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The LOG (continued) Building Company in Lorain, Ohio and launched as a) GEORGE M. HUMPHREY, 586.3 x 60.2x 27.9; 8,004 gross tons. CONSUMERS POWER had been idle in Erie, Pennsylvania since December 6, 1985. *** On May 10 IMPERIAL BEDFORD struck the south guard wall of the Eisenhower Lock, denting her bow. She was carrying a full load of lube oil from Montreal bound for Sarnia, however, the damage was not severe enough to result in any cargo spill. *** SELKIRK SETTLER was downbound in the Seaway on May 10, after being placed under British registry (Isle of Man). Misener estimates it can save $1.1 million by staffing the ship with a foreign crew under a foreign flag. *** On May 13, CHI-CHEEMAUN began her 1988 schedule between Tobermory and South Baymouth on Manitoulin Island. For those wishing a schedule, please call (800) 265-3163. *** Inland Lakes Transportation's E.M. FORD arrived in Alpena May 16 on her first trip since laying up in Milwaukee on December 21, 1986. *** On May 16, while workers from Sandrin Brothers were cutting damaged plating from the side of EASTERN SHELL at Sarnia's Government Dock, fire broke out in her hold. *** Algoma's ALGOCAPE ~ was downbound in the Seaway on May 21 and went aground in Lake St. Louis. She was freed on May 23 after being lightered by P. S. BARGE NO. 1. On May 25, after reloading and passing Coast Guard inspection, she resumed her trip to Baie Comeau. The Maritime Administration has given permission for USX to sell BENJAMIN F. FAIRLESS = and IRVING S. OLDS to Marine Salvage of Port Colborne. IRVING S. OLDS was downbound past Detroit on June 2 under tow of McAllister Towing's SALVAGE MONARCH with Gaelic Tugboat Company's SHANNON = assisting. After transiting the Welland Canal on June 4, SALVAGE MONARCH turned over the tow to HELEN M. MC ALLISTER and returned to Duluth. On June 21, BENJAMIN F. FAIRLESS was downbound past Detroit under tow of SALVAGE MONARCH with SHANNON again assisting. IRVING S. OLDS had been idle in Duluth since December 3, 1981, and BENJAMIN F. FAIRLESS was idle in Duluth since October 4, 1982. *** On June 15, Algoma's ALGOWEST was downbound in the St. Lawrence River near the port of Les Escoumins (northeast of Quebec City) when, during near zero visibility due to heavy fog, she collided with the Canadian coaster COUDRES DE L'ILE, loaded with scrap iron. COUDRES DE I'ILE sank in a matter of minutes and the crew of ALGOWEST quickly pulled nine crew members out of the frigid waters. One crew member, however, was still missing. ALGOWEST suffered minor damage and continued her trip on June 22, delivering a load of grain to Baie Comeau. *** AQUARAMA, idle in Muskegon since 1963, will be open for tours during the June 25 through July 4 running of Muskegon's Great Lumbertown Music Festival. Purchased in 1987 by Canadian businessman James Everatt, AQUARAMA is expected to be towed from Muskegon to Port Stanley, Ontario this summer where she will be converted into a floating hotel and convention center. *** The Federal Aviation Administration has approved a variance which would allow the Great Lakes Historical Society to place WILLIAM G. MATHER on the east face of Cleveland's East Ninth Street Pier. The MATHER's stack will project into the flight path of the Burke Lakefront Airport runway by about nine feet. With this last stumbling block removed, plans are to move WILLIAM G. MATHER to Cleveland this summer with her conversion to a museum expected to be completed by the early summer of 1989. *** Quebec Tugs Ltd., a subsidiary of Canada Steamship Lines, was sold early this year to Groupe Ocean Ltd. Included in the sale were the _ tugs CAPT. IOANNIS S., LEONARD W., JERRY G., DONALD P., and the bunkering barge SILLERY. *** The Auto Club of Michigan has sold its Boblo amusement park to International Broadcasting Corporation, a Minneapolis-based entertainment company which currently owns the Harlem Globetrotters and the Ice Capades. Included in the sale were the venerable steamers COLUMBIA and STE CLAIRE. *** The Maritime Administration has approved the request of Dalmeijer Trading B V of the Netherlands to sell A.H. FERBERT and SAMUEL MATHER to Equipment Parts Export, Inc., of New York City for scrapping in Turkey. *** The "Sault Evening News" reports that a U.S. marshall has seized both the unfinished tug and barge built by Eugene Fischer and Kay Bell, partners in the Ontonagon Barge Line Inc. The tug was seized in Houghton, where it has been moored for several months, and the barge in Ontonagon. The tug and barge were seized in conjunction with indictment charging several of the tug and barge system's owners with using barges to smuggle marijuana into the United States from South America.