Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Telescope, v. 47, n. 4 (July-September 1999), p. 122

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Page 122 and headed for downtown Windsor and check in with Customs Canada. It was nice to see everyone outside on the decks enjoying the cloudless skies and skylines of both cities. However, even with all these great things to see and enjoy, someone forgot to stop and pick up donuts for the cruise. Needless to say, the passengers, as well as the crew putting up with the abuse, forced a marine call for donut rescue. After In the public boat launch area, one could easily observe the results of our local environmental effort and the work of the many zebra mussels on the bottomlands of the river system. The river bottom, over 10 feet in depth, was clearly in view. After getting the deck chairs cleaned and toweled off, the Vessel DIAMOND BELLE was ready for passengers and a trip back in time to Bob-Lo. 197 passengers were on board when the DIAMOND BELLE departed from the landing clearing Canadian customs in Dieppe Park in Windsor, we sailed directly back to the dockage area at West Grand for our donut cargo. With all having their fill of round sweets (some even said they were both calorie and fat free), we left the dockage area for the second time and headed downriver towards BobLo. It was nice to see a happy crew along with happy passengers. Dossin Collection Photos by John Gatz Photos by John Gatz

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