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3. Marine News - cont'd. In our last issue, we m a d e m e n t i o n of the r e p o r t e d sale of the M i s e n e r S h i p p i n g o c e a n - l a k e r s S E L K I R K S E TT LE R and C A N A D A MA RQU IS . In fact, we now learn that s uc h r e p o r t s were , at best, pr em at ur e. The vesse ls, indeed, have been on the m a r k e t ( a l t h o u g h this fact has not been g e n e r a l l y p ub l ic i s e d ) , but the a c t u a l s al e s h a ve not b een c o n c l u d e d as a re su l t of a gap b e t w e e n bid and asked positions. We s ho ul d also a d vi se that the Misener " b il lb o a r d s " w e r e r e m o v e d f r o m the sides of the SE TT LE R at the time of her f l a g g i n g - o u t f r o m C a n a d i a n r e g i s t r y in M a r c h of 1988. The Ju ly d r y d o c k i n g of C A N A D A M A R Q U I S at T h u n d e r Bay was to re pai r a f r a c t u r e in a b o t t o m w el d w h i c h c a u s e d her to m a k e w at er in a d o u b l e - b o t t o m tank, and w h i c h had to be f i x e d b e f o r e she c o u l d go ove rseas. The o c e a n - l a k e a l l i a n c e w h i c h was terminated this s p r i n g was the s o - c a l l e d U n i t r a m p - M i s e n e r Lakes Se rvice, w h i c h wa s a p oo l of s hi p s hauling steel p ro d u c t s w e s t b o u n d and grain e as tb o u n d . The s e r v i c e h ad b e c o m e e c o n o m i c a l l y n o n - v i a b l e and M i s e n e r made the d e c i s i o n to a t t e n d to all its own ca r g o e s for the o c e a n - l a k e r s . We will a dv is e m e m b e r s if we r e c e i v e c o n f i r m a t i o n of any sale of the M i s e n e r ships. In the M i d - S u m m e r issue, we r e p o r t e d the a c q u i s i t i o n by J. W. Purv is M a r i n e Ltd., S au l t Ste. M ar ie , O n t a r i o , of the fo rm er Ab i t i b i Power & Paper C o m p a ny Ltd. tug O R I E N T BAY. In fact, the tug had been o p e r a t e d for m a n y y ea rs as (b) G U Y M. NO. 1 by K i m b e r l y - C l a r k of C a na da L i m i t e d on Long Lake, h a u l i n g log b oo m s b e t w e e n L o n g l a c and C h o r u s Bay. This summer, the tug's p i l o t h o u s e w as r e m o v e d to f a c i l i t a t e the move, and she was b ro ugh t out from L ong Lake, b e in g p l a c e d into the w a te rs of Lake S u p e r i o r at Ja ck fis h . She f i n a l l y a r r i v e d at the C a n a d i a n Soo on S e p t e m b e r 10th, and there she will be r e f u r b i s h e d so that she ca n o p er at e for Purvis at T h u n d e r Bay a l on g wi th yet a n o t h e r s i s t e r tug, W. J. IVAN PURVIS, w h i c h b eg an life as A b i t i b i ' s MAGPIE . The f o r m e r O R I E N T B A Y r e p o r t e d l y will be r e n a m e d (c) S CO TT PURVIS, in h o n o u r of the son of her owner. On A ug u s t 11th, the Dal e T. D e a n W a l p o l e - A l g o n a c F e r ry Line p l a c e d in s e r v ice its n e w a ut o and p a s s e n g e r fe rry CI TY OF ALGONAC, w h i c h was built for the route between Walpole I sl and, O nt ari o, and Al go na c, M ic hi ga n, by D u r a t u g of Port Dover. The n e w fe rry can a c c o m m o d a t e 12 cars and 100 passengers per trip. CITY OF A L G O N A C and W A L P O L E ISLANDER (1986) run toget h e r c o n t i n u o u s l y f r o m 7 : 00 a. m. to 1 0 : 30 p . m., w i t h the 1 9 4 6 - b u i l t L O WELL D. a s s i s t i n g on w e e k e n d s and at other p er io ds of h e a v y traffic. The a dvent of C I T Y OF A L G O N A C m e a n s that there no w are six fe rr ies c r o s s i n g the St. C l a i r R i v e r in this area, w i t h three bo ats n o r m a l l y r u n n i n g in busy p e r iods on the c r o s s i n g b e t w e e n S o m br a and M a r i n e City, just u ps tr ea m . The S omb r a f e r r i e s w e r e p a r t i c u l a r l y bus y on the w e e k e n d of J ul y 1 4 - 1 5 , wh e n the W a l p o l e I sl a n d f e r r y s e r v i c e was shut do wn as a re su lt of b l o c k a d e s p la ce d at the Island entry p o i nt s by the Wa l p o l e I s l a n d First N a t i o n r e s i d e n t s in s y m p a t h y for the c ause of the n at iv e p e o p l e s i nv ol v e d in the Oka cr i s i s s i t ua t i o n . T he re has b e e n m u c h p o s i t i v e r e s p o n s e to a pr o j e c t w h i c h w o u l d r e s t o r e f e r ry s e r v i c e a c r o s s the St. L a w r e n c e Rive r b e t w e e n W a d d i n g t o n , N e w York, and M or ri s b u r g , Ontario, for the first time since 1956. Plans seem to be p r o g r e s s i n g n i c e l y and, if all d e tails, i n c l u d i n g c u st om s a r r a n g e m e n t s , can be finalized, service might start as e a r ly as the summer of 1992. O p e r a t o r s of the f e r r y w o u l d be D u n c a n E d m o n d s of M o r r i s b u r g and M a u r i c e B o u r b o n n a i s of O tt a wa . The l a t t er has o p e r a t e d the M a s s o n - C u m b e r l a n d f er ry ac ro ss the O t t a w a R i v e r w i t h the fe rri es M. B O U R B O N N A I S and M. B O U R B O N N A I S II, an d it is p r o p o s e d that two boats m i gh t e v e n t u a l l y be n e e d e d on the Wa d d i n g t o n - M o r r i s b u r g crossing. It was b a ck on M a r c h 19, 1990, that the s a l t - w a t e r v e s s e l P OL LU X s u f f e r e d severe d a m a g e in a m a j o r e x p l o s i o n and fire w hi ch o c c u r r e d w hi lst the ship was l o a d i n g t ox ic w a s t e at La Baie, Quebec, on the S a g u e n a y River. P OL LU X f i n a l l y w as t a k e n up to Port W e l l e r Dry Do cks for repairs, and she a r r i v e d at the s h i p y a r d on M a y 19th. She r e t a i n e d her N o r w e g i a n r e g i s t r y but was