LL5 Random Detroit River

At 0645, this corner of  Detroit was lit only by Le Dumont and GM. 

But 15 minutes later, the sun rose over Windsor.

Lets of traffic passed over the course of the day . . .  big Paul R. was upbound, 

 

Saginaw down bound for Lake Erie, 

 

CSL Assiniboine headed down bound as well, 

Alpena would tie up at the Gordie Howe construction site, 

 

Federal Seto was at anchor, 

while along the east side of the river, Ecosse waited with

Norisle until the weather calmed down a bit. 

All photos, any errors, WVD.

 

Dead Ship 4: Norisle

With collaboration only a half month ago here, I posted photos of a dead ship leaving the sixth boro of NYC for Turkey.  Yesterday, just above the St Clair River entrance and despite the foul weather, I caught photos of a dead ship tow.

I knew that Ecosse would be the lead tugboat, so her AIS position gave me hope that a possibility existed that we might see the tow.  At what distant and in what weather remained the big questions. 

When I noticed on AIS that Manitou was headed out the St Clair, I figured she’d be on the stern, and indeed that’s what happened. 

And in the middle, it would be Norisle.  Who is Norisle?  Her history is intertwined with Norgoma and Chi-Cheemaun.

 

Because rain was coming from the south, I could keep my lens relatively clear of rain.

Tim S Dool was heading up the Lake. 

 

At a certain point, it seemed Norisle chose its own heading, or 

–knowing her destination–

tried to.

All photos, any errors, WVD.

Here were installments 2 and 1 of that title, although other dead ship tows are in the archives as well. . 

 

Other People’s Photos 49

Here’s the index if you want to see the previous installments.

A secret salt along the Saint Lawrence snapped this photo of Algoma Montrealais towed by Diavlos Pride and largely unseen) Ecosse on the stern.  To see photos of Algoma Montrealais’  last season, click here.

For purposes of the transit to the scrapyard, she’s been renamed (by subtraction) as Mont.

And from endings to beginnings, here from Jonathan Steinman is the arrival of Kirby Moran into the sixth boro via the East River and

escorted in by the venerable James Turecamo.

Also from Jonathan, Shelby towing Weeks 297 carrying a  . . . wind turbine vane.

Anyone know where bound?

 

Many thanks to the secret salt and freshwater salt of the Saint Lawrence and to Jonathan Steinman for these photos.

 

Names 8

From left to right, the remorqueurs below in the port of Ogdensburg, New York, carry the names Lac Manitoba and Ecosse, seasoning exotique from north of the border. Lac Manitoba, built in Trenton, Ontario in 1944, hails from Montreal. Ecosse, from Wheatley, Ontario 1979, hails from Hamilton. Thanks to boatnerd, here are close-ups of Ecosse and Ecosse again. Thanks to shipspotting, here’s Lac Manitoba.

Unlike convenient ports of registry carried on the sterns of most cargo vessels in the sixth boro, here’s a refreshing name, aka the Soo.

I’ll post more on this salty soon.

Photos, WVD.