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and recounted the KEE's history and some recollections of his sailing career, which began in 1915 aboard the MARTIAN. The KEE.and the ASSINIBOIA were built in 1907 at The Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Govan, Scotland, and crossed the Atlantic under ‘their own power. They were cut in half at Quebec along lines specified in their blueprints so they could be towed through the small locks of the old St. Lawrence River and Welland Canal systems. Specially strengthened bulkheads had been provided them by the shipyard so that each half would be completely watertight. REASSEMBLED at Buffalo, the two beautiful steamers continued under their own power to Owen Sound which at that time was the Georgian Bay terminal for the operation. Ls) CHIEF GERVAIS was proud of the engineroom which had been his domain from 1960 until the final "Finished with Engines" on Dec. 2, 1965, The KEE, he said, had four large Scotch boilers. They came out in 1907 certified for 220 pounds pressure and the day the KEE was laid up these same boilers were still certified for 220 pounds pressure. The quadruple-expansion engine was as good as the day the Fairfield yard put the finishing touches to it and a couple of flicks with a cloth would restore the gleam of steel and brass lovingly rubbed in by the builders. A CONVOY of small craft came out into Lake Michigan to welcome the KEEWATIN as she neared her new home. Capt. Morrison guided her skillfully between the pierheads, marked by their flashin white and flashing green lights. The KEEWATIN, drawing 15 feet at the stern, rubbed the bottom so Capt. Morrison waited until daylight on Tuesday, June 27, before continuing up the Kalamazoo River to the ‘temporary berth opposite a red brick 4 powerhouse in a‘city-owned park on the river bank. There the 60 tons of bunker coal, carried for ballast, was to be removed be- fore the KEE was taken,to her final berth on property Peterson owns at vouglas, across the river from Saugatuck. LACKING STEAM for the winches, the KEE's "crew" had to man— handle the wire mooring lines at the final docking. And the water was so shallow at the river's edge that the AMHERSTBURG and three of the local fish tugs had to shove against her side to push her stern out of the river channel. Then they moved away and left the gleaming white KEE, silhouetted against the green hillside, in solitary splendor as the Queen of Saugatuck. Curt Haseltine -- Photos by the author Shoving the KEE closer to the bankeThe KEE -- alone in regal splendor