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Mississagi arriving at the City Dock in Sarnia with a load of stone.
Name: Marc Dease
Company: Lower Lakes Towing
Date: 5/24/2017
Ship: Mississagi
Country: Canada
Registry:
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Saginaw looking as spectacular as ever in the fading light as she makes the turn down bound at buoys 1 & 2 in the Huron cut.
Name: Marc Dease
Company: Lower Lakes Towing…
Date: 5/21/2017
Ship: Saginaw
Country: Canada
Registry:
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Two classic Lakeboats from the Lower Lakes fleet layover in Sarnia, Ontario on Winter Layup. Crews performing maintenance on these beauties hopefully mean many more seasons to come - but who's waiting? Get them while you still can.
Name: Stephen Host
Company: Lower Lakes Towing…
Date: 02/11/2017
Ship: Ojibway, Cuyahoga
Country: Sarnia, Ontario C…
Registry: Nanticoke
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Built in 1952, this fine looking Interlake Steamship Company specimen is downbound on the St. Clair River passing the homes , which to be frank, only have a view of Chemical plants on the other side in Sarnia. At least the blossoms are out making for a pretty scene.
Name: Stephen C. Host
Company: Interlake Steamshi…
Date: 05/13/2017
Ship: Kaye E. Barker
Country: USA
Registry:
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James Norris exits lock 8 upbound in the Welland Canal.
Name: Josh Roth
Company: Upper Lakes Shippi…
Date: 07/06/2004
Ship: James Norris
Country: Canada
Registry: Toronto
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Algoma Equinox enters Hamilton harbour with a load of iron ore for Defasco.
Name: Josh Roth
Company: Algoma Central Cor…
Date: 27/05/2014
Ship: Algoma Equinox
Country: Canada
Registry: St Catherines
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The CCGS Samuel Risley, upbound on the Detroit River in heavy ice, leads a convoy of ships (Saginaw, Algomarine, CSL Tadoussac) to lower Lake Huron.
Name: Earl Minnis
Company: Canadian Coast Gua…
Date: 01/09/2014
Ship: CCGS Samuel Risley
Country: Canada
Registry: Ottawa
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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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In a convoy of 3 classic lakers lead by CCGS Samuel Risley, the Algomarine heads for Goderich to load salt. The CSL Tadoussac follows in the distance.
Name: Earl Minnis
Company: Algoma Central Cor…
Date: 01/09/2014
Ship: Algomarine
Country: Canada
Registry: Sault Ste. Marie
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The third vessel in a convoy lead by the CCGS Samuel Risley, the CSL Tadoussac is upbound for Thunder Bay in heavy river ice.
Name: Earl Minnis
Company: Canada Steamship L…
Date: 01/09/2014
Ship: CSL Tadoussac
Country: Canada
Registry: Collingwood
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Having been deliverd to CSL only a few month's ago. Canada Steamship Lines Thunder Bay is downbound in the St Lawrence River bound for Quebec.
Name: Josh Roth
Company: Canada Steamship L…
Date: 11/10/2013
Ship: Thunder Bay
Country: United States
Registry: Montreal, QC
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Mississagi sits at Bunge Oilseeds in Hamilton - across from Pier 11 of the Port of Hamilton.
Name: Stephen C. Host
Company: Lower Lakes Towing
Date: 12/22/2013
Ship: Mississagi
Country: Canada
Registry: Nanticoke
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Built for Carryore as the Lake Manitoba by Davie Shipbuilding in 1968, the Algomarine is downbound on the Detroit River at Windsor.
Name: Earl Minnis
Company: Algoma Central Cor…
Date: 04/30/2013
Ship: Algomarine
Country: Canada
Registry: Sault Ste. Marie
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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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The general cargo carrier Happy Rover is downbound on the Detroit River at Windsor.
Name: Earl Minnis
Company: Giant Marine
Date: 07/26/2011
Ship: Happy Rover
Country: Canada
Registry: Amsterdam, Nether…
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The Sten Aurora of Bergen Norway loads at the Shell Refinery in Sarnia.
Name: Earl Minnis
Company: Rederiet Stenersen…
Date: 07/04/2011
Ship: Sten Aurora
Country: Canada
Registry: Bergen Norway
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The Tecumseh loads grain at ADM's facility in Windsor.
Name: Earl Minnis
Company: Lower Lakes Towing…
Date: 12/18/2013
Ship: Tecumseh
Country: Canada
Registry: Port Dover, Ontar…
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The Algorail loads salt destined for Toronto. She was built at Collingwood Shipyards in 1968.
Name: Earl Minnis
Company: Algoma Central Cor…
Date: 12/18/2013
Ship: Algorail
Country: Canada
Registry: Sault Ste. Marie
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Having just gone under the Allanburg bridge. Canadian Miner is downbound in the Welland Canal for Lock 7.
Name: Josh Roth
Company: Upper Lakes Shippi…
Date: 06/2008
Ship: Canadian Miner
Country: Canada
Registry: Toronto
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Working through the night, the Frontenac discharges stone at Southwest Sales in east Windsor as dawn approaches. The Frontenac was built by Davie Shipbuilding in Lauzon, QC in 1968. She was converted to a self-unloader at Collingwood Shipyards in 1973.
Name: Earl Minnis
Company: Canada Steamship L…
Date: 07/10/2011
Ship: Frontenac
Country: Canada
Registry: Montreal
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