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13. Marine News - cont'd. s e l f -unloader in 1981, is one of the most handsome vess e l s sailing the lakes and the last of four sisterships rem a i n i n g in operation. (The other three, ULS's GORDON C. L E I T C H [I] and C . S . L . 's SIR JAMES D U N N and THUNDER BAY [II], have long ago been s c r a p p e d . ) The sinking of the NORRIS is, undoubtedly, the worst accident of the 1995 season on the lakes and reminds us, just as did the N o v ember 10, 1975, sinking of the E D M U N D F I T Z G E R A L D on Lake Superior, that our lakes must never be taken for granted, e s p e c i a l l y in November. The s c r apyard at Port M a i t l a n d has been bus y recently. By mid-November, work had p r o g r e s s e d on the s c r apping of old M c K e i l Ma r i n e equipment, i n cluding the tug TRAVELLER, w hich had been cut down to the hull. The former P & H Shipping steamer BEECHGLEN, w h i c h had been at Port M a i t l a n d since 1994, has fina l l y been pul l e d stern-first into the scrapping b erth and by n ow work will p r o b a b l y have begun on her. The Powell shipyard at Port M a i t l a n d also has been busy, but at r e - e n g i n i n g tugs rather than scrapping them. A new diesel engine was placed earlier in the former St. L a w rence Seaway A u t h o r i t y tug WELLAND, now owned by the Miner Brothers, and a duplicate engine is c u r r e n t l y b eing fitted in McKeil's ATOMIC, w h i c h was towed up the W e l l a n d Canal from H a m i l t o n on September 29th by GLENBROOK. A n ot h e r tug now being r e p o w e r e d is the former east coast tug GLENMONT, which was built in 1943 at Owen Sound. The 76-foot tug has b een lying at Toronto for about a decade, falling into severe disrepair. At one time owned by Shepherd Boats Limited, of Rexdale, she was pur c h a s e d by John Jones in a 1994 Toronto H a r b o u r C o m m i s s i o n auction. Jones has a c q uired the two G. M. diesels removed from W I L L I A M INGLIS in her second r e p o w e r i n g seven years ago and one of them is being fitted in GLENMONT, while the other is serving as a source of parts. Last issue, we r e p o r t e d that the former G o r don's W e l d i n g tug MENASHA, w hich went to Montreal during 1994, had been renamed ESCORT. We were not c o m p l e t e l y correct, however, as the tug's ne w name a c t u a l l y is ESCORTE. As well, she is not actua l l y o w n e d by M o n t r e a l Boatmen, but rather by an a f f i liated company, M o n treal Ma r i n e Tug Inc., created w h e n M E N A S H A was acquired in December, 1994. At long last, the Lower Lakes Towing Ltd. s e l f - u n l o a d e r C U Y A H O G A has entered service fol l o w i n g her ext e n s i v e refit at Sarnia. A fter fuelling at the Imperial Oil dock, she d e p a r t e d on Novem b e r 12th for M e l d r u m Bay, where she was to load a cargo of stone. Tentative closing ance date for the W e l l a n d Canal is subject to weat h e r A m e r i c a n Soo is to dates have been an n o u n c e d for the C a n a d i a n canals. C l e a r St. L a w rence canals in 2400 hours, December 20, w hile the to close at 0800 hours, D e c ember 24th. Both dates are and traffic conditions. The St. Ma r y ' s Falls Canal at the close at 2400 hours, J a n u a r y 15th, 1996. In our last issue, we r e p o r t e d the October 10th d e p a r t u r e from Tor onto of C A N A D I A N HUNTER, en route o v e rseas for scrapping. It took until the 13th for the tugs GLENSIDE, GLE N B R O O K and ROBERT B. NO. 1 to reach Montreal w i t h her, and she cleared again on Octo b e r 17 in tow of the R u s s i a n tug NEFTEGAZ-66, as s isted down to P o i n t e - a u - P i c by GLENBROOK. There, she was joined by A L G O STREAM, w h i c h G L E N S I D E and RO B E R T B. NO. 1 took out of Montreal, also on the 17th. N E F T E G A Z - 6 6 then took both reti r e d lakers in tow and set off for Alang, India, w here they are to be dismantled. Last issue, we r e p o r t e d that the former lakers C A N A D I A N H A R V E S T and C A N A D I A N PATHF I N D E R had in t e r r u p t e d their scrap tow and were lying at Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, while the Russian tug N E F T E G A Z - 1 6 had gone back to H a l i f a x for r e pairs. In fact, there is m ore to the story. The tug left Montreal w ith the H A R V E S T on May 29, and P A T H F I N D E R was added to the tow off Point e - a u - P i c on the 30th. On June 6th, off Sable Island, the tug got the towline fouled in