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Che Artroit Marine Historian JOURNAL OF MARINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF DETROIT ie Haseltine William A. McDonald William J. Luke Associate Editor - History est Pa Associate Editor - Current 3303 Vicksburg Detroit 23, Mich, 1323 Northlawn Detroit 6, Mich, Birmingham, Mich. Canadian Associate Editors nH, Bas James M. Kidd ie Whitehall Rd. 83 Humberview Rd, Toronto 5, Ont, Toronto 9, Ont, Volume 16, No. 7 March, 1963 HILDA MARJANNE Photo by James M. Kidd HILDA MARJANNE (Can. 300167) Built for Leitch Transports, Ltd., Toronto, an affiliate of Upper Lakes Shipping, Ltd., by Schlieker-Werft, Hamburg, Germany, using the stern hull section of the T-2 tanker KATE N.L. (a.GRANDE RONDE) built by Kaiser Company, Inc., Port- land, Ore., in 1943. Completed at Schlieker-Werft in late July, 1961, with her hull stif- fened for the trans-Atlantic crossing, she arrived at Port Weller Dry Docks, Ltd., on Aug. 16, and entered lake service on Nov. 2, 1961. DimensionS...sssecesscecececeeesee730" (OA) X 75" X 3913" Cargo Capacity at Mid-Summer Draft of 2619", Propulsion......s «€,000-shp General Electric steam turbine NOTE: Vessel is duplicate of steamer NORTHERN VENTURE, owned by Island Shipping, Ltd., another Upper Lakes Shipping affiliate. (See co- ver story and picture, Detroit Marine Historian, October, 1961). Belle Isle with fellow member Robert E. Lee, curator, as our host He HE HE ae ee he story of the Welland Canal, that vital link between Lakes Erie and Ontario, will hae told at our meeting on March 16 at 8 Ppem. by Paul Sherlock. He will trace the many different canals that have been cut through the narrow neck of land over the years and show slides of che present canal and some of the remaining stonework of the earlier efforts. The meeting will be at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum on HE SE HE a ae ae