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Page 51 GREAT LAKES & SEAWAY NEWS • The MIDDLETOWN in drydock at Fraser Shipyard for tailshaft repairs. This photo was taken on October 26, 1990. Dec. 7 . . Enerchem Laker clears Montreal as Recovery VIII. She cleared Halifax on December 25th under tow of Russell Jr. for New York. She is now owned by Energy Recovery Systems and will be used for bunkering at the Panama Canal. . . . The Torrent and the barge cleared the Soo for the lower lakes. However, their luck held. The tow ran aground at Moon Island below the Rock Cut. The tow was being escorted by the Missouri. After being freed, the they tied up at Lime Island. The tow cleared the next day to calm Lake Huron. Dec. 8 . . Federal Schelde was the last saltie upbound in the Welland Canal. . . . The Tadoussac was at Port Weller Dry Dock and cleared on the 10th. Dec. 9 . . The Quebecois was the last Canadian vessel to load grain in the Twin Ports. Dec. 10 . . Duluth's Hallett Docks received their final stone cargo of the season when the Presque Isle arrived. Dec. 11 . . The Kinsman Enterprise unloaded grain for the first time at the Port Colborne elevator. . . . The Torrent and barge arrived at Port Colborne. Dec. 12 . . The newest and largest research vessel Lake Guardian, passed upbound in the Welland Canal. She is owned by the U.S. Environmental Agency and chartered to Seaward Services in Port Everglades, FL. Her home port will be Bay City, MI. Photo by Terry Sechen