With this issue, we begin our comprehensive lay-up report for the current winter. In last year's report (and the year before that), we commented upon the unusual pattern of lay-ups which developed on the Canadian side of the lakes, and the same situation has occurred once again. Primarily as a result of the late-season grain rush, an inordinate number of lakers are wintering at St. Lawrence River ports (and particularly at Montreal), while some lake harbours have much smaller winter fleets than might be expected.

The following major commercial vessels are laid up at TORONTO this winter:

BAYSHELL ENERCHEM LAKER T. R. McLAGAN

BIRCHGLEN ENGLISH RIVER METIS

CANADIAN HUNTER FUEL MARKETER (diving school) C.C.G.S. MONTMORENCY

CHICAGO TRIBUNE HOCHELAGA NIPIGON BAY

CONGAR JADRAN (restaurant) NORMAC (hull only)

EVA DESGAGNES MCASPHALT 201 (tank barge) STEPHEN B. ROMAN

STELLA DESGAGNES MCASPHALT 401 (tank barge)

In addition, the following other vessels are in port, some laid up for the winter, whilst others are operating regularly or intermittently:

ALGONQUIN QUEEN (Q.C.Y.C. ferry), JAMES AULD (research vessel), AURORA BOREALIS (excursion boat), BAGOTVILLE (tug), CAROLYN JO (tug), CHALLENGE (excursion sailing ship), COLINETTE (tug), CORNICHE (excursion boat), CAPT. M. B. DONNELLY (wrecking barge), DUCHESS V (tug), EMPIRE SANDY (excursion sailing ship), H.M.C.S. HAIDA (museum at Ontario Place), NED HANLAN II (tug), HIAWATHA (R.C.Y.C. ferry), WILLIAM INGLIS (Island ferry), JAGUAR II (excursion boat), KENNETH A. (tug), KWASIND (R.C.Y.C. ferry), LOIS T. (tug), WM. LYON MACKENZIE (firetug), MAPLE CITY (Island Airport ferry), MARIPOSA BELLE (excursion boat), SAM McBRIDE (Island ferry), NIAGARA (excursion boat), ONGIARA (Island ferry), PATHFINDER (sail training vessel), PLAYFAIR (do.), PROGRESS III (derrick barge), R.C.L. TUG 11 (tug), THOMAS RENNIE (Island ferry), WILLIAM REST (tug), STE. MARIE I (excursion boat), FRED SCANDRETT (tug), SHIP-SANDS (excursion boat), GLADYS M. SIMPSON (tour boat), HARVEY H. SIMPSON (do.), K. WAYNE SIMPSON (do.), MISS KIM SIMPSON (do.), MISS SHAWN SIMPSON (do.), TERRY S. (tug), T.H.C. 50 (derrick barge), TORONTONIAN (excursion boat), TRILLIUM (ferry/excursion steamer) and WINDMILL POINT (alternate Island Airport ferry).

We have made no effort to list all of the charter and tour boats now on Toronto Bay, and have named only the most prominent of them. So great has been the proliferation of charter boats in recent years that it is difficult to tell many of them from the hordes of private cruisers seen on the crowded waters of our harbour. As well, several small workboats, scows, tenders, etc., have been omitted from our list.

The following historic hulls may be seen in Toronto Bay and environs:

BLUEBELL - former ferry steamer, hull now lying derelict inside the tip of the Leslie Street Headland (Tommy Thompson Park).

DOUGLASS HOUGHTON - breakwater at Ontario Place.

RAPIDS QUEEN - breakwater at Queen City Yacht Club, Algonquin Island.

HOWARD L. SHAW - breakwater at Ontario Place.

VICTORIOUS - breakwater at Ontario Place. Pilothouse may still be seen resting near the lake shore east of Cherry Beach.

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The following major commercial vessels are laid up at HAMILTON this winter:

CANADIAN CENTURY LOUIS R. DESMARAIS NIAGARA II

CANADIAN PROGRESS FORT HENRY (scrap) JAMES NORRIS

CANADIAN RANGER FORT ST. LOUIS PROVMAR TERMINAL

CONDARRELL HAMILTON ENERGY PROVMAR TERMINAL II

J. N. McWATTERS WITTRANSPORT II

In addition, there are wintering at Hamilton a large number of tugs and assorted small vessels, including (but not limited to) the following:

BATCHAWANA (tug), BAYPORT (tug), GENERAL BROCK (dredge), GLENBROOK (tug), GLENEVIS (tug), KONIGSBERGER (tug), LAC COMO (tug), LAC MANITOBA (tug), LAC VANCOUVER (tug), ARGUE MARTIN (tug), PETITE FORTE (tug), PIONEER PRINCESS (Toronto excursion boat), R&LNO. 1 (tug), S.M.T.B. NO. 7 (bunkers barge), STORMONT (tug), TEAKBAY (tug), TRAVELLER (tug), BERT VERGE (tug), WEST PETE (tug).

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The following major commercial vessels are reported to be wintering at the various lake and river ports, which we list as closely as possible by area. As usual, we do not include ferries, tugs, workboats, derrick scows, dredges, etc., unless specifically noted as such.

Cap de la Madeleine: NANOOK (barge, formerly self-propelled).

Sorel: D'IBERVILLE, 1102 (ex C.C.G.S. MONTCALM), LOCKEPORT, N. B. McLEAN,

SCOTT MISENER, MONTREALAIS, ROBERT C. STANLEY, RALPH H. WATSON.

Contrecoeur: ROBERT KOCH (being scrapped).

Montreal: ALGONORTH, ARCTIC VIKING, BEAVERCLIFFE HALL, BLACK BAY, CANADIAN LEADER, CANADIAN NAVIGATOR, CANADIAN PROSPECTOR, CANADOC, COMEAUDOC, FERBEC, JOHN A. FRANCE, IMPERIAL LACHINE, KANGUK, LUCIEN-PAQUIN, MAPLECLIFFE HALL, MAPLEHEATH, MURRAY BAY, OTTERCLIFFE HALL, PATERSON, PRAIRIE HARVEST, P. S. BARGE NO. 1, RIMOUSKI, RIVERSHELL, SAUNIERE, SEAWAY QUEEN, SIMCOE, SOODOC, STEELCLIFFE HALL, HENRI TELLIER, VILLE MARIE II, WHITEFISH BAY.

Prescott: CARTIERCLIFFE HALL, CAPT. HENRY JACKMAN, LAWRENCECLIFFE HALL.

Eastview: CANADIAN EMPRESS. Utica, New York: DAY PECKINPAUGH.

Oswego: CLARKSON CARRIER (barge). Oshawa: HANCOCK TRADER.

Port Weller: ALGOBAY, C.C.G.S. BARTLETT, J. W. COOPER (pilotboat).

Humberstone: AGAWA CANYON, E. J. BLOCK (scrapyard), JOHN DYKSTRA (remains), JEAN PARISIEN, SAGUENAY.

Port Colborne: B. F. AFFLECK (scrapyard), ATOMIC (tug), BAIE ST. PAUL, CANADIAN EXPLORER, CANADIAN MARINER, MANTADOC, SCURRY (barge), WILLIAM P. SNYDER JR. (remains), TELESIS, THUNDER CAPE (tug).

Welland Dock: ALGOWAY. Port Maitland: NO. 266029 (WILLIAM CLAY FORD). Port Dover: HUSKY 120, ORIOLE (Toronto excursion boat), SAMARU. Erie: CONSUMERS POWER, LAKEWOOD, NIAGARA, RICHARD REISS, J. S. ST. JOHN.

Ashtabula: JAMES R. BARKER, WILLIAM J. DeLANCEY, HERBERT C. JACKSON, J. L. MAUTHE, MERLE M. McCURDY (scrap), MESABI MINER.

Lorain: CHARLES M. BEEGHLY, LEON FRASER.

Sandusky: G. A. BOECKLING (restoration), CHALLENGER (ferry), CITY OF SANDUSKY, COMMUTER (ferry), JOHN R. EMERY, ENDEAVOR, KELLEY ISLANDER (ferries).

Toledo: ALGOSOO, ARMCO, J. BURTON AYERS, WILLIS I?.. BOYER, BUFFALO, COURTNEY BURTON, CALIFORNIA (tug), COLUMBIA STAR, COLUMBUS (dredge, ex ESPERANCE III), ADAM E. CORNELIUS, S. T. CRAPO, DEFIANCE (tug), JOSEPH H. FRANTZ, FUEL OIL (barge), GALWAY BAY (tug), JOHN T. HUTCHINSON, KINSMAN INDEPENDENT, ROGER M. KYES, SAM LAUD, WILLIAM G. MATHER, MEDUSA CHALLENGER, McKEE SONS, MIDDLETOWN, MONTANA (tug), NEWCASTLE (tug), ROBERT C. NORTON, CRISPIN OGLEBAY, WILLIAM A. REISS, RESERVE, W. C. RICHARDSON (hull), WILLIAM R. ROESCH, SAND PEBBLE (tug), UTAH (tug), FRED R. WHITE JR., CHARLES E. WILSON.

Ojibway: FORT CHAMBLY, FRANKCLIFFE HALL, J. W. McGIFFIN, TARANTAU.

Windsor: CANADIAN OLYMPIC. Detroit: COLUMBIA, STE. CLAIRE.

Ecorse: AMERICAN MARINER, GEORGE A. STINSON. Lighthouse Cove: GLENSIDE (tug).

Dearborn: ERNEST R. BREECH, BENSON FORD, HENRY FORD II.

Port Lambton: NANCY A. LEE (tug), STAR OF DETROIT (excursion boat).

Port Huron: HURON (lightship museum), KINSMAN ENTERPRISE (storage barge).

Sarnia: ALGOLAKE, ALGOWEST, CANADIAN ENTERPRISE, DUC d'ORLEANS (excursion boat), EASTERN SHELL, ENERCHEM REFINER, GLENADA (tug), MONTCLIFFE HALL, SAGUENAY (ferry), TUSKER (tug).

Goderich: BEECHGLEN, CEDARGLEN. Collingwood: VANDOC.

Midland: SIR JAMES DUNN, GEORGIAN STORM (tug), C.C.G.S. GRIFFON, OAKGLEN, QUEBECOIS, STADACONA, WILLOWGLEN.

Tiffin: ALGOCEN, ALGOMARINE, plus ALETHA B. (tug - in Wye River). Port McNicoll: ALGOCAPE, ALGOGULF, ALGOSOUND, SENNEVILLE, SILVER ISLE. Owen Sound: CHI-CHEEMAUN, CLARENVILLE (restaurant), ELMGLEN. Frankfort: CITY OF MILWAUKEE. Ludington: BADGER, SPARTAN.

Ferrysburg: BADGER STATE. Douglas: KEEWATIN (museum).

South Chicago: L. E. BLOCK, C.T.C. NO. 1, DETROIT (remains of hull only). Chicago: ABBY (yacht club), CLIPPER. Indiana Harbor: JOSEPH L. BLOCK, EDWARD L. RYERSON, WILFRED SYKES.

Milwaukee: ARTHUR M. ANDERSON, ROGER BLOUGH, BURNS HARBOR, CASON J. CALLAWAY, WILLIAM H. DONNER, E. M. FORD, J. B. FORD, EDWIN H. GOTT, PRESQUE ISLE, SPARROWS POINT, EDGAR B. SPEER. Green Bay: LEWIS G. HARRIMAN, ST. MARY'S CEMENT (barge), TRITON (tug).

Sturgeon Bay: BELLE RIVER, STEWART J. CORT, WILLIAM CLAY FORD, LEWIS WILSON FOY, LILLIAN (barge), ST. CLAIR, THE STRAITS OF MACKINAC (barge), VIKING.

Menominee: BUCKEYE (barge), OLIVE L. MOORE (tug), JOSEPH H. THOMPSON (barge).

Mackinaw City: CHIEF WAWATAM. DeTour Village: ELTON HOYT 2nd.

Soo. Michigan: Assorted tugs, excursion boats, etc.

Soo, Ontario: JOHN B. AIRD, CANADIAN ARGOSY (dredge), D.D.S. SALVAGER, FRONTENAC, NORGOMA (museum), YANKCANUCK, plus SEWELL AVERY and T. F. NEWMAN, now used as docks. Also numerous tugs and excursion boats.

Thunder Bay: ALGOPORT, ALGORAIL, ALGOWOOD, GEORGIAN BAY, H. M. GRIFFITH, INCAN SUPERIOR, KINGDOC, LABRADOC, MANITOULIN, RALPH MISENER, ONTADOC, RICHELIEU, C.C.G.S. SAMUEL RISLEY, TADOUSSAC.

We extend our most sincere thanks to the following T.M.H.S. members who assisted with the preparation of this report: Jim Bartke, Neil Bauman, Terry Beahen, Rene Beauchamp, Brian Bernard, William Breaker, David Bull, Clark Carruthers, Roger Chapman, Beverley Devey, Donald Dube, Harold Fricke, James Gallant, Jim Hoffman, Gerald Hutton, Stephen James, George Lee, Buck Longhurst, Charles Maltby, Alan Mann, Dan McCormick, Glen Moore, Jurgen Niemietz, Richard Palmer, Albert Short, Larry Tonnos, Ken Voss, John Vournakis, Fred Wagar, George Williams and George Zock.

Sharp-eyed readers will note that several ports are completely missing from our listing, and that is because nobody sent us the necessary information. In particular, we would like to receive reports for Lauzon, Quebec, Buffalo, Cleveland, Rogers City, Muskegon, Duluth and Superior. As well, if there are any corrections by way of additions to or deletions from the reports presented here, we would be pleased to hear of them, so that we might set the record straight in the March issue.

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