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9. Ship of the Month - cont'd. Author's Notes: Credit where it is due. We would like to thank Jim Bartke, Paul Beasley, Rene Beauchamp, Ron Beaupre, Bill Breaker, Art Elliot, Skip Gillham, Robert Graham and the Historical Collections of the Great Lakes staff, Al Hart, Capt. Kevin Kelly, Mac Mackay, Alan Mann, Dan McCormick, Nicole McLaughlin, Bill Moran, Marc Piche, Russ Plumb, Bill Schell, Jim Swetland and Gordon Turner for their assistance with this feature. As well, the scrapbooks and notes of the late T. M. H. S. members Ivan S. Brookes, Jim Kidd and John H. Bascom came in very handy once again. Back issues of "The Scanner" were consulted. Two books which proved valuable were "The Ships of Upper Lakes Shipping" by Garnet Wilcox and Skip Gillham, and "Upper Lakes Shipping 1932-1982" by Wally Macht. I had the opportunity to ship out twice on the MINER. My special thanks go to Walter Gonyou, Garry Ward and Eleanor Caperchione at the CMU office in Port Colborne for those wonderful days, and for giving me those plum assignments. Nothing could be finer than working on the MINER. We would like to hear from readers who may have additional information on any of the vari­ ous incidents involving the MINER. We also would like to find a photo of the ship as CON­ VEYOR, something that so far has managed to elude us. * * * * * DONALD J. DUBE It is with deep regret that we report the sudden passing, on July 25, 2007, of longtime T. M. H. S. member Donald J. Dube, of Windsor. Don Dube was a strong supporter of the Society, and carried membership card number 170. He was 59 and had recently retired from business. At the time of his death, he was pursuing his favourite thing - ship­ watching. Don apparently fell into the Detroit River and drowned, his bicycle and ca­ mera on shore nearby. To the family, and particularly to his brother, we express our most sincere sympathy. We hope that where Don has gone, there are lots of steamboats to watch. * * * * * TWO BOOKS FROM SKIP GILLHAM Skip Gillham has produced two more books for the enjoyment of lake shipping enthusiasts. The first of these, The Ships of Kingston, is co-authored by Capt. Gerry Ouderkirk. This volume features the many ships built at Kingston in the years when that city had a vibrant port. It is a 114-page softcover, liberally illustrated and fully indexed. The second book, solely by Skip, is Hindman Transportation. A 104-page softcover tracing the fleet founded by Captain George Hindman, of Owen Sound, the vessels with which he and his family were associated, and the va­ rious companies that owned them. As usual, there are many photographs. Each of the books is available at a price of $25. 00. To order or request information, contact Skip Gillham, 3750 King Street, Vineland, Ontario LOR 2C0. * * * * * ADDITIONAL MARINE NEWS Under the ownership of Upper Lakes Group, the shipyard at Port Weller is getting back into business as Seaway Marine & Industrial Inc., while the Thunder Bay yard (formerly Pascol Engineering), now is Lakehead Marine & Industrial. They are independent companies, each part of Great Lakes Marine & Industrial. Meanwhile, Davie Quebec, the rebirth of the long-bankrupt Davie shipyard at Lauzon, Quebec, is coming back to life after rescue by Teco Management, of Norway. Davie Quebec's first contract, with Cecon ASA, Norway, is to build three ships (with an option for three more) for deep-water pipe-laying for the oil industry. Davie will try to specialize in high-tech specialty vessels.