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Seaway Ships - cont'd. 14. ing of all new salty visitors in the years 1988 - 1992, and even a brief hi st o r y of one of the steam canallers w h i c h for many years frequented the old canals. The cost of the d i rectory is $ 1 0 . 50, postage included, to Ca nadian a d dresses. U n i t e d States reside nts should remit $9 . 00 U . S., w hich also will include shipping. I n terested parties may address Rene Beauchamp, 9041 B e l l e rive, Montreal, Quebec H1L 3S5. * * * * * IVAN S. BROOKES It is wi t h great sadness that we note of longtim e Tor onto Marine H i storical M ay 19th, 1993, his 77th birthday. the passing, at Hamilton, Ontario, So ciety member Ivan S. Brookes, on Ivan became int er ested in lake ships at an early age, and in 1930 he e n c o u n t e r e d our late friend and T. M . H . S. treasurer, Jim Kidd, on the To ro nt o wat er front. The two frequ e n t l y met to bicycle along the banks of the We ll an d Canal (at first the third, and then later the "new" canal), taking p h o t o g r a p h s as they went. Ivan se rve d with the Royal Ca nadian Air Force during World War Two and then in 1947 joined the staff of the Steel Comp a n y of Canada L t d . , which gave him the o p p o r t u n i t y to watch the scrapping of many old lakers at the co mpa ny' s H a m ilton premises. Ivan was ve r y much intereste d in the w a t e r w a y s of the lakes and vi cinity as well as the ships w h i c h sailed them, and he put together a number of exc el le nt albums f e aturing p hotographs and the hist o r y of the various ports, locks and bridges. Of part i c u l a r interest to Ivan were the g e o g rap hy and sh ipping activiti es of the lower St. Lawrence River, and his most imp or ta nt reference work on this subject, The Lower St. L a w r e n c e , was pu b l i s h e d in 1974 by Freshwater Press, Inc. The m a j o r i t y of Ivan's extensive c o l l e c t i o n is now held by the Institute for Great Lakes Research, in Perrysburg, Ohio. One of his most important h i s t o r i c a l efforts, however, is his u n p u b l i s h e d manuscript, Hamil t o n Ha rb o u r 1 8 2 6 - 1 9 0 1 , w hich is a c h r o n o l o g i c a l record of v i r t u a l l y all m ar in e a c t i v i t y in the H a m i l t o n area during those years. It is r e g r e t table that this volum i n o u s work never was published, but we are pleased to have the use of it to assist us in our efforts with "Scanner". Many r ef er en ce s to this work have been made in recent issues of our ne wsl et te r, and man y more will c e r t a i n l y follow. Ivan Br ook es was an avid d e d i c a t e d to lake shipping of the Year" by the Marine his many co nt ri b u t i o n s to to his wife, Ethel, and to supporter of our So ciety as well as others history, and in 1985 he was named "Histo ria n Hist o r i c a l Soci e t y of Detroit. We shall miss "Scanner", and we extend our sincere sympathy his two stepsons. * * * * * M E M B E R S H I P R E N EWALS As we close out this, the last issue of Volume XXV of "Scanner", we e a r n e s t ly solicit you r m e m b e r s h i p renewal, and we hope that you will use the r e n e w al form e n c l o s e d with this issue to send us your payment as soon as possible. We ap pre cia te your f riendship and your support. * * * * * * *