June 12 they had been sold for scrap and had their Canadian registries closed. With her name shortened to DON for her last voyage, stack markings painted over and a homeport of Freetown (Sierra Leone) lettered on the stern, the Leitch was pulled from Montreal on August 15 by the deep sea tug Centaurus with Florence M on the stern, bound for Aliaga Turkey. The former Ralph Misener was beached there on September 10, and subsequently broken up. Thanks to Boatnerd.com for the additional information.
Name: Earl Minnis
Company: Upper Lakes Shippi…
Date: 10/14/2007
Ship: Gordon C. Leitch
Country: Canada
Registry: St. Catharines, O…
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Two Japanese built FedNav ships - Yukon and Agno are docked at Hamilton, Ontario - in pretty fall lighting.
Name: Stephen C. Host
Company: FedNav Group
Date: 10/24/2013
Ship: Federal Yukon, Agn…
Country: Canada
Registry: Hong Kong
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