Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Scanner, v. 31, no. 5 (February 1999), p. 11

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LAY-UP LISTINGS - WINTER 1998-1999 We now present our comprehensive lay-up report for the current winter. We have covered as many ports as possible with the material supplied by our readers, and any additional listings or corrections will appear next issue. * * The following major commercial vessels are laid up at TORONTO this winter: CANADIAN MARINER ENGLISH RIVER SEAWAY QUEEN CANADIAN TRADER JADRAN (restaurant) TARANTAU CANADIAN VOYAGER QUEBECOIS TORONTO DRYDOCK CONGAR (barge) STEPHEN B. ROMAN (ex MENIER CONSOL) The following other vessels are in port, most laid up for the winter, al­ though a few are operating, either regularly or intermittently: ALGONQUIN QUEEN (Q. C. Y. C. ferry), CHALLENGE (sail excursion), COLINETTE (tug), DUCHESS V (tug), ELSIE D. (R. C. Y. C. tender), EMPRESS OF CANADA (ex­ cursion), ENTERPRISE 2000 (excursion), ESPERANZA IV (R. C. Y. C. tender), CAPT. MATTHEW FLINDERS (excursion), GALACTICA 001 (excursion), GLENMONT (tug), H. M. C. S. HAIDA (Ontario Place museum), NED HANLAN II (tug), HARBOUR STAR (excursion), HIAWATHA (R. C. Y. C. ferry), WILLIAM INGLIS (Island ferry), ISLAND PRINCESS (excursion), I-WY-SEA (I. Y. C. ferry), JAGUAR II (excursion), JUBILEE QUEEN (excursion), KENNETH A. (tug), KLANCY II (excursion), KWASIND (R. C. Y. C. ferry), LAC COMO (tug), ALISON LAKE (sail excursion). LAKE RUNNER (cross-lake ferry), LADY N. (excursion), WM. LYON MACKENZIE (firetug), MAPLE CITY (airport ferry), MARIPOSA BELLE (excursion), ARGUE MARTIN (tug), SAM McBRIDE (Island ferry), MISS KRISTY (ex fishboat), MISS TORONTO (excursion), NELVANA (excursion), NORTHERN SPIRIT I (excursion), OBSESSION III (excursion), ONGIARA (Island ferry), ORIOLE (excursion), P & P 1 (workboat), PATHFINDER (sail training), PIONEER PRINCESS (excursion), PIO­ NEER QUEEN (excursion), PLAYFAIR (sail training), PRIMROSE (ex dredge), PRO­ GRESS III (derrick barge), THOMAS RENNIE (Island ferry), WILLIAM REST (tug), RIVER GAMBLER (excursion), HAROLD S. ROBBINS (Q. C. Y. C. tender), S. A. QUEEN (barge, ex tug), STE. MARIE I (excursion), FRED SCANDRETT (tug). SEAFLIGHT I (hydrofoil), SEAFLIGHT II (hydrofoil), SHIPSANDS (excursion), SHOWBOAT ROYAL GRACE (excursion), MISS KIM SIMPSON (excursion), STELLA BO­ REALIS (excursion), STILL WATCH (ex C. C. G. S. VILLE MARIE), SUNRISE V (hydro­ foil), SUNRISE VI (hydrofoil), TECHNO ST-LAURENT (tug), T. H. C. 50 (derrick barge), TORONTONIAN (excursion), TRACY M. (tug), TRILLIUM (Island ferry & excursion steamer), TRUE NORTH (sail excursion), VERENDRYE (ex C. C. G. S. ), WAYWARD PRINCESS (excursion), DOC WILLINSKY (I. Y. C. ferry), WINDMILL POINT (airport ferry), YANKEE LADY (excursion), YANKEE LADY II (excursion), YANKEE LADY III (excursion). The following historic hulls may be seen in Toronto Harbour and environs: BLUEBELL - former ferry (older near-sister of TRILLIUM), broken hull lying derelict inside tip of Leslie Street Headland (Tommy Thompson Park). DOUGLASS HOUGHTON - freighter, now breakwater at Ontario Place. RAPIDS QUEEN - former passenger steamer, then barge, now breakwater at Queen City Yacht Club, Algonquin Island (near Ward's Island ferry dock). HOWARD L. SHAW - freighter, now breakwater at Ontario Place. VICTORIOUS - freighter, now breakwater at Ontario Place; pilothouse and texas on lake shore east of Cherry Street, south of Unwin Avenue. * * * The following major commercial vessels are reported as wintering at various lake and river ports, listed as closely as possible by area. We include fer­ ries, tugs, dredges, etc., if they have been reported to us and identified as such. We do not normally include scows, fishboats, small workboats, etc. Some ships come and go from lay-up during the winter; our listings were cor­ rect as of date of observation but may not remain current.

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