M O N T H L Y NEWS BULLETIN OF THE T O R O N T O Executive C om m ittee J. H. Bascom Jay N. Bascom David Bull Roger Chapman Lorne Joyce M A R I N E H I S T O R I C A L S O C I E T Y Editor Jay N. Bascom 100 Whitehall Road Toronto, Ont. M4W 2C7 Capt. J. Leonard G. T u rn er W. R. Wilson VOL. XXVI - NO. 4 MEETINGS J A N U A R Y 1994 Friday, Friday, F e b r u a r y 4th - 8 : 00 p. m. at the Museum. "Aboard W i t h a Camera" will be a p r o g r a m m e by Roger Chapman, illu s t r a t i n g his trip on A L G O W E S T from the We lland Canal to the Lower St. La wrence River in May of 1993. Y o u know the q u a l i t y of Roger's photos, so plan to attend. M a r c h 4 t h - 8 : 00 p . m. at the Museum. Ron Beaupre and Ala n Sykes will pr esent an i l l u s t r a t e d programme on the subject of Great Lakes shipwrecks. Watch for details in the F e b r u a r y issue. * * * * * * * THE EDITOR'S N O T E B O O K Our D e c ember M e e t i n g was very well attended, and the asse mbled m u l t i t u d e s enjoyed a v a r i e t y of marine photos taken by our late member, C. A. L o r r i man. We are i n d e b t e d to Marge L o r riman for making these views available, and to Gordon Tur n e r for s e lecting slides for the show and work i n g up some i n f o r m a t i o n on each one. It was your Editor's great privilege to i n t roduce the Lorri m a n photos and to speak a bit about each one. The y brought back some very pleasant memories... It is now winter, and as n oted on an inside page, we look forward to r e ceiving your w i n t e r lay-up listings as soon as possible so that we may run our annual list of lay-ups for lake and river ports in the F e b r u a r y issue. Your urgent a s s i s t a n c e is solicited. In this, our first issue of 1994, we would like to thank all those who have helped w i t h "Scanner" over the past year, including correspondents , r e s e a r chers, writers, staplers, stampers and deliverers. We also thank those who have chaired, introduced, p r es ented or atten d e d our regular meetings. * * * * * * * AFFILIATED WITH THE MARINE MUSEUM OF UPPER CANADA ISSN 0318-014X