Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Scanner, v. 26, no. 4 (January 1994), p. 11

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11. Ship of the M onth - cont'd. Under Hall own ership, G L E N G A R N O C K and her sisters kept their grey h ulls and w hi te cabins, but they took on the traditional Hall stack design, long one of the most f a m iliar on the lakes. It c o n sisted of a black stack w i t h a w hi te "wishbone" set so that it peaked facing fore and aft, but dr opped into a dee p 'V' on each side. In white on the black section inside the 'V' a p pea re d a large letter 'H '. A n o t h e r of the things Hall did to G L E N G A R N O C K and her s isterships e a r l y in 1925 (and we kn ow it was then because no prior photos show any i n d i c a t i o n of this but all 1925 views do), was the fitting of a new upper pilo t h o u s e so that the n a v i g a t i n g officers and w h e e l s m a n no longer were exposed to the elements on an open bridge. Each of the sisters re ceived a house of the same de s i g n and, strangely, G L E N V E G A N / W I A R T O N also got one! The new p i l o t h o u s e was the same size around as was the old lower house, and had a very slight curved to its front and gently ro unded front corners. There were five large wind o w s in its face and three more down each side, all of the wi nd ow s b eing shaded by a rather h a n dsome sunvisor. Entrance to the house was ga in ed by a door w hich opened onto the na r r o w b r idgewing on each side. Unlike the lower house and texas, w hich were built of steel, the new u pp er p il ot ho us e was constr u c t e d of wood. If the service of G L E N G A R N O C K in Playfair colours was short, her o p e r a t i o n by Hall o c c up ie d little more than the blink of an eye, for in 1926 the Hall o r g a n i z a t i o n sold most of its steamers to Canada S t e a m s h i p Lines Ltd., M o n t real, and set about b u i l d i n g itself a whole new fleet of more modern ships. As a con sequence, G L E N G A R N O C K and her r e m a i n i n g Hall sister s h i p s became part of the ma ss iv e C . S . L. fleet, and their a c q u i s i t i o n in turn allowed that c o m pan y to divest it self of much of its older and less useful tonnage. Of course, a number of the other former Playfair canallers also found their way into C . S. L. col ours at this time, i n c luding several w h i c h had been built only a year or two before. It took a wh ile for Canada S t e amship Lines to a s s i m i l a t e its new a c q u i s i tions into its li very and na m i n g schemes, and so it was not until 1927 (the "Mills List" puts it as late as 1928) that G L E N G A R N O C K r e c e i v e d the new name (d) COURTRIGHT, w h i c h h o n o u r e d the town s i t uated along the St. Clair River b e l o w Sarnia. All vessels of the "Wolvin" class r e c e i v e d names of C a n a d i a n towns b e gi nn in g w i t h the letter 'C ', except for B R I G N O G A N which, for reasons not now apparent, kept her old name. G L E N D O C H A R T (H. G. DALTON, COURCELLES) became (d) CHA TSWORTH; G L E N E A L Y (GEO. C. HOWE, CABOURG) was renamed (d) CHAPLEAU; GLENFARN (J. S. KEEFE, PARAME) was r e c h r i s t e n e d (d) CANMORE; G L E N A R M (S. N. PARENT, V E ULETTES) became (d) CAMROSE, and GLE N D O W A N (ROBERT WALLACE, TRE GA ST EL ) was given the new name (d)CHANDLER. C O U R T R I G H T was pa in t e d up in the new colours w h i c h were ad opted by C . S . L. du r i n g 1926 and 1927. She had a red hull, w ith white fore castle (but red poop), and the company's name was printed " b i l l b oard-style" in white down her sides, a l t h o u g h the letters had to be a bit smaller than normal in order to fit be tw ee n the level of the deck and the woo d e n fender strake not far below. The f o r w a r d d e c k h o u s e s were white (there still was no cabin aft atop the poop), the foremast was buff and the m ain was black. The stack was red w i t h a white band and a black smokeband at the top. By 1927, the D o m i n i o n list of shipping fi nally caught up with G L E N G A R N O C K and her sisters, showing them under the o w n e r s h i p of Ca n a d a Steamship Lines, and with M o n t r e a l as the port of registry. A l t h o u g h the others wer e now shown under their new names, for some reason (delayed p a p e r w o r k ? ) G L E N G A R NOC K still a p p e a r e d under her old name. This is, of course, an i n d i c a t i o n of w h y the C a n ad ia n register must be taken w i t h m any grains of salt. To further rein fo rc e this r e c o m m e ndation, we note that the 1927 list showed the s t e a m er's former na mes as "TOURAS" and "JOHN C R E A S E R " ! COURTRIGHT ca rr i e d any bulk cargo that C . S . L. could find for her, and the

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