Montrealais
The Montrealais is a lake freighter launched in 1962. She is a bulk carrier currently operated by the Upper Lakes Group, a subsidiary of Algoma Central Corp.[1][2] When launched she was the largest Canadian freighter on the Great Lakes.[3]
She collided with the Algobay in 1980 severely damaging the bows of both vessels.[4][5][6] Montrealais required over $1.5 million CAD in repairs.
Her captain was issued the ceremonial top hat traditionally issued to the captain of the first vessel to set out to transit the St Lawrence Seaway, in 1963 and 2009.[1][7][8]
The Montrealais was renamed to the Algoma Montrealais in 2012, after the Upper Lakes fleet was sold to Algoma Central.[9]
According to Shipspotting, the Algoma Montrealais wintered in Montreal in 2014.[10] They reported that she has been sold and will be scrapped in 2014. They reported that she was the Great Lakes' last steam-powered lake freighter.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 News Briefs, Peterborough Examiner, 2010. Retrieved on 2012-01-04. “Upper Lakes Group owns the laker S. S. Montrealais that was featured in yesterday's traditional top hat canal-opening ceremony.”
- ↑ George Wharton. Montrealais, boatnerd. Retrieved on 2012-01-04.
- ↑ Largest cargo of wheat loaded, The Leader Post, 1962-07-05. Retrieved on 2012-01-04. “The new freighter, Montrealais, was loaded with 893,462 bushels of No. 2 Northern wheat.”
- ↑ George Wharton. Algobay: Algobay 1978 - 1994, Atlantic Trader 1994 - 1997, boatnerd. Retrieved on 2012-01-04. “The Algobay was involved in a head-on collision with the Upper Lakes steamer Montrealais on an extremely foggy St. Clair River just below Port Huron, MI on June 25, 1980 with resulting extensive bow damage to both vessels.”
- ↑ Lakers collide in River, Windsor Star, 1980-06-25. Retrieved on 2012-01-05. “Petty Officer Allen a US Coast Guard spokesman in Detroit, said the collision occurred at 5:08 am in dense fog off St Clair.”
- ↑ Freighter collide in St. Clair River, Weekend Herald, 1980-06-25. Retrieved on 2012-01-04.
- ↑ Passage to the Sea, New York Times, 1965-04-21. Retrieved on 2012-01-04. “The ice is gone, the bulk carrier Montrealais was the first ship to head upstream, and navigation on the St. Lawrence Seaway is under way again.”
- ↑ Karen Wells. Captain Peckford leads the way, Lewisporte Pilot, 2009-04-29. Retrieved on 2012-01-04. “The ship he is mastering now, the Montrealais is 46-years-old this year. It is 730 feet long with a 75-foot beam.”
- ↑ Algoma Montrealais. boatnerd.com. Retrieved on October 27, 2013.
- ↑ Algoma Montrealais, Algolake & Algosoo - IMO 5241142, Shipspotting, 2014-01-09. “The Algoma Montrealais just finished it's 51st and final year of service on the Great Lakes.”