In order to put our readers in the proper frame of mind for preparing their current lay-up listings and sending them in to us for publication the our February issue, we present herewith a partial lay-up list from the past. The following material is excerpted from the January, 1926, issue of "Canadian Railway and Marine World", and records the lay-up ports of a number of lake vessels during the winter of 1925-26. We hope that our readers will find it to be of interest.

Algoma Central Steamship Lines:

AGAWA, J. FRATER TAYLOR, W. C. FRANZ at Midland; HOME SMITH at Owen Sound.

Bruce Trading Company:

DONALD STEWART at Sydney, Nova Scotia.

Burke Towing and Salvage Company:

Tugs LUCKNOW, LUCKPORT, RUTH B. and STRATHBOGIE, and Yacht THYRA at Midland.

Canada Atlantic Transit Company:

ARTHUR ORR at Depot Harbour, Ontario; KEARSARGE at Chicago, Illinois.

Canada Steamship Lines Limited:

Eastern Division Passenger Steamers - CAPE DIAMOND, CAPE ETERNITY, LOUIS PHILIPPE, MONTREAL, QUEBEC, RAPIDS KING, RAPIDS PRINCE, RAPIDS QUEEN, RICHELIEU, SAGUENAY and TROIS RIVIERES at Sorel.

Western Division Passenger Steamers - WHITE STAR at Hamilton; CAPE TRINITY, CAYUGA, CHIPPEWA, CORONA, KINGSTON, MACASSA, MODJESKA, TORONTO and TURBINIA at Toronto.

Lower Lake Division - HAMILTON, MAPLEHILL and A. E. McKINSTRY at Kingston; COLLIER NO. 1 and MAPLEHEATH at Port Stanley; MAPLETON, THUNDER BAY, VINMOUNT and WINONA at Toronto.

Package Freighters - BEAVERTON and EDMONTON at Fort William; KAMLOOPS at Goderich; CANADIAN, CITY OF MONTREAL, KENORA and MAPLEBRANCH at Hamilton; CITY OF HAMILTON, CITY OF OTTAWA, LETHBRIDGE and OATLAND at Kingston; ARABIAN at Lauzon; GLENELLAH at Point Edward; MAPLEBROOK at Toronto.

Upper Lake Division - COLLINGWOOD and MIDLAND PRINCE at Fort William; MAPLE-COURT, MARTIAN, MIDLAND KING and SARNIAN at Goderich; GLENMOUNT at Midland; W. D. MATTHEWS and E. B. OSLER at Owen Sound; EMPEROR, J.H.G. HAGARTY, W. GRANT MORDEN, VALCARTIER and WESTMOUNT at Port McNicoll.

Northern Navigation Division - HAMONIC at Collingwood; HURONIC, NORONIC and THOUSAND ISLANDER at Sarnia.

Canadian Pacific Railway - Great Lakes Steamship Service:

ALBERTA, ASSINIBOIA, ATHABASCA, KEEWATIN and MANITOBA at Port McNicoll.

Chicago, Duluth and Georgian Bay Transit Company:

NORTH AMERICAN and SOUTH AMERICAN at Holland, Michigan.

Donnelly Salvage and Wrecking Company:

Tug MARY P. HALL at Cornwall; Str. CORNWALL and tugs DONNELLY, FRONTENAC and WILLIAM JOHNSTON at Kingston.

Eastern Steamship Company:

FRANK B. BAIRD and JUDGE HART at Collingwood; NORMAN P. CLEMENT and ROBERT W. POMEROY at Montreal; ALBERT C. FIELD at Port Colborne; SHELTON WEED at Port Dalhousie; WILLIAM H. DANIELS at Buffalo; EDWIN T. DOUGLASS, NISBET GRAMMER, JOHN A. HOLLOWAY, JUDGE KENEFICK, NORMAN B. MacPHERSON, WATKINS F. NISBET, JOHN J. RAMMACHER, JOHN B. RICHARDS, SHIRLEY G. TAYLOR and WILLIAM C. WARREN at Ogdensburg, New York.

Geo. Hall Coal and Shipping Corporation:

GLENROSS at Collingwood; N. H. BOTSFORD, GLENCALVIE, GLENDOWAN, GLENGARNOCK, GLENLINNIE, GLENLOCHIE and GLENORVIE at Midland; ROBERT J. BUCK, GLENARM, GLENCLOVA, GLENEALY, GLENMAVIS, JOHN C. HOWARD, IGNIFER, JOHN B. KETCHUM 2nd and LEHIGH at Montreal; GLENBURNIE, GLENCASSIE and GLENFARN at Port Colborne; GLENBUCKIE at Port Stanley; FRANK A. AUGSBURY, BRIGNOGAN, GLENCORRIE, GLENDOCHART, GLENGELDIE, ROBERT P. KERNAN, JOHN F. MORROW, WALTER B. REYNOLDS, ROYAN and EDWARD L. STRONG at Ogdensburg, New York.

Imperial Oil Limited:

IMPEROYAL at Halifax, Nova Scotia; IOCOLITE and ROYALITE at Sarnia.

Keystone Transports Limited:

KEYBAR, KEYBELL, KEY NOR, KEY PORT, KEYSTATE, KEYVIVE and KEYWEST at Kingston.

Kingston Navigation Company:

BROCKVILLE at Kingston

Lake Erie Navigation Company:

MARQUETTE & BESSEMER NO. 1 at Conneaut Harbor, Ohio.

Mapes and Ferdon Limited:

AUBE (Aube Steamship Company) at Sydney, Nova Scotia.

DALRYMPLE (Main Transit Company) at Kingston.

METCALFE and SASKATOON (International Steam Navigation Company) at Kingston.

PABJUNE (Globe Transportation Company) at Kingston.

Marquette and Bessemer Dock and Navigation Company:

MARQUETTE & BESSEMER NO. 2 at Conneaut Harbor, Ohio.

Mathews Steamship Company Limited:

MALTON at Cornwall; BAYTON, LAKETON and LAMBTON at Goderich; BIRCHTON, CEDARTON, OAKTON, WIARTON and YORKTON at Kingston; BERRYTON, BROOKTON, MATHEWSTON, NORTHTON and ROYALTON at Port Colborne, ARLINGTON, EASTON and RIVERTON at Port McNicoll.

Minto Trading Company:

KAMARIS at Fort William.

Montreal and Cornwall Navigation Company:

BRITANNIC at Cornwall.

Montreal Forwarding Company:

BRULIN at Kingston.

N. M. Paterson and Company Limited:

CANADIAN ENGINEER and CANADIAN PATHFINDER at Fort William; J. A. McKEE and THOMAS J. DRUMMOND at Goderich.

James Richardson and Sons: Rockport Navigation Company:

SUSIE CHIPMAN at Kingston. WAUBIC at Kingston.

J. F. Sowards:

JESKA, PATDORIS and tug SHANLEY at Kingston, Lower Harbour.

Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Navigation Company:

MAITLAND NO. 1 at Ashtabula, Ohio.

Toronto Insurance and Vessel Agency:

D. B. HANNA and JAMES B. FOOTE at Kingston.

Tree Line Navigation Company Limited:

ASHBAY, BEECHBAY, CEDARBAY, ELMBAY, MAPLEBAY, OAKBAY, PALMBAY, PINEBAY, POPLARBAY, SPRUCEBAY and WILLOWBAY at Kingston.

Trevisa Steamship Company: Union Transit Company:

TREVISA at Kingston. WAHCONDAH at Kingston.

The foregoing report is notable in that it shows many of the Canadian canaller fleets in their transition years, before their big groups of "modern" British-built steamers had been assembled, or with those groups only partially completed. It is also interesting in that almost all of the vessels mentioned have now passed out of existence. To test our readers in this respect, we have a question for you. Excluding hulls now serving as docks, breakwaters, etc., how many of these ships are still active on the lakes? Careful now...

By our own best count, we figure that four still remain. MAPLEHEATH and EDWIN T. DOUGLASS (the latter now P. S. BARGE NO. 1) both serve the McAllister Towing fleet as lightering barges, at Kingston and Montreal, respectively. IOCOLITE is still active at the Soo as the A. B. McLean Ltd. barge CHARLES W. JOHNSON. Lastly, we believe that NORMAN B. MacPHERSON is still around as the self-propelled (outboards) spoil barge ILE D'ORLEANS, operated occasionally by McNamara Marine, but we stand to be corrected if she has since been dismantled. If you spot others that we have missed, please let us know.

The problem with recalling great lay-up fleets of the past is that it makes today's winter fleets look a bit dull. But please do not let that stop you from hurrying down to your local port and noting (carefully, please) the names of ALL ships laid up there. If you include tugs, ferries, etc., please be sure to mark them accordingly. Then send us your list and you will see it here in print in the February issue.

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