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On a bitter winter day, the Saginaw is the first of 3 upbound classic lakers being escorted by the icebreaker Samuel Risley (out of the frame). The Saginaw destined for Sault Ste. Marie, is followed by the Algomarine for Goderich and the CSL Tadoussac bound for Thunder Bay.
Name: Earl Minnis
Company: Lower Lakes Towing…
Date: 01/09/2014
Ship: Saginaw
Country: Canada
Registry: Port Dover ON
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A fine first day of summer sees the Algorail downbound at Point Edward with a split-load of stone for Sarnia and Corunna.
Name: Earl Minnis
Company: Algoma Central Cor…
Date: 06/21/2014
Ship: Algorail
Country: Canada
Registry: Sault Ste. Marie
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With a partial load already dispersed overnight in Windsor, the Mississagi prepares to offload her remaining cargo in Kingsville.
Name: Earl Minnis
Company: Lower Lakes Towing…
Date: 04/17/2017
Ship: Mississagi
Country: Canada
Registry: Port Dover
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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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In ballast for Stoneport Michigan, the John G. Munson is up on the Detroit River at Windsor. Following in the distance is the "Queen of the Lakes" Paul R. Tregurtha.
Name: Earl Minnis
Company: Great Lakes Fleet …
Date: 10/05/2017
Ship: John G. Munson
Country: Canada
Registry: Duluth
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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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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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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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The Calumet discharges stone at the Southwest Sales dock in east Windsor.
Name: Earl Minnis
Company: Lower Lakes Transp…
Date: 05/11/2012
Ship: Calumet
Country: Canada
Registry: Cleveland, Ohio
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The Algoma Transfer is downbound from Lake Huron at Point Edward on Canada Day 2011.The Algoma Transfer was built by joining the stern section of Canadian Explorer (engine room, machinery) with the bow and mid-body of the WWII-era laker Hamilton Transfer in 1998 at Port Weller Dry Docks.She spent the 2012 and 2013 seasons tied up in Goderich. Things don't look promising for her.
Name: Earl Minnis
Company: Algoma Central Cor…
Date: 07/01/2011
Ship: Algoma Transfer
Country: Canada
Registry: Toronto Ontario
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Built by Bay Shipbuilding as the Columbia Star in 1981, the American Century unloads taconite ore at U.S. Steel's Great Lakes Works on Zug Island.
Name: Earl Minnis
Company: American Steamship…
Date: 01/07/2012
Ship: American Century
Country: Canada
Registry: Wilmington, Delaw…
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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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