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		News Photo Gallery October 3, 2010

 

Canadian Prospector scrap tow on October 1 - Michel St-Denis
Tug Simoon will tow the Canadian Prospector to Turkey.				On the Bow, the name of Canadian Prospector is cover by paint. The white strip on the Bow indicates the draft and will warn the crew if the hull takes on water.
Stack and logo covered by black paint.			Tug Vigilant 1 on the stern
Salties in the Welland Canal - John McCreery
Amur Star approaching the Homer bridge	Emerging from under the Skyway	Stern view heading to lock 3	BBC Mississippi exiting from lock 3 with Algocanada in the background	BBC Mississippi passing the Amur Star
Closeup bow view	Stern with Barry Andersen's car in the foreground - it's for sale	Avonborg out of lock 7 and Windsor bound	Meeting the downbound Eider	Avonborg and Eider passing
Eider against the light	Stern view	Avonborg passing under the bridge at highway 20	Bow view	Stern view as she heads toward Port Robinson
Duluth-Superior - Tom Caine
Sam Laud departing Duluth for Silver Bay Saturday	Samuel de Champlain and Innovation arriving Duluth Piers	Cason J. Callaway unloading limestone at CN Missabe	Joseph L. Block at CN Missabe	Callaway and Block at CN Missabe Dock 6
Federal Danube at Gavilon Elevator	Algoma Guardian loading at Cenex Harvest States 2	Algoma Guardian and Tug Minnesota	Capt. Henry Jackman departing Duluth with Taconite	Olympic Melody at Cenex Harvest States 1
G-Tug Kentucky standing by	R/V Blue Heron	Olympic Miracle arriving and Olympic Melody departing Duluth-Superior. Both ships used the same lift of the Aerial Bridge.	Olympic Miracle and Olympic Melody	Olympic Miracle and Olympic Melody exchange 3 blast salute followed by 1 blast salute
Algoma Guardian and Olympic Miracle meet off Rice's Point	Olympic Guardian and tug Minnesota on stern	Tug Minnesota	Minnesota at stern of Olympic Miracle	Minnesota initiates last turn to CHS 1
Minnesota and Olympic Miracle	Edwin H. Gott arrives Duluth	Cason J. Callaway arrives Duluth
Welland Canal - Paul Beesley
Algocanada downbound below Lock 2.	Algocanada passes the Federal Ems above Lock 1.	Amur Star approaching Lock 1 from Lake Ontario.	A familiar funnel to the Great Lakes and Eastern Canada.  Rigel, formerly sailing the Diamond, Emerald & Jade Star.	Amur Star slides the wall toward Lock 1.
Avonborg above Lock 3 passes the Algocanada.	Avonborg above Lock 3.	Avonborg approaching Lock 4 west of the Flight locks.	BBC Mississippi below Lock 1.	BBC Mississippi glides towards Lock 1.
Federal Ems passes the Algocanada above Lock 1.	Federal Ems moving toward Lock 2.	Horizon, from Dunkirk, NY.	Horizon heads for Lake Ontario on a windy day.	Meantime, the Radium Yellowknife shelters below Lock 1 because of the wind.
Algowood leaving Lock 2.	Sabina at the Homer bridge on her way to Lock 3.	Dunnage on deck of the Sabina.	Sea Owl waiting for Lock 2 to open.  Hooooo owns this yacht?	Sea Owl moving slowly toward Lock 2.
Goderich Ontario, Friday - Bruce Douglas
Algosteel loading salt in its third day here.	View from south pier.	View from lighthouse.	View from castle.	Moving to let Cuyahoga enter channel, strong winds.
MacDonald's tugs shoving hard.	Tugs shifting position	Cuyahoga approaching harbor.	Turning in basin, Algosteel backing around again.	Cuyahoga loading grain.
CSX Presque Isle Coal Dock - Bob Vincent
Robert S. Pierson under the ship loader	Heading for Essar Steel Algoma in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Straits of Mackinac Saturday - Dianne Donati
Olive L. Moore/Lewis J. Kuber	BBC Rio Grande in Lake Huron passing Bois Blanc Island.	Eastbound Buffalo
Salties in the Welland Canal - John McCreery
Federal Ems departing lock 1	Passing Cape Roger	Meeting the downbound Algocanada	Bow view	Stern view
Bow dead on	Dusk arrives as Federal Ems slides the wall toward lock 2 destination Ashtabula	Eider holding position after exit from lock 3	Finally underway	Approaching the Homer bridge at days end and destined for the anchorage in Hamilton harbor
Tugboat Kristin J. hard aground on Glencoe Shoal near Glencoe, Ill. Saturday - Petty Officer 1st Class Jason Ford
Three people aboard the vessel were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard after Kristin J., with two construction barges in tow, began taking on water.
Barbara Andrie from the Hope Memorial Bridge - Kate White
Mariatown - Murray Blancher
Avonborg upbound at Mariatown in a very heavy rain	Sea Owl downbound at Mariatown		BBC Volga upbound at Mariatown
Federal Saguenay downbound at Mariatown	BBC Volga upbound at Iroquois		John Spencer & Niagara spirit upbound at Iroquois	J W Shelley upbound at Iroquois
	Beluga Featival downbound at Iroquois
Friday evening at Brockville - Dave Bessant
Looking down to Prescott from Brockville, 3 ships approaching which turn out to be J W Shelley, John Spence and Canadian Empress, you can almost tell from the silhouettes.	J W Shelley approaching Brockville	Stern view into setting sun	Canadian Empress has overtaken John Spence as she must come in to stay overnight at Brockville	Across from Morristown
Saluting with her high pitched whistle	John Spence with her barge Spirit and a flashing yellow light at the bow		Saturday morning at Prescott and the Algocanada about to pass under the Prescott Ogdensburg International bridge downbound

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