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GUARDIAN LAKE GUARDIAN & HYDRA March 7, 1991 Bay City, MI photo by John Yournakis Steel bose boat (U.S.641676) built in 1981 at Moss Point, Mississippi by Halter Marine, Incorporated (Hull# 1013 for the United States of America, Department of Transportation as a.) MARSEA XIV: 180 X 40 X 14; 283 gross tons. Rebuilt at Lockport, Louisiana into an E-P.A. surveillance and monitoring vessel and renamed b.) LAKE GUARDIAN in 1990. ale THE LOG A new passenger boat operation was initiated in June along the Detroit River. Diamond Jack's River Tours purchased the former Beaver Island ferry EMERALD ISLE early this spring, and she arrived in Detroit on May 4. In Detroit, she underwent major renovations and was renamed b). DIAMOND JACK. Two hour narrated Detroit River tours are offered Wednesday through Sunday, departing from Hart Plaza and St. Aubin Park. Group charters are also available by special arrangement. For further information on tour schedules and charters, call (313) 843-9376. *** On July 9, Charles F. Conrad, a retired Holland businessman, announced he had purchased the " Michigan-Wisconsin Transportation's carferry operations from Glen Bowden, including the Carferrys BADGER, SPARTAN, and CITY OF MIDLAND 41. Conrad has formed Michigan Trans-Lake Shortcut, Inc. to operate the Carferrys, and plans to renovate and begin operating BADGER May 1 through September 15 of next year. Conrad also hopes to eventually get all three carferrys back in operation. REX Goodtime Transit's 474-passenger GOODTIME Il departed Cleveland on May 4 bound for Philadelphia where she was renamed LIBERTY BELLE Il. Her new owners plan to operate her as a dinner boat in the Philadelphia area. In other news from Cleveland, the former dinner ships PRIDE OF CLEVELAND and STAR OF NAUTICA have both been seized by the U. S. Marshall Service. PRIDE OF CLEVELAND was scheduled to be auctioned on July 16, and STAR OF NAUTICA on August 22 with proceeds of each sale used to pay creditors. *** *** The former CSL canaller METIS, with Purvis Marine's tug AVENGER IV, arrived in Montreal on May 21, completing her first trip since being converted into a cement-carrying barge for the Lake 44-12-5