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SS Manitoulin was a Great Lakes passenger steamship. She was built in 1889 as Modjeska , and renamed Manitoulin in 1927 after a major refit. She was laid up in 1949 and scrapped in 1953.
MS Chi-Cheemaun is a Canadian passenger and vehicle ferry in Ontario, Canada, which traverses Lake Huron between Tobermory on the Bruce Peninsula and South Baymouth on Manitoulin Island. The ferry connects the two geographically separate portions of Highway 6 and is the vessel that replaced MS Norgoma and SS Norisle in 1974. The ferry service ...
In 1931 the vessel was renamed the M.S. Normac, after the OSTC's general manager Norman McKay, captain of the S.S. Manitoulin. The M.S. Normac began her scheduled route on July 16, 1931, taking the place formerly assigned to the S.S. Manasoo , leaving Owen Sound at 11:15 p.m. Thursdays and returning at 4:30 am on the following Tuesday.
She was the oldest floating ship on the great lakes at the time of her scrapping. SS Norisle was built in 1946 and operated as a ferry between Tobermory and South Baymouth, Manitoulin Island. Used as a museum ship in Manitoulin Island, the ship fell into disrepair and was closed. She was towed to Port Colbourne, Ontario in fall of 2023 and ...
Cockburn Island is an island and township municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Manitoulin District. [1] It is separated from the westernmost point of Manitoulin Island by the Mississagi Strait, and from Michigan's Drummond Island by the False Detour Channel. The island is incorporated as and coterminous with the ...
Lower Lakes Towing is a Canadian shipping firm, operating on North American Great Lakes. [1]Her fleet includes the Robert S. Pierson, the Cuyahoga, the Kaministqua, the Manitoulin, the Michipicoten, and the Saginaw.
The navy said Friday that the location of the hull of the sunken ship was finally confirmed last month, about 40 miles off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. The discovery was confirmed during a survey ...
After conversion to a motor ship, Norgoma was transferred to the popular Manitoulin Island ferry route between Tobermory and South Baymouth along with her sister ship SS Norisle, replacing the smaller ferry, MS Normac, on that route. Norgoma, owned by Owen Sound Transportation Company Limited, was built at the Collingwood shipyards in 1950.