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TELESCOPE Page 6 out on other war built tankers and these served the Great Lakes as Northern Venture, Hilda Marjanne, Red Wing, Pioneer Chal- lenger, (now Middletown), Paul H. Carnahan and Leon Falk, Jr. The bow of the Lake Winnipeg (C 304310) was launched May 7, 1962, fitted to the stern at Barclay, Curle & Co. and sailed for the Great Lakes on August 21. At 730 feet in over- all length and 75 feet at the beam, she was designed to the then maximum dimensions of the St. Lawrence Seaway and Welland Canal locks. With a 42 foot, 6 inch depth, this became the first laker to exceed forty feet. She was registered at 18,660 gross tons and 13,012 net tons. Carrying capacity was in the 23,700 ton range. The ship safely crossed the Atlantic and arrived at the Davie Shipyard in Lauzon, Quebec, on September 1. There her hatches were cut open. This had not been done earlier to allow for extra strengthening on the ocean voyage. Thus ready for service, Lake Winnipeg loaded 22,584 long tons of iron ore at Sept Isles, Quebec, September 18 and passed up the Seaway for the first time, September 23 bound for Lake Erie. Lake Winnipeg soon settled in on a fairly routine career. Grain from the upper lakes was hauled to the St. Lawrence while she re- turned with ore for Lake Erie or Lake Michigan ports. A log from the latter part of her career indicates that in 1979 she handled 21 cargoes. Ten of these were ore with loading of eight at Sept Isles and two at Quebec City. These were discharged at Cleveland (5), Burns Harbor (2), Buffalo (2) and Ashtabula (1). A total of 232,061 tons were carried. Grain came aboard at Thunder Bay with seven loads of wheat, one of flax and rapeseed, one of barley and one of wheat and rapeseed. One cargo of wheat loaded at Duluth. The barley was unloaded at Sorel, one cargo of wheat went to Quebec City and the rest LAKE WINNIPEG in the Welland Canal on October 17, 1981. Author's Photo