The Detroit Marine Historian Journal of Marine Historical Society of Detroit Volume 35, No. 9 - May, 1982 Published Monthly Annual Dues $8.00 Rev. Peter Van der Linden, Editor - 29825 Joy Road - Westland, Michigan 48185 INTRODUCING: CANADIAN PIONEER Photo by Dave Kohl © Steel self-unloader (C. 395424) built for Upper Lakes Shipping, Ltd. in 1980-81 at Port Weller, Ontario by the Port Weller Dry Docks, Ltd. (Hull #67): 730 x 76 x 47; 24,194 gross tons. Floated from drydock, May 27, 1981. Christened on September 12, 1981 by Mrs. Alfred Powis, wife of the president of Noranda Mines.