by Guest » September 5, 2023, 8:47 am
guest wrote: September 4, 2023, 3:13 pm
when she went up bound into lake huron she probably did this to turn around and head back to zug island. remember when the renvoyle turned in the river and not going out on the lake to safely turn and proceed downbound. it was the end of her career
The portion of the river where the Renvoyle attempted to turn around was much nearer to the Blue Water Bridge, where the St. Clair River is much narrower and much closer to where the waters of Lake Huron flow into the river. Where the Sylvania was docked at Peerless was just south of the Blue Water Bridge, about where the Thomas Edison Inn is today. Although I have watched the ships on the St. Clair River for several decades, I cannot remember seeing a ship leave the area of the Sarnia Elevator and proceed upbound to turn around in Lake Huron before continuing downbound. I'm not saying this doesn't happen, just that I have not witnessed it. I do, however, recall seeing the Canadian Ambassador leave the Government Dock and turn downbound on the St. Clair River while at the Fogcutter Restuarant at one point in the early 1980s.
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when she went up bound into lake huron she probably did this to turn around and head back to zug island. remember when the renvoyle turned in the river and not going out on the lake to safely turn and proceed downbound. it was the end of her career
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The portion of the river where the Renvoyle attempted to turn around was much nearer to the Blue Water Bridge, where the St. Clair River is much narrower and much closer to where the waters of Lake Huron flow into the river. Where the Sylvania was docked at Peerless was just south of the Blue Water Bridge, about where the Thomas Edison Inn is today. Although I have watched the ships on the St. Clair River for several decades, I cannot remember seeing a ship leave the area of the Sarnia Elevator and proceed upbound to turn around in Lake Huron before continuing downbound. I'm not saying this doesn't happen, just that I have not witnessed it. I do, however, recall seeing the Canadian Ambassador leave the Government Dock and turn downbound on the St. Clair River while at the Fogcutter Restuarant at one point in the early 1980s.