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THE SHIPS OF COLLINGWOOD 6. The latest book produced by Skip Gillham is a 192-page, softcover effort e n titled The Ships of C o l l i n g w o o d . The volume is in upright, 81 / 2 " by 11" format and is profusely illustrated with bl ac k-and-white photos. The covers are in colour, with COLLINGWOOD on the front and IMPERIAL COLLI NG WO OD on the back. There is a section giving historical background on the Co ll ingwood shipyard, and another featuring vessels named for the town of Collingwood, but the main body of the work features the various ships built at Co ll ingwood from 1901 through 1985. Each ship is il lu strated with one or more photos, and a short history of the vessel is presented. The ships are listed accor di ng to shipyard Hull Number, but an index would make it easier to locate any particular vessel for which a reader might be searching. As far as we can see, the material contained in the book appears to be a c c u rate. The photographs are well printed, and espec ia ll y valuable are rare photos of the various warships built at Co llingwood during World War Two. There are, however, two problems with photos. The view of NOVADOC (I), C o l lingwood Hull 69, which appears on Page 45, is printed backwards. Of a more serious nature, however, is the problem on Page 62, whi ch features Hull 89, the 1938-built tanker IMPERIAL (II)(47), (b) IMPERIAL VANCO UV ER (70), (c) ESSO AN DINA (71), (d) AQUARIO. The author sp ec ifically mentions that this tanker was the second ship of the Imperial Oil fleet to carry the name IMP E RIAL, and yet the photo chosen to illustrate the ship clearly shows IMPERIAL (I)(38), (a) M I N OC O (01), (c) IMPO C O (III), the ta ll -stacked veter an that was built in 1898, transferred to the West Coast in 1922, and scrapped in 1939. Nevertheless, Skip's volume will be an in teresting addition to any lake marine library. If it is not available at your local bookseller, it may be obtained by add ressing the publisher, River ba nk Traders, 57 Main Street, St. Catharines, Ontario L2N 4T8. The cost is $21 . 95, plus $2. 00 postage. * * * * * EMPRESS OF BRITAIN In the Mid- Su mm er issue, we commented upon EMPRESS OF BRITAIN - Canadian Pacific's Greatest S h i p , the most impressive book wri tt en by T. M . H . S. m e m ber, Gordon Turner, and recen tl y published as a Boston Mills Press Book by the Stoddart Publi sh in g Co. Ltd. Unfortunately, in our effort to describe adequ at el y the many merits of the book, we let a typographical error creep into the final copy of our review, and in a most important area. We erro ne ou sl y indic at ed that the selling price of the book is $ 25. 00, whereas in fact it is $35 . 00. Gordon, who assists us with the ma iling of "Scanner" each month, corrected this error by hand in most of the copies! Con si de ri ng the quality of Gordon's book, we sincerely regret the error our review, and the fact that it was Gordon, himself, who had the task corr ecting each copy of "Scanner" by hand. * * * * * A MARINE HERITAGE WORKSHOP A wo rk sh op entitled "Our Marine Heritage Is Disappearing" will be held from 1 0: 00 a. m. to 4 : 00 p. m. on Saturday, Novembe r 7th, 1992, at the Visitors' Centre, Lock Three, Wella nd Ship Canal. Several aut ho ri ta ti ve speakers will discuss aspects of the topic, touching on such matters as zebra musse l e n crus tations on wrecks, ghost ports of the lakes, etc. Tickets for the event are $20 . 00. For information, contact Ronal d F. Beaupre, 526 Thede Drive, Port Elgin, Ontario N0H 2C4. * * * * * * * in of