by Guest » June 17, 2022, 7:33 am
Did ships always use the South Channel when transiting the lower part of the St. Clair River at Algonac or did they ever use the North Channel to enter the Middle Channel to reach Lake St. Clair? I recall seeing a few ships go down the North Channel to unload stone on Harsens Island back in the 1980s of which one was the Middletown. I believe the Buffalo also made this trip and I do recall seeing one of USS's stone boats, possibly the T. W. Robinson, Rogers City, or Irvin L. Clymer, upbound in the North Channel on one occasion during the very early 1980s. I was just inquiring if the North Channel and Middle Channel ever saw regular transits of commercial traffic. I'm assuming that there would have been serious water depth problems in these channels for larger vessels.
Did ships always use the South Channel when transiting the lower part of the St. Clair River at Algonac or did they ever use the North Channel to enter the Middle Channel to reach Lake St. Clair? I recall seeing a few ships go down the North Channel to unload stone on Harsens Island back in the 1980s of which one was the Middletown. I believe the Buffalo also made this trip and I do recall seeing one of USS's stone boats, possibly the T. W. Robinson, Rogers City, or Irvin L. Clymer, upbound in the North Channel on one occasion during the very early 1980s. I was just inquiring if the North Channel and Middle Channel ever saw regular transits of commercial traffic. I'm assuming that there would have been serious water depth problems in these channels for larger vessels.