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

R. BRUCE ANGUS

CANADIAN NAVIGATOR

GEORGE M. CARL

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

CONDARRELL

CONGAR

ELMGLEN

ENGLISH RIVER FERNGLEN FRANQUELIN FUEL MARKETER

(diving school) GOLDEN HIND GORDON C. LEITCH MELDRUM BAY

NEW YORK NEWS JAMES NORRIS OUTARDE PINEGLEN

STEPHEN B. ROMAN SEAWAY QUEEN FRANK A. SHERMAN WHEAT KING

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

NORMAC (hull only, sunk)

ONGIARA (Island ferry)

PROGRESS III (derrick barge)

R.C.L. TUG 11 (tug)

THOMAS RENNIE (Island ferry)

WILLIAM REST (T.H.C. tug)

SALVAGE PRINCE (former tug)

FRED SCANDRETT (T.H.C. tug)

DAVID H. SIMPSON (excursion/tour boat)

GLADYS M. SIMPSON - do -

HARVEY H. SIMPSON - do -

MISS KIM SIMPSON - do -

MISS SHAWN SIMPSON - do -

F. M. STING (small tug)

TERRY S. (pilot service tug)

T.H.C. 50 (T.H.C. derrick barge)

TRAVELLER (tug)

TRILLIUM (ferry/excursion steamer)

TUSKER (tug)

VULCAN II (excursion boat)

WAYWARD PRINCESS (excursion boat)

ALGONQUIN QUEEN (Q.C.Y.C. ferry) BAGOTVILLE (tug) BONNIE J. B. (tug) BOBBY BOWES (tug) CANADIAN ARGOSY (dredge) COLINETTE (pilot service tug) FLO COOPER (tug) DERRICK NO. 7 (derrick barge) DUCHESS V (pilot service tug) H.M.C.S. HAIDA (museum ship) NED HANLAN II (tug) HIAWATHA (R.C.Y.C. ferry) WILLIAM INGLIS (Island ferry) JADRAN (floating restaurant) KENNETH A. (T.H.C. tug) KWASIND (R.C.Y.C. ferry) J. G. LANGTON (T.H.C. tug) WM. LYON MACKENZIE (firetug) MAPLE CITY (Airport ferry) MARIPOSA BELLE (excursion boat) MCASPHALT 201 (barge) SAM McBRIDE (Island ferry) and the hulls of: BLUEBELL (former ferry, hull now lying derelict inside the Leslie Street Headland) DOUGLASS HOUGHTON (breakwater at Ontario Place) RAPIDS QUEEN (breakwater at Queen City Yacht Club) HOWARD L. SHAW (breakwater at Ontario Place) VICTORIOUS (breakwater at Ontario Place)

The following major commercial vessels are reported to be laid up for the winter at various other lake and river ports, which we list by area. As usual, we do not include in our listings any small ferries, tugs, derrick scows, dredges, etc., unless specially noted.

Hamilton: CANADIAN CENTURY, CEDARGLEN, W. M. EDINGTON, FORT ST BERT KOCH, LAC STE-ANNE, LAKE NIPIGON, SCOTT MISENER, ONTADOC, PIC R. (scrap), RICHELIEU, ROYALTON (II).

Port Weller: ARCTIC, CANADIAN RANGER (CHIMO and HILDA MARJANNE), IMPERIAL SARNIA, JAMES E. McGRATH (tug).

Thorold (tin shed): CANADIAN TRANSPORT. Welland: H. M. GRIFFITH.

Humberstone: ALGOWOOD, E. B. BARBER, CANADOC, CONALLISON (scrap), ERINDALE, LEADALE (remains), MANTADOC, SENNEVILLE, THOROLD.

Port Colborne: ALGOCEN, ALGORAIL, BAIE ST. PAUL, BEAVERCLIFFE HALL, CANADIAN EXPLORER, CANADIAN HUNTER, ISLAND TRANSPORT, RALPH MISENER, NANTICOKE, NORDALE (remains), SILVER ISLE, TELESIS.

Prescott: CARTIERCLIFFE HALL, C.C.G.S. SIMCOE. Cardinal: CANADIAN PIONEER

workboats,

LOUIS, R0-JEAN PARISIEN,

Kingston: FORT HENRY, FORT YORK, HOCHELAGA, MAPLEHEATH (lighter), METIS, WITTRANSPORT II (barge).

Montreal: ARCTIC VIKING, BAYSHELL, CANADIAN LEADER, CANADIAN PROSPECTOR, JENSEN STAR, KANGUK, LABRADOC, LAKE WABUSH, LAKE WINNIPEG, LAWRENCECLIFFE HALL MAPLECLIFFE HALL, T. R. McLAGAN, MENIHEK LAKE, MONTCLIFFE HALL, MURRAY BAY, NIPIGON BAY, NONIA, H.M.C.S. PROTECTEUR, RIMOUSKI, C.C.G.S. NORMAN McLEOD ROGERS, SAGUENAY, SENATOR OF CANADA, STEELCLIFFE HALL, UNGAVA TRANSPORT.

Sorel: ALLEGE, CHEMICAL TRANSPORT, DOAN TRANSPORT, FEDERAL PIONEER, FERBEC, FORT GASPE, HUDSON TRANSPORT, ILE AUX COUDRES, LE SAULE NO. 1, N. B. McLEAN, SKUA, TRANS-ST.LAURENT.

Shelburne, Nova Scotia: FRANKCLIFFE HALL (at Halco's shipyard).

Buffalo (incomplete list?): C. L. AUSTIN, FRANK R. DENTON, SAM LAUD.

Erie: BURNS HARBOR, CONSUMERS POWER, STEWART J. CORT, LEWIS WILSON FOY, ARTHUR B. HOMER, JIGGS (tug), JOHNSTOWN, LAKEWOOD, NIAGARA, PRESQUE ISLE, J. S. ST. JOHN, SPARROWS POINT.

Cleveland (incomplete list?): BUFFALO, J. A. W. IGLEHART, NICOLET, WILLIAM R. ROESCH, SAGINAW BAY, WOLVERINE.

Ashtabula: JAMES R. BARKER, CANADIANA (sunk again), E. G. GRACE, ELTON HOYT 2nd, HERBERT C. JACKSON, SYLVANIA (scrap).

Lorain: J. BURTON AYERS, LEON FRASER, ALASTAIR GUTHRIE, J. L. MAUTHE, MERLE M. McCURDY.

Sandusky: G. A. BOECKLING (restored ferry), JOHN R. EMERY, ESPERANCE III. Huron; EDWARD B. GREENE. Monroe: SHARON.

Toledo: AMERICAN MARINER, ARMCO, ASHLAND, WILLIS B. BOYER, COURTNEY BURTON, CADILLAC, CHAMPLAIN, COLUMBIA STAR, ADAM E. CORNELIUS, JOSEPH H. FRANTZ, W. W. HOLLOWAY, JOHN T. HUTCHINSON, KINSMAN INDEPENDENT, ROGER M. KYES, WILLIAM G. MATHER, McKEE SONS, MIDDLETOWN, JOHN G. MUNSON, ROBERT C. NORTON, CRISPIN OGLEBAY, PONTIAC, WILLIAM A. REISS, RESERVE, W. C. RICHARDSON (remains), WILLIAM P. SNYDER JR., WALTER A. STERLING, MYRON C. TAYLOR, FRED R. WHITE JR., THOMAS WILSON.

Dearborn: ERNEST R. BREECH, BENSON FORD (II), HENRY FORD II, WILLIAM CLAY FORD.

Ecorse: PAUL H. CARNAHAN, S. T. CRAPO, LEON FALK JR., GEORGE M. HUMPHREY, RICHARD J. REISS, GEORGE A. STINSON, JOSEPH H. THOMPSON.

Detroit: COLUMBIA, JOHN DYKSTRA (II), LANSDOWNE (restaurant), STE. CLAIRE.

Ojibway: ALGOSOO, LOUIS R. DESMARAIS, FORT CHAMBLY, MANITOULIN, J. W. McGIFFIN.

Windsor: SILVERDALE. Port Huron: KINSMAN ENTERPRISE.

Sarnia: AGAWA CANYON, JOHN B. AIRD, ALGOBAY, CANADIAN AMBASSADOR, CANADIAN ENTERPRISE, CANADIAN MARINER, CANADIAN OLYMPIC, RED WING.

Bay City: AMOCO ILLINOIS, AMOCO WISCONSIN. Alpena: LEWIS G. HARRIMAN.

Calcite: CALCITE II, IRVIN L. CLYMER, GEORGE A. SLOAN.

Goderich: BEECHGLEN, OAKGLEN, SPRUCEGLEN, WILLOWGLEN.

Owen Sound: ALGOWAY, BIRCHGLEN, CHI-CHEEMAUN, CLARENVILLE (restaurant), JOHN 0. McKELLAR.

Collingwood: LAWRENDOC, PRAIRIE HARVEST (under construction).

Midland: SIR JAMES DUNN, C.C.G.S. MONTMORENCY, MONTREALAIS, QUEBECOIS, V. W. SCULLY.

Tiffin: A. S. GLOSSBRENNER, LAKE MANITOBA.

Port McNicoll: CAROL LAKE, JOHN A. FRANCE, J.N. McWATTERS, JOHN E. F. MISENER .

South Chicago: AMERICAN (scrap), JOHN J. BOLAND, CLIFFS VICTORY, C.T.C. NO.l, PETER A. B. WIDENER.

Chicago: ABBY (ex ABEGWEIT), CLIPPER, U.S.S. SILVERSIDES (museum).

Milwaukee: L. E. BLOCK, CASON J. CALLAWAY, PHILIP R. CLARKE, WILLIAM H. DONNER, E. M. FORD, MEDUSA CHALLENGER, CLARENCE B. RANDALL.

Sturgeon Bay: AMERICAN REPUBLIC, AMOCO INDIANA, ROGER BLOUGH, DETROIT EDISON, EDWIN H. GOTT, INDIANA HARBOR, PRESIDENT HARRISON, ST. CLAIR, PAUL THAYER, VIKING, H. LEE WHITE.

Frankfort: CITY OF MILWAUKEE. Elberta: ARTHUR K. ATKINSON.

Ludington: CITY OF MIDLAND 41, SPARTAN.

Muskegon: AQUARAMA, HIGHWAY 16, CHARLES E. WILSON.

Green Bay: J. B. FORD, PAUL H. TOWNSEND.

DeTour: SAMUEL MATHER, MESABI MINER.

Sault Ste. Marie. Ontario: ALGOPORT, NORGOMA (museum), YANKCANUCK.

Thunder Bay: ALGOLAKE, ALGOWEST, BLACK BAY, COMEAUDOC, FRONTENAC, GEORGIAN BAY, JOHN HULST (scrap), INCAN SUPERIOR, HORACE JOHNSON (scrap), KINGDOC, LIONEL PARSONS (scrap), PATERSON, QUEDOC, ST. LAWRENCE, SIMCOE, SOODOC, STADACONA, TADOUSSAC, TARANTAU, VANDOC, D. B. WELDON (scrap), WHITEFISH BAY.

Superior: ARTHUR M. ANDERSON, SEWELL AVERY, CHARLES M. BEEGHLY, BELLE RIVER, HARRY COULBY, FRONTENAC (scrap), EUGENE W. PARGNY, JOHN SHERWIN, ROBERT C STANLEY.

Duluth: B. F. AFFLECK, D.D.S. SALVAGER, WILLIAM J. DeLANCEY, BENJAMIN F. FAIRLESS, A. H. FERBERT, JOSHUA A. HATFIELD, WILLIAM A. IRVIN, THOMAS W. LAMONT, WILLIAM A. McGONAGLE, IRVING S. OLDS, WILLIAM B. SCHILLER (scrap), EDGAR B. SPEER, EUGENE P. THOMAS, ENDERS M. VOORHEES, RALPH H. WATSON, HOMER D. WILLIAMS, AUGUST ZIESING.

If there are any additions or amendments to this list, our lay-up report will continue in the March issue. If you have information about any ports that are not represented in this listing, or are incomplete, please help us out by sending the details as soon as possible. Remember that Ye Ed. cannot possibly visit all these ports himself, and we are dependent upon the assistance of all of our members in this annual undertaking.

In the meantime, we wish to express our thanks to the following who have contributed information: Algoma Central Railway, Barry Andersen, Bessie Barrett, James Bartke, Neil Bauman, Rene Beauchamp, Ron Beaupre, Brian Bernard, Duff Brace, David Bull, Roger Chapman, Gretchen Driftmyer, Don Dube, Harold Fricke, Jim Gerger, Alain Gindroz, Ron Graham, Thorn Holden, Gerald Hutton, Paul Jagenow, Randy Johnson, Gerald Kennedy, Andy LaBorde, Buck Longhurst, Bill Luke, Charles Maltby, Jim Michael, Michael Robson, Al Schelling, Ed Schwartz, Larry Tonnos, Fred Van Wesep, Fred Wagar, Tom Wilson, Bill Young and George

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