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Page 50 • GREAT LAKES & SEAWAY NEWS Dec. 1 . . The USCG buoy tender Mariposa was tied up below Lock 1 of the Welland Canal when the W.M. Vacy Ash passed outbound. The Mariposa was slammed into the wall and one crewman was injured. Dec. 2 . . The Day Peckinpaugh passed up the Welland Canal for her winter lay-up berth at Erie. . . . The Amelia Desgagnes passed up the Welland Canal for the first time since being renamed. She was bound for Milwaukee with pig iron. Dec. 3. . . The tug Torrent and the UPSCO barge remain at the Soo waiting for weather. While at the Soo, there was a change of captains. Dec. 4. . . The St. Lawrence Seaway announced that rebates and discounts will be offered to its customers under a 3-year program. Rebates of up to 50 percent will be offered to certain customers. Ship owners who move commodities in a volume higher than the 5-year average will be offered a 20 percent discount. Officials hope to attract new customers and recover some business from the railroads. Dec. 6 . . The Canadian Enterprise arrived in Duluth to load a partial load of grain at Capital Elevator #6. She cleared late in the evening for Thunder Bay to top off. She usually loads coal, not grain in the Twin Ports. The IRVIN L. CLYMER arriving in the Twin Ports on November 7, 1990 on her final trip. Photo by Terry Sechen