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| 7/29 - Buffalo
visitor - Brian Wroblewski |
 The canal schooner/barge Lois McClure |
| 7/29 - Saginaw River traffic - Todd Shorkey |
 Karen Andrie turning off the SEM dock |
 Turned and outbound |
 Karen Andrie close up |
 Tug Donald C. Hannah at the Dow Chemical dock |
 Close up |
| 7/29 - Detroit & Rouge River traffic - Mike Nicholls |
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 Everlast |
 Enroute to Toronto with asphalt. |
 American Valor up bound off of Nicholson's. |
 Canadian Coast Guard's Cape Hurd down bound in the Ballard's Reef Channel. |
 Frontenac down bound at Fighting Island South Light. |
 Stern view |
| Alpena in Alpena - Ben & Chanda McClain |
 Alpena heading for port Alpena |
 Front view |
 Loading under the silos. |
7/29 - Scenes from the Russel Bros. Tugfest in Owen Sound - Ed. Saliwonchyk |
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Two of the featured Russel Brothers boats that have returned are the Still Watch and the Mink Isle. The Still Watch is the second largest vessel built by Russel Bros at 150' and was launched in 1960 as the Ville Marie, a survey ship for the Canadian Coast Guard. She is now a privately owned floating cottage. The Mink Isle returned home for her 60th birthday. The 50 footer was launched in 1947 as the Brompton Duchess and spent a large part of her working life in Thunder Bay towing log booms. She is now also a privately owned pleasure craft. |
 Still Watch and Mink Isle at Owen Sound's Russel Bros Tug Fest. |
One of the races featured the now retired built in 1960 Canadian Coast Guard survey vessel, the Ville Marie (Still Watch) against Thunder Cape, one of the Coast Guard's newer medium endurance rescue vessels. |
 In a cloud of smoke, Still Watch takes an early lead but . . . |
 at the finish, Thunder Cape takes over to win the race. |
7/29 - Historical Perspectives - Rudi Rabe |
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 Cadillac down at Belle Isle - 1977 |
 George A Sloan on the Rouge River - 1985 |
 Irving S. Olds at Zug Island - 1978 (note damaged stern due to the Armco running into her) |
 J. Burton Ayers on the Rouge - 1983 |
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 Richard J Reiss Western Lake Erie - 1982 |
 Richard J. Reiss at Toledo - 1983 |
 Robert C Norton at Cleveland - 1977 |
 Sachem at Whiskey Island, Cleveland - 1984 |
 Thomas Wilson in Cleveland - 1977 |
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 Luedtke Dredge moves out of the channel for the weekend. |
 Kurt R. Luedtke does the pushing |
 Spectators await the arrival of the Niagara |
 US Brig Niagara passes thru the MLK Jr. Bridge |
 The replica Honor Guard from Fort Meigs awaits the brig's arrival. |
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 Passing downtown Toledo |
 Making the turn to line up with the dock. |
 Senior Capt. Walter Rybka directs the vessel docking. |
 "Man the yardarms. Furl the sails". |
 The very old museum brig parked in front of the old museum freighter. |
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 Toledo Town Crier announces the Niagara's arrival. |
 SS Boyer Executive Director Paul LaMarre III welcomes Capt. Rybka with a pen and ink drawing done by his father, Paul LaMarre, Jr. |
 Toledo Mayor Carleton Finkbeiner welcomes the Niagara to town. |
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| 7/28 - Edward L. Ryerson at old Guard Gate in the Welland Canal - David Bull |
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| 7/28 -
Sarah Pierre headed to Detroit - Ron Beaupre |
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| 7/28 - Cleveland and Mentor traffic - Robert Ottmers |
 Calumet unloading gravel in Mentor. |
 Stern view |
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 Algoway being towed backward, down the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, by the "G" tug Rhode Island. |
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 Backing into the harbor |
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