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M arine News - cont'd. The first C . S . L. s h i p - t o - s h i p coal transfer of 1991 took place in S e p t - I l es Bay, July 14-17. In those four days, LOUIS R. DESMARAIS, H. M. GRIFFITH, MANIT OU LI N, J. W. McGIFFIN, J E A N P A R I S I E N and TAD O U S S A C t r a n s f e r r e d 1 4 4 , 000 tonnes of coal into the salty M I N E R A L EUROPE, w h i c h then sailed for Israel. An ot h e r un us ua l coal cargo was loaded into Fe dnav's F E D E R A L ST. C L AIR on Au gus t 19-20 by the Su perior M i d w e s t En e r g y T e r m i n a l at Superior. The cargo, 2 7 , 551 net tons, c o n s i g n e d to a power plant at El Ferrol, Spain, was the first load of w e s t e r n lo w - s u l p h u r coal ever ship p e d to Europe via the Seaway. A u t h o r i t i e s at Port Huron, Michigan, hope to build a dock capable of a c c o m m o d a t i n g large ships, to be loca t e d at the south end of Pine Grove Park. It w o u l d be formed by adding a s o u t h w a r d e x t e n s i o n to the w h a r f p r e s e n t l y used for the U . S. Co ast Guard station. It is said that the dock w o u l d be a place wh ere larger boats could moor for e x h i b i t i o n and to uring purposes, but n obo dy has st ate d w h i c h ships might be e x p e c t e d to use the dock, a l t h o u g h a local to uri sm o f f ic ial stated that "lega l i z e d g a m b l i n g on Great Lakes cruise ships is an idea w hose time has come". What cruise ships? The same source i n di ca te d that "in Toronto, there is a constant line of people to tour big ships do ck ed for a few days". What large ships, apart fro m a w a r s h i p or two each summer, ever come to Toro n t o to attract this "constant line of people"? So m e b o d y should ch eck their i n f ormation... We could not hope to list all the summer lay-ups on the lakes, but suffice it to say that idle U . S. bulk carriers b e g a n to fit out du r i n g August and September, and the C a n a d i a n bu lkers when grain and ore m o v e m e n t s n o r t h of the bo rde r be gan to pick up. Toro n t o hosted three summer lay-ups, C A N A D I A N R ANG ER and C A N A D I A N EXPLORER, w h i c h arri v e d Au g u s t 6th and 27th, r e s p e c t i v e ly, and LEMOYNE, wh ich tied up on August 1st, all of them at Pier 35. The first to re -e nt er service, was C A N A D I A N EXPLORER, w h i c h c l e a r e d on Sep t e m b e r 18th. C A N A D I A N RA N G E R and L E M O Y N E (which r e c e i v e d engine work du r i n g her lay-up) went back into service later in the month. * * * * * R EFLECTIONS: STOR I E S OF THE G R E A T LAKES Memb er Paul G. W i e n i n g has p r o d u c e d a 144-page softcover, in upright 8 1 / 2 by 11" format, c o n t a i n i n g si xteen chapters, each d e t a i l i n g an area of specific i nter est to lake his to rians. Both covers feature colour photos, while the i nte r i o r is illustrated with n u m erous black-and-white views in v a r y i n g de grees of quality. The book is p u b l i s h e d by S t o n e h o u s e Pu blications, of St. Catha ri ne s, and for Canadian content, four of the c h a pters have been contributed by an ot her T. M . H . S. member, Skip Gillham. The cost of the boo k is $ 1 9 . 95 in U . S. Funds, "plus s t a n d a r d s h i p p i n g and handl ing ". Co nt ac t Paul G. W i e n i n g Enterprises, 432 West M i c h i g a n Street, Port Wa sh in gt on , W i s c o n s i n 53074, U . S. A. * * * * * BR U C E H U D S O N R E V I S I T E D The tanker BRUCE H U D S O N was our Ship of the M o n t h No. 188 in the issues of January, F e b r u a r y and March, 1991. Sadly, for the second time in 1991, we have le ar ne d of the pass i n g of an other v e t e r a n of service in this u n u s u a l little tanker. C a p t a i n Leo J o s e p h O'Ne i l l pa s s e d away on Friday, A p r i l 19, and was bu ri ed the fo l l o w i n g M o n d a y at Thorold. He had been mate in J OAN V IR GIN IA, and later went m a s t e r in BRUCE HUDSON, r e m a i n i n g w i t h her after she be ca me C O A S T A L CLIFF, and he stayed in her until she went out of lake service. Capt. O ' N e i l l later became a pilot and f i n a l l y re tired in 1974. Later, he r e l i e v e d w i t h longtime T . M . H . S. me m b e r Capt. Bert Harris in the C a n a d i a n Dr edg e and Dock C o m p a n y Ltd. tug G. W. ROGERS. We thank Capt. Capt. O'Neill. Jo hn Leon a r d for bringing to our attention the pass i n g of * * * t *