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Page 53 GREAT LAKES & SEAWAY NEWS • Dec. 22 . .The final tanker of the season arrived in the Twin Ports as the Enerchem Refiner unloaded at the Marine Fuel Dock. . . The Algosoo arrived at Port Weller Drydock for winter work. Dec. 24 . . The Welland Canal closed for the season witha the Quebecois upbound and the Manitoulin downbound. . . The Twin Ports saw its final inbound cargo as the Cason J. Calloway unloaded a cargo of stone at the Cutler Dock. She cleared late in the evening for Two Harbors to load pellets. Dec. 25 . . The St. Lawrence Seaway closed for the season. The J.N. McWatters was the last upbound vessel and the David K. Gardiner was the last downbound. (Ed. note: The newspaper article indicates that the Gardiner cleared the Seaway on the 26th.) Seaway officials state that this year was one of the worst on record in terms of tonnage which passed through. Officials predicted that 39 million tons of cargo would be carried through the Seaway this year, but the actual amount fell far short of their goal. The Seaway's best year was in 1977 when 57 million tons passed through. The Seaway will reopen in March, 1991. Dec. 30 . . The Charles M. Beeghly arrived in Duluth late this afternoon for lay-up at the Fraser Shipyard. Once in the yard, she went on drydock for repairs. Dec. 31. . The Mesabi Miner loaded the last pellet cargo of the season for the D.M.&I.R. Ore dock. She cleared the next day with 51,263 gross tons. . . . The James R. Barker closed the shipping season at Taconite Harbor when she cleared with 54,396 gross tons of pellets for Lorain. The ALGOMARINE downbound in the St. Marys River off Mission Point on November 2, 1990. Photo by Terry Sechen