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Is anything left of the Mississagi up at the Soo, or has her scrapping been completed?

Just dreaming - maybe not replacing the Mather but IMO she'd sure look better than the Col. James M. Schoonmaker Museum Ship in Toledo. People will always travel to see beauty! No offense Col. Schoonmaker. I think the Schoonmaker looks great in her original Shenango Furnace colors. I agree. I can't...

I think Algoma Bear is an excellent name.

That's a whole lot of 'sitting ducks' in a dangerous area of the world. Hope they get the ship out of there and nothing else happens.

Guest wrote:Didn't the USS Edson make a Great Lakes cruise back in the 1970/1980s?

She visited the Great Lakes in 1983 and 1984.

Don

Algoma Buffalo downbound on the St. Clair River at Marine City, MI. - Aug 26, 2020

The brand new Algoma Conveyor making her first trip up the St. Clair River at Marine City, MI. - May 21, 2019

Don Detloff

Guest wrote:Looks like a manual lift for the forward boarding ladder that’s stored underneath it.

Yes, you can see the lines attached to the ladder in this shot.

Don Detloff

I've gone to the url indicated and all I get is that "this live stream recording is not available"! It appears the address is changed on a regular basis now. That is something that just started in the past few days. Go to that address mentioned earlier and when the window opens, notice th...

ashland69 wrote:Have visited the site several times and enjoyed it immensely and now I see it's not available. Just started up November 1 and offline already! Anyone know what might be going on or how soon it can be expected back?

Try this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oanUVM72KiM

Don

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

captrmetz wrote:Thanks Don, I looked for your name but I misplaced it somewhere.

I know I took a lot of photos down by Willow Point too. Hopefully, I'll find them one of these days.

Capt Metz, here are some more photos I took of the ice jam at Roberts Landing, MI back in 1984.

Don Detloff
Fair Haven, MI

Trying to use my phone right now so hard to see names. What tugs are pushing the Mkee and the Conquest ? Thank you.. I'm staring at those pictures so hard I might throw my back out ! It's the Olive Moore with the McKee Sons, I'm not sure about the Conquest Looks like the James A. Hannah shown here ...

The South Channel is NOT the main shipping channel. The St Clair Cutoff is. The South Channel is the main shipping channel. The South Channel of the St. Clair River starts at the head of Russell Island and continues to the head of Seaway Island. The St. Clair Cutoff is from the head of Seaway Islan...

I was watching the Duluth cameras early this morning as the John D. Leitch came in and was wondering why one of the Vista boats was out so early. It was almost to the canal with a Coast Guard 45 footer nearby with its flashers on.

Here are some shots I took of the ice jam just South of Marine City near the Salt Dock Light.

The barge is now named St. Marys Conquest and I caught the pair at Algonac on Feb. 22, 2016.