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LOG The PAUL L.TIETJEN returned to service, passing through the St. Clair River upbound on Sunday, Sept.26. On Tuesday, Sept.28, INLAND SEAS, the former Uni- versity of Michigan research vessel, departed Port Lambton, Ontario for New London, Connecticut where she will enter the non-commercial trade as a yacht. * The 660 ft. bow section of the first 1,000 ft. lake carrier to be built at Sturgeon Bay, Wis. was launched Thursday, Sept.30. The 340 ft. stern section is under construction in the yard's new graving dock and when it is completed, the bow section will be float- ed in and joined. In July, 1977 the ship will be christened BELLE RIVER and deliver- ed to the American Steamship Company, a subsidiary of GATX Corp. * On Saturday, Oct. 9th, the tug LAC MANITOBA towed the former St.Lawrence River ferry LA VIOLETTE up the St.Clair River to Sarnia, Ont. where she is supposed to enter the excursion and charter trade. Her journey was a long and complicated one. She left the East Coast of the U.S. last year, up the Inland Waterway to Sorel where she wintered, to Hamil- ton, where she stayed most of the summer, then through the Welland to Sarnia. May the owners have lots of luck in their new venture. * The British-built TEMPLE BAR has been sold to Nipigon Transports and will be converted to Lake service at Singa- pore. She is expected to be on the Lakes sometime next summer. * Cleveland Tankers are going to build a new ship for their fleet at Orange, Texas. Delivery is expect- ed in 1978. She will not be like the recent additions to their fleet, the SATURN and JUPITER. * Already two vessels have laid up for the winter. The CHARLES M. BEEG- HLY is at Superior, Wis., and the CHICAGO TRADER is at Toledo. * The new National Steel boat, the 1,000 footer to be built by Amship after the next Interlake boat is reported to have been named the GEORGE A.STINSON. * The unlucky"Tall Ship"ERAWAN, after passing through the Lakes, on her way home met with disaster on Oct.21. She was dashed on the rocks and completely destroyed‘off Nova Scotia in the North Atlan- tic. All the crew were rescued by the Canadian Coast Guard. SORRY TO SEE YOU GO This past summer three former Great Lakes vessels were towed to lower Lake ports apparently for scrapping. These vessels had a variety of careers and experiences, and we will miss seeing them on our inland waters. The Canallers, all ships able to traverse the old St.Lawrence canals prior to the building of the Seaway in 1959, were a peculiar breed. All of these vessels had to be less than the maximum 256 feet of the length of the canals. The STEEL CHEMIST and the IMPERIAL LONDON were two such vessels. Most of the canallers were Canadian but earlier in this century many American firms were also deeply involved in the canal trade. The STEEL CHEMIST was built for the finished steel products trade, both on the Lakes and the East Coast. The tanker fleet of the Imperial Oil Company of (Cont'd. P.3) Tug ATOMIC towing INLAND TRANSPORT: One of the last of the American Canallers. a.) STEEL CHEMIST, built by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., at Kearney, New Jersey in 1926, hull #83, US. 225935, 250.7 x 42.9 x 17.2, 1946 gross tons. Converted to a tanker in 1948. C.190468, b.) THE INLAND ('46), c.) TRANSINLAND ('49), d.) INLAND TRANSPORT ('65). Laid-up at Sarnia for the past several years. Photo by Fr.Ray Donahue