The Agawa Canyon
Built at Collingwood, Ontario in 1970. She measures in at 646 feet.
The Algorail
Built at Collingwood, Ontario in 1968. She measures in at 640 feet in length.
The John J. Boland
She was built at Sturgeon Bay, WI in 1973, and sailed as the Charles E. Wilson until 2000, when she was sold and renamed the John J. Boland. To make things more confusing, she was replacing another ship by her new owners that was the John J. Boland. The previous John J. Boland was sold and renamed the Saginaw and is still sailing the lakes. This version of the John J. Boland comes in at 680 feet in length.
Those are good photo’s. A good friend of mine used to work on the Canada Steamship Lines ” Black Bay ” for many years. The ship survived years of hauling millions of tons of iron ore and grain,a collision with the Liberian flagged salt water vessel ” Epic ” on August 24, 1965 and a fire in the aft cabins on February 19, 1978 while in layup. The Black Bay was sold to Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd., Toronto, ON in the spring of 1994 and the name was changed to ” Canadian Voyager “,the vessel sailed again under the new name on September 25, 1995. The ship arrived in Montreal on December 23, 2001 for her final lay up. In August 2002 the Canadian Voyager and her Seaway Marine fleet mate Algoriver were sold for scrap for delivery to Turkey under tow. The Canadian Voyager departed Montreal August 15th under tow of the large Russian tug Akhtiar with assistance down the St. Lawrence River to Les Ecoumins being provided by Les Group Ocean’s tug Ocean Hercule. The Canadian Voyager’s final proud voyage leaving her homeland took her past many of the ports she had once considered “ports of call†along the St. Lawrence River. The tow arrived at Aliaga, Turkey under tow on Sept. 18. The former laker was beached on Sept. 20 for scrapping. Ironically the beaching came 40 years to the day of her launching at Collingwood Shipyards, Collingwood, ON.
Here is the link to full story with photo’s on boatnerd.com if anyone is interested…..
The link didn’t show up for some reason so here it is.
http://www.boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/voyager.htm