Although the winter is almost over and the 1977 navigation season has already begun, we can look back with interest at the various boats that we have observed in their winter quarters. It is interesting also to remember some of the lay-up fleets of past years that we have known. In view of the major items of marine news which we carry this month concerning the updating of the fleet of the Interlake Steamship Company, it might be interesting to look back at the 34 vessels (yes, it really was 34) which made up the fleet in 1958. Thanks to Duff Brace of Ashtabula, we present a look at the boats in Interlake colours back then and the ports in which they laid up during the 1958-59 winter.

Buffalo - HENRY G. DALTON, WILLIAM McLAUCHLAN, PATHFINDER.

Erie - ALEX B. CHISHOLM, FRANK PURNELL (I), JAMES C. WALLACE.

Ashtabula - E. G. GRACE, JAY C. MORSE, SATURN (III), WALTER E. WATSON.

Lorain - JOHN SHERWIN (II). Duluth - FRANK ARMSTRONG.

Sandusky - ADRIATIC, JOSEPH SELLWOOD.

Toledo - ARCTURUS, E. A. S. CLARKE, HARRY COULBY (II), C. H. McCULLOUGH JR., D. 0. MILLS, AMASA STONE, VERONA.

Detroit - ROBERT HOBSON, AUGUSTUS B. WOLVIN.

River Rouge - HERBERT C. JACKSON (under construction).

Indiana Harbor - ELTON HOYT 2nd, J. L. MAUTHE.

South Chicago - HARVEY H. BROWN (II), J. A. CAMPBELL, CRETE, COLONEL JAMES PICKANDS, CHARLES M. SCHWAB.

Sturgeon Bay - FAYETTE BROWN (III), HARRY W. CROFT, SAMUEL MATHER (IV).

By the way, this might be a good opportunity for a little surprise quiz. Two of the ships mentioned above were sold out of the Interlake fleet in 1959. Which ones were they?

And thanks to Alan Sykes of Welland, we can really go back in time and give the lay-ups for the various Welland Canal ports for the winter of 1932-33. This should really bring back some memories!

Thorold - BELVOIR (I), CHICAGO TRIBUNE (I), JOHN 0. McKELLAR (I), NEW YORK NEWS (I), ROYALTON (all with storage newsprint).

Dain City - REINUNGA (Norwegian vessel trapped in canal at closing).

Port Dalhousie - FRANK B. BAIRD, NORMAN P. CLEMENT, DALHOUSIE CITY, WILLIAM H. DANIELS, CHARLES DICK, EDWIN T. DOUGLASS, ALBERT C. FIELD, JUDGE HART, JOHN IRWIN (I), MALTON, WATKINS F. NISBET, JOHN S. PILLSBURY, ROBERT W. POMEROY, RAHANE, JOHN J. RAMMACHER, JOHN B. RICHARDS, SIOUX, JAMES STEWART, WAHCONDAH, WILLIAM C. WARREN, SHELTON WEED, YORKTON.

Port Colborne - BAYTON, BENMAPLE, BERRYTON, JOSEPH P. BURKE, CHEYENNE, C0-TEAUDOC (I), FAIRLAKE, FAIRRIVER, W. C. FRANZ, GANANDOC, RALPH GILCHRIST, JOHN A. HOLLOWAY, C. H. HOUSON, CHARLES R. HUNTLEY, JUDGE KENEFICK, KINGDOC (I), LAVALDOC, LOCKWELL, ONTADOC (I), PORTWELL, RIVER-TON, ROCKCLIFFE HALL (I), HOME SMITH, STARWELL, J. FRATER TAYLOR, SHIRLEY G. TAYLOR, GEORGE L. TORIAN, TROISDOC (I), WESTCLIFFE HALL (I).

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