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Page 63 During a stopover in Goderich, Elmer Kane wandered ashore and missed the boat, remembered Captain RF Fawcett just recently. "Well, when he was walking down the hill he looked out and saw us heading out of the harbour. Not having any money on him, Elmer ran into a bank and had money from home wired up to him. He took a cab to Sarnia and caught us there. We didn't even know he was missing 'till we saw him standing out on the dock." Other stops on the trip included Pelee Island, Port Stanley, Port Colborne, Cobourg, the Murray Canal, Belleville and Picton. On Sunday, November 17, 1946 the WOLFE ISLANDER sailed into Kingston landing at the Clarence Street wharf. The new ferry steamer WOLFE ISLANDER, built at the Collingwood Shipyards, which arrived in the city yesterday afternoon, was christened and dedicated at a ceremony this afternoon at three o'clock. Mrs. Stewart, wife of Dr. HA. Stewart, MLA, performed the christening ceremony while Rev. Dr. George A. Brown minister of Chalmers United Church, conducted the service of dedication... Wolfe Island Township residents served afternoon tea in the spacious salon which is air conditioned... Hundreds of citizens inspected the ship yesterday afternoon and evening. Whig-Standard, November 18, 1946 At 11:00 am the next morning, the new Motor Ship WOLFE ISLANDER, with signal pennants flying for and aft, departed Kingston for her first trip to Wolfe Island. Backing from her wharf under the capable hands of Captain George Bates, she swung north of the Martello Tower in the harbour and headed for her new home. The new vessel had another ceremony waiting. .. Yesterday the WOLFE ISLANDER received a second christening for good luck, islanders said, this time perfort?ied on the island by island residents. Sponsor of the ship was Mrs. Craig Russell, wife of the island's Reeve, who provided the only untoward incident of the occasion when she failed to crack the christening bottle in five tries. The sixth attempt was successful. Whig-Standard, November 21, 1946 The ferry crises of 1946 was finally over. Brian Johnson Captain, Wolfe Islander III and President, Wolfe Island Historical Society Photos courtesy of The Wolfe Island Historical Society Collection Mrs. Craig Russell, wife of Reeve Russell,christens the boat a second time, on Wolfe Island, Nov. 20, 1946. It took six tries before the champagne bottle broke. Wolfe Island Reeve Craig Russell speaks at the first christening of the new ferry MS WOLFE ISLANDER in Kingston, Nov. 18, 1946.