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Keewatin details: Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Limited, Govan, Scotland, 1907 Type: Passenger Displacement: 3,856 tons Dimensions: 346 x 43 x 16 ft Machinery: Steam quadruple expansion, 3500 SHP = 16 knots Passengers: 288 (berthed) Crew: 86 Keewatin service: Built for Canadian Pacific Steamships. Sailed from Scotland to Montreal 14-23 Sep 1907, where she was cut in two for passage through the St.Lawrence and Welland canals. Once at Buffalo, she was reassembled. Put into weekly service from Lake Superior to Owen Sound on Georgian Bay, from 7 Oct 1908. Shifted depot facilities to Port McNicoll, Ontario in 1912. Retired from service 29 Nov 1965. Preserved as a floating museum at Douglas, Michigan, since 1967." Quoted text from the museum display. Using Google Earth, she is identified by placing your cursor over one of the blue markers found after "flying" to Douglas, Michigan. Unfortunately the low resolution makes it impossible to see her, even though she is tagged.
The SS Keewatin is now at Port McNicol, on the Georgian Bay in Ontario. She is open for tours throughout the summer months. www.sskeewatin.com