Jake Van Reenen captured this procession yesterday on the upstream end of the Thousand Islands. The photos are not bright, but that’s appropriate for a trip of this sort.
The you see a ship with towlines fore and aft and new paint splotches that appear to be covering something . . .
it means only one thing . . . “…Le Marc…”
towed here by Jarrett M and Lois M (1945 and 1991)
used to be Quebec ferry Camille-Marcoux . . .
bound for Marine Recycling Corp in Port Colborne, ON. Maybe I’ll see parts of it there this summer when I pass the yard there.
And if you’re up at the south or upstream end of the Thousand Islands, say hi to Jake.
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April 27, 2017 at 6:45 am
Daniel Meeter
So all kinds of questions from this lubber. Why not send it to Port Colborne under its own power? Surely the trip was anticipated before she was decommissioned? Then, please, all the reasons for the second tug. To prevent her yawing, skewing, and slewing? Her own rudders would not suffice?
August 14, 2018 at 11:47 am
tugboathunter
The trip was not anticipated until well after her retirement.