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> 1941 NAVIGATION SEASON IN OPEN Oil Tanker Lands at Port Colborne With Cargo From Sarnia Port Colborne, April 7.—The 1941 navigation season was ushered in here last night when the Imperial Oil tanker Acadialite docked at the International Nickel company with a cargo of oil from Sarnia. The vessel arrived from Sarnia and was in charge of Captain J. Jenkins. Little difficulty was experienced in crossing the lake. The ice is breaking up fast and open water can be seen for miles outside the breakwater. The Hamilton Harbour commission has not yet received word regarding the opening of the highway and railway bridge at the Burlington canal and until these structures are manned no vessel can pass in or out of port. The first ship to arrive here is expected to come from Toronto or some Lake Ontario port on the American side, probably with a load of coal or iron ore. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.—The fleet of Cleveland Cliff steamers which have been held fast in the ice of Whitefish bay, some of them since last Wednesday, succeeded in breaking through the ice barrier late Sunday after a passage had been forced by the tugs Favourite, Sabin, Iowa and U.S.C.G. Tahoma, together with the car ferry Saint Marie. Led by the steamer P. Schneider, of the Cleveland Cliff fleet, the last of the fleet passed Whitefish point into open water of Lake Superior. Buffalo, N.Y., April 7.—(CP)— Two coalers, which nosed their way cautiously through the main gap of the breakwater into ice-laden Lake Erie yesterday, to signal the opening of navigation at the port of Buffalo, apparently have got through the lower lake safely, Capt. John J. Daly, of the United I States coast guard, reported to- | day. The vessels are the 10,800-ton Shenango and the 11,800-ton Colonel J. M. Schoonmaker, freighters operated and owned by the Shenango Furnace Co., of Cleveland. Both cleared light. C.S.L. APPOINTMENTS Canada Steamship Lines announces appointments for all ships of the fleet. The ship, master and chief engineer are named in that order, as follows: UPPER LAKE BULK CARRIERS Ashcroft, J. F. Davis, H. Young; Collingwood, E. Griesbach, M. Ded-man; Donnacona, Jas. Reoch, C. Le-riche; Emperor, J. A. Brown, M. J. O'Brien; Gleneagles, D. W. Burke, George Price; Goderich, J. J. Dube, P. Eagles; Hagarty, E. Walkinshaw, J. M. Kennedy. Lemoyne, C. E. Robinson, H. H. Moore; Prescott, Roy Burke, R. Sinclair; Stadacona, T. S. Patterson, E. Henry; Westmount, A. F. MacLennan, W. H. Taylor. UPPER LAKE PACKAGE FREIGHTERS Huronic, H. L. Beaton, J. R. Nau-die: Renvoyle, W. J. Holler, H. Myler. SELF-UNLOADERS Coalhaven, L. G. Bird, A. V. Smith; Collier, T. W. Adams, R. M. Bonnell; Glenelg, N. J. Reoch, A. P. Norris: Midland Prince. P. Beatty, James Douglas; Osier, R. Belcher, J. B. Pol-ding. PACKAGE FREIGHTERS Beaverton, D. H. Porter, D. J. Les-I lie; Calgarjan, A. Allen, J. Brooks; Canadian. E. Corcoran, T. Nichols; City of Hamilton. J. A. Lepine, J. M. Clark; City of Kingston, J. A. Ferguson, M. J.'TSnerman. City of Montreal, N. Legault, H. Paus: City of Toronto, M. J. Corkey, W. E. Downing; City of Windsor, A. Francis, L. E. Spencer; Edmonton, R. Anderson, A. J. O'Brien; Fernie, Alex. Wilson, D. G. Pruder; Glenxoss, A. J. Galloway, W. L. Hurder; Kenora, E. F. Poidevin, Jas. Neilon; Lethbridge, E. J. Shannon, R. W. Howes; Saskatoon, T. R. McLeod, F. Lumley; Selkirk, E. F. Raeburn, J. A. MacDonald; Weyburn, H. R. Baxter, R. H. Isbes-ter; Winnipeg, H. A. Patterson, Jas. Kirk. LOWER LAKE BULK FREIGHTERS Acadian, C. E. Scott, J. J. Smith; BarrieT~rI. Laliberte, F. B. Bonnell; .i!d Stewart. V. Chartier, M. ner; Dundas, E. A. George, P. J. Rutherford; Elgin. A. Wilson, J. Dyson; Fairjaiaunf;, H. J. Clarke, M. Parry; Grainmotor, George C. Kirk, E. C. FlemuTg; Hastings, J. G. R. Toupin, G. W. Clark; Kinmount, J. R. Lamarre, A. J. McChristie; Lennox, D. Nolan, D. F. Lockwood; eheath, H. A. Leaney, E. L. WarReTT Meaford. G. Lefebvre A. Meikle; NorfoIkT W. J. Hore, W. J. McWilliarnTPenetang, A. Bonin, Jas. Bennett; Simcoe, J. Leblanc, M. Rankin; Starmb'unt, J. W. Scarrow, J. Neville. EASTERN PASSENGER Quebec, C. H. Burch, N. Peloquin; TadouSSac, W. Gagne, N. Crepeau; St. Lawrence, A. Delage, O. Pelo- Richelieu, C. A. Bodensieck, George Bourret; Rapids Pxince, P. J. Cherry, E. Lenneville; Saguenay, E. T. Simard, L. Plante. WESTERN PASSENGER Kingston, B. A. Bongard, G. W. MacDonald; Cayuga, H. Webster, J. F. Henry. NORTHERN PASSENGER Noronic. H. J. Aitken, J. W. Mc-¦onic,. Wm. Taylor, J. G. MacHattie. TREE LINE'S THREE There was a time, not many years ago, when the Tree Line Navigation Co. listed ten vessels, but these ships gradually have been sold to other interests and latterly transferred to other fleets. This year only three ships are listed as owned by the company. The appointments announced are: i Elmbay, L. S. Maclntyre, L. Morin-ville; Sprucebay, A. J. Story, J. A. | Lentz; Teakbay, P. Morinville, R. j Gibson. HALL OFFICIALS Appointments for the Hall Corporation of Canada fleet are: Con-niscliffe Hall, E. Grouix, J. Boutin!' Mcadcliffe Hall, R. Sinclair, P. Bol-duc; Mount Louis, T. Marchand, A. Baribeau; J. H. Price, S. L. Davis, W. Covey; W. B. Reynolds, George Dorais, A. LSJonH; Kockclifi'e Hall, W. M. Bowen, W. H. 'LamotrreaiXx; L. W. Robinson, M. H. Robson, A. Bibeau. REACHED OPEN WATER Shipping men expect that navigation at the twin lakehead ports of Fort William and Port Arthur will be opened for navigation, at the end of this week or the beginning of next. Last year the first arrival at the western Superior ports was on April 17. The icebreakers James Whalen and Strathmore have cut channels through the Thunder Bay ice fields and have reached open water. The main field remains solid, but any vessels can reach the docks by using the channel cut. SARNIA April 7—Up—J. C. Williams, 12.30 p.m.; W. D. Crawford, . 12.35 p.m.; Edmund W. Mudge, 12.40 p.m.; Diamond Alkali, 3.10 p.m. April 7—Down—John G. Munson, I 4 p.m. Montreal, April 10 (CP).—Lachine Canal will open for navigation Tuesday, it was announced today bv j, b. O. Laurent, soperinlendent of the canal. The waterway has been under- [ going repairs since March 24. First boat to pass through the 8%- I mile canal will be the icebreaker Ernest Lapointe. She will break the ice remaining at the foot of Soulanges Canal and at other blocked places, clearing the way for traffic to and from the Great Lakes. On the St. Lawrence River Government Icebreakers today broke up an Ice i jam near Sorel. Que., and ft was expected the river would be free of ice ' by Monday.