MONTHLY NEWS BULLETIN OF THE T O R O N T O Executive Committee J. H. Bascom Jay N. Bascom David Bull Roger Chapman Lorne Joyce M A R I N E H I S T O R I C A L S O C I E T Y Editor Jay N. Bascom 100 Whitehall Road Toronto, Ont. M4W 2C7 Capt. J. Leonard G. T urner W. R. Wilson VOL. XXI V - NO. 1 MEETINGS O C T O B E R 1991 Friday, N o v e m b e r 1st - 8: 00 p . m. at the C o n f e r e n c e Room, Carl t o n Cards, 1460 The Queens way, Etobicoke. Annual Video Night. We will have several interesting marine video presentations for your enjoyment. See d ir ec t i o n s below r e g a r d i n g how to get to the m e e t i n g place. Friday, D e c e m b e r 6th - 8: 00 p. m. at the Museum. Our speaker will be E x ecutive C o mm it te e member Lorne Joyce. L o m e ' s subject, sure to i n t erest all, will be " Y e s t erday's Lake Ontario". * * * * * * * THE E D I TOR'S N O T E B O O K The change of venue for our N o v e m b e r M e e t i n g comes via the c o u rtesy of member Jim Semon, who has made ava i l a b l e to us the video f a cilities of the c onference room at his c o m pa ny 's offices. This should result in excelle nt vi ewing quality, and we thank Jim for his generosity. To reach the m e e t i n g site from the Qu een E l i z a b e t h Way, take the K i p l i n g Av e n u e exit and pr oceed north to the first traffic lights. Turn left on The Q u e e n s w a y and c o n tinue two short blocks to Va nsc o Road. C a r l t o n Cards is located on the n orth side of The Q u e e n s w a y at V an sc o Road. This is the first issue of our t w e n t y - f o u r t h volume, and that means that your Edito r has been p o u n d i n g t y pewri ter keys for "Scanner" for twenty-three years. All of that adds up to mo re than 3 , 100 pages of ma r i n e material! And we co uld n't do it wi th o u t the help of all of our regular c o r r e s p ondents, to whom we now extend our most hea r t f e l t thanks. In the N e w M e m b e r Department, a he ar ty we lc o m e goes out to W i l l i a m Mal lo ry to wn , Ontario, and to Ken Hillier, of Owen Sound. * * * * * * AFFILIATED WITH THE MARINE MUSEUM OF UPPER CANADA ISSN 0 3 1 8 -0 1 4X Irwin, of