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Page 19 GREAT LAKES & SEAWAY NEWS • Oct 8 ... The PLAYERS RIVERBOAT CASINO II stopped at Rochester due to high winds on Lake Ontario while on her delivery trip to Detroit. ... The United States Coast Guard Cutter ALDER passed down the Welland Canal for the first time on her journey around the Great Lakes. She passed back up the canal on October 10. ... The Toronto ferry GALACTICA 001 was raised by the McKeil Marine tug PROGRESS and barges THE HENRY T. and PITTS CARILLON. Oct 11 ... The tug VIGILANT I departed Hamilton towing the new cable ferry FRONTENAC HOWE ISLANDER bound for Kingston. She was constructed by Heddle Marine for the Ontario Department of Transportation to run between Kingston and Howe Island. Oct 12 ... The PLAYERS RIVERBOAT CASINO II passed up the Welland Canal heading for Toledo where she will be drydocked prior to entering service in Detroit. ... The United States Coast Guard Cutter ALDER passed up through the Soo Locks on her delivery trip to Duluth. Oct 15 ... Lake Express LLC announced that their ferry LAKE EXPRESS will make its last trip on October 31, this is two months earlier than planned. The reason given for shorting the season was slow bookings in November and December. The company announced the ferry will resume service on April 30, 2005 and when it does, passengers will see upgrades in both facilities and on-board amenities. ... Algoma's upbound ALGOLAKE stopped at Wharf #2 along the Welland Canal to have cracks repaired in her Kort Nozzle. Oct 16 ... The ALDER arrived at her new homeport Duluth and tied up at the Coast Guard Dock in the morning. Oct 18 ... The tug/barge MARK HANNAH/HANNAH 6301 ran aground at Mackinaw City near the old Chief Wawatam Dock while trying to enter the harbor to wait out bad weather. The tug MARY E. HANNAH arrived the next morning and both tugs pulled the barge free. The barge apparently didn't suffer any damage and the group departed heading for Bay City where the cargo of calcium chloride will be unloaded. Oct 21 ... The PLAYERS RIVERBOAT CASINO II was moved from the old Interlake Furnace Dock into the drydock at the Toledo Shipyard, she will spend a few weeks undergoing renovation for her cruise work on the Detroit River. ... Canada Steamship Lines BIRCHGLEN departed Duluth with a cargo of 25,000 tons of taconite pellets bound for China. She will top off at Pointe Noire with another 9,000 tons. The ship will deliver them to a Laiwu Steel Mill in China, she will then be drydocked for her five year survey at a Chinese shipyard. Oct 22 ... Algoma's ALGOLAKE brushed the abutment at old bridge #10 on the Welland Canal. She continued on downbound to the wall above Lock #7 for inspection. Damage was done to her #1 and #5 ballast tanks. Temporary repairs were done and she departed the next day. Permanent repairs will be done this winter during lay-up. Oct 23 ... The Cleveland Tankers GEMINI was upbound in the lower Detroit River when a 35 foot wooden cabin cruiser cut across her bow and was smashed to pieces. The four men aboard were thrown into the river. They were rescued by two fishermen who were nearby. The GEMINI stopped and offered assistance then proceeded up to the Belle Isle Anchorage to wait for a Coast Guard inspection.