Chi-Cheemaun

By George Wharton Designed specifically for handling vehicular and passenger traffic between Tobermory, ON and South Baymouth, ON on Manitoulin Island; the ferry Chi-Cheemaun was launched Jan. 12, 1974 for the Ontario Northland Marine Services (Owen Sound...

McKee Sons

The self-unloading barge McKee Sons was built in 1945 as a type C4-S-B2 fast troop transport by Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Chester, PA, christened as the Marine Angel. Her overall length was approximately 510 feet with power coming from a 9,900 shp steam...

Algoma Provider

(Murray Bay (2) 1963 – 1994, Canadian Provider 1994 – 2011)by George Wharton  The keel was laid for this classic straight-deck bulk carrier in August, 1962 at Collingwood Shipyards Ltd., Collingwood, ON as their hull # 177.  Nine months later, on May...