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This is looking down an 18% grade at L’Isle-aux-Coudres. Note the two ships–Algoma Mariner and an orange-hulled bunker called Federal Tyne–in the narrow channel. The river is much wider on the far side, but shallower. A photo of Federal Tyne appears at the end of this post. Tide is out.
Tidal fluctuation here is about nine feet.
See the stack markings on that tug?
It’s Felicia, built 1923 in Sorel, and hasn’t been McAllister since 1965.
I couldn’t get into the shipyard here, but I recognized these two boats . . .
Lampsilis (research) and Theodore (relaxation) from
June 2015 in Trois Rivieres and
Montreal.
Meanwhile, farther along the riverbanks but clearly for reflection, these shanties
accommodate folks who fish through holes.
Federal Tyne . . . I caught up with her here.
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
And L’Isle-aux-Coudres, I have to get back there in summer.
* here means . . . in freshwater. Actually there’ve been 50 posts under this title, but this is different. And note the color of the water, brown in the case of Isolda below because it’s steaming out of the muddy, clay-suspended Maumee.
In the blue waters of the St. Clair River with Sarnia on the far side, it’s Lee A. Tregurtha.
Headed unbound not far from the same location, it’s Victoriaborg.
Down in an ocean port along the Indiana coast and shot from a speeding Amtrak, it’s James R. Barker.
Over in East China–East China Michigan, that is–it’s Lubie making her way to the ocean, well over a week away.
Upbound out of Detroit, it’s Hon James L. Oberstar,
a downbound Algonova,
and to close it out today . . Philip R. Clarke.
Clarke (Ohio) was launched 1951; Algonova (Turkey) in 2007; Oberstar (Ohio) , 1958; Lubie (China) 2011; Victoriaborg (Netherlands), 2001; Lee A. Tregutha (Maryland), 1942, as USS Chiwawa–and you need to click here to see her initial configuration!!; and finally Isolda (Japan) in 1999.
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
As an example of how large this watershed is, the photo below was taken on June 2; at that point Vikingbank was inbound from Sweden upbound near the intersection of the St. Lawrence and Lake Ontario and headed for Duluth. It arrived in Duluth to load grain only June 15!! Click here for a site that demonstrates just how huge this watershed is.
Click here, here, and here for some posts I did between Lake Ontario and Montreal, location of the retired LaChine Canal, where the retired Daniel McAllister is on display. To the right in the photo are the elevators that dominate the old city waterside.
South of the elevators these vessels were docked. I know . . . it’s a poor quality photo, but I’m hoping someone can identify the sailing vessel to the left.
Looking downbound from Parc de la Cité du Havre, there’s a very Dutch-looking tug yacht Theodore and Turkey-built Algonova.
Also, this container assemblage in the park is the jumping off point for some
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beefy looking “get wet” boats. “Saute moutons” literally means “jump sheep.”
Farther downriver in Trois-Rivieres, Chaulk Determination appears to be in limbo after a serious incident half a year ago.
And in the interest of time, let’s leave the St. Lawrence here for now.
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
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