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Page 16 • GREAT LAKES & SEAWAY NEWS MISEFORD upbound below Lock #1 on Welland Canal - Sept. 18, 1997 Sep 16 ... The NANTICOKE completed repairs and departed the North Slip upbound heading for Meldrum Bay. ... The ex-Star Line ferry MARQUETTE passed down the Welland Canal on her delivery trip to New York City, she was recently sold for off lakes use. Sep 19 ... Upperlake's GORDON C. LIETCH was pulled out of the drydock at Port Weller Dry Docks by the tugs GLENEVIS, PROGRESS and VIGILANT I. She went out into Lake Ontario for some sea trials and then passed up the Welland Canal bound for Thunder Bay the next day. Sep 20 ... The former Nadro Marine tug MISEFORD arrived in Thunder Bay, she was recently purchased by Thunder Bay Tug Services. Sep 22 ... The Toronto excursion boat GALACTICA 001 sank at its dock in the Jarvis Street slip in the early morning hours. Divers went down the next day and sealed off fuel and exhaust openings to stop fuel that was leaking out. She was built in 1957 at Mathieson Boat Works in Goderich as SNOWFARI, the last vessel built by that firm. She was renamed MONITOR III in 1970 and chartered to the Ministry of Environment, she sank at Owen Sound in 1976 was raised and renamed RECOVERY. She was sold in 1983 to Joseph Jagelka and operated unofficially as GYPSY TANGO in Toronto as a charter boat. She was renamed GALACTICA 001 in 1986 and was rebuilt in 1988. Sep 24 ... The ferry LAKE EXPRESS had to cancel its crossing of Lake Michigan due to heavy seas. The ferry departed Milwaukee on its regular 6:30 A.M. trip, after arrival in Muskegon a decision was made not to make the return trip. Later in the day the seas calmed down and the ferry resumed her schedule. More than 400 passengers were offered a choice of refunds, rescheduling or bus rides. Sep 25 ... The PLAYERS RIVERBOAT CASINO II departed Halifax under tow of a unnamed Group Ocean tug bound for Montreal on her delivery trip to Detroit. Photo by Gary Morris