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THE LOG (Continued which in turn is moved to Nanticoke. ** The Consolidated Coal Company of Pittsburgh on January 13th gifted Lime Island and Little Lime Island to Michigan's Department of Natural Resources which will add the 1,000 acres to the Lake Superior State Forest properties. Lime Island, in the St. Mary's River above Detour Village, was the site G of Consolidated Coal's (Hanna) coal and oil bunkering station which served the Great Lakes' fleet for many years. ** Leitch Transports Ltd., has sold an 800,000-share block of common stock in Dofasco, Canada's second largest steelmaker. From the pro- ceeds, Leitch announced its intentions "to purchase two large ships for its subsidiary, Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd." ** Northrup Contracting of Brockport, New York has been awarded a $256,300 contract by the Buffalo District of the U.S. Corps of Engineers to remove the sunken steamer CANADIANA from Collision Bend in the Cuyahoga River at Cleveland. She sank there last February 17th. ** 1983 marks N. M. Paterson and Sons' 75th year of operation and the Senator's 100th birthday. A special flag is said to be in the works for these special commemorations as well as a publication. *k Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, completed its ninth and final gunboat for Saudi Arabia delivery, the OBAIDAH. She cleared for Norfolk on November 23rd. ** Hannah Marine's 4,000 hp tug JAMES A. HANNAH is moored at St. Ignace this winter to provide ice-breaking services heretofore provided by the U.S. Coast Guard. The U.S.C.G. icebreaking tug BISCAYNE BAY remains at her station there should her services be required. ** Gaelic Tugboat Company of Detroit has acquired another tug, the WILLIAM BELL, from Dravo interests on the Mississippi. The 85-footer, earlier named MINN from previous service on the lakes will be rechristened by Gaelic prior to her entry into service. ** The tug TRIO BRAVO, better know as Roen's JOHN ROEN V, was intentionally scuttled off Fort Lauderdale, Florida on December 16th where she will serve as an artificial reef. Built as CUMBERLAND in 1898 at Baltimore, she served the Milwaukee District of the U.S. Corps of Engineers from 1920 to 1950. ** The Canadian excursion steamer CALEDONIA will not serve the Windsor area as a floating restaurant, as was indicated in last month's LOG. Instead, she has been moved to the Montreal area for undisclosed use. ** Our friends at the J. W. Westcott Company have provided us the following statistical information on the season of 1982. @ Their service to the fleets began 7:00 a.m. on April 14th and concluded at 9:00 a.m. on December 15th, a period seven days shorter than the 1981 period. PASSAGES U.S. LAKERS CAN. LAKERS SALTIES TOTAL Upbound 1,194 1.437 597 3,228 Downbound 1,201 1,433 611 3,245 Total 2,395: 2,870 1,208 6,473 ARRIVALS - Detroit Upbound 303 27 215) 445 Downbound 347 9: 26 382 - Windsor Upbound 1 80 20 101 Downbound 6 115 22 143 Fraser Shipyards, Superior has three 5-year surveys at their yard this winter. In- cluded are Kinsman's steamers KINSMAN INDEPENDENT and MERLE M. MCCURDY, along with Huron Cement's J. A. W. IGLEHART. Also, PM's CHARLES M. BEEGHLY, JOHN SHERWIN and HARRY COULBY and USS's CASON J. CALLAWAY are there. The grounding-wrecked Cliff's steamer FRONTENAC completes the roster at the Fraser yard. ** Moore-McCormack's salty MORMACLYNX, lengthened at Amship's Lorain yard this past summer, finally made her departure from the lakes with her December 5th transit of the Welland Canal. Detained by required renewal of stern tube bearings following trials and her intended departure run, she had loaded components from Detroit's Revere Brass plant for shipment overseas, as well as general cargo from Cleveland. ** Westdale's LEADALE (2), formerly the JOHN A. KLING, has been awarded to Marine Salvage, Ltd. gq at Ramey's Bend in Port Colborne and apparently will be scrapped. ** Paterson's TROISDOC (2) -- formerly CSL's IROQUOIS -- has been sold to Mexican interests for off-lakes operation.