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Quebecois was a lake freighter that served the Great Lakes, operating between ports in the United States and Canada. The vessel was launched in 1962 by Canadian Vickers Ltd of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Used to carry grain and ore, Quebecois was built to the maximum dimensions allowed on the Saint Lawrence Seaway.
Port Colborne is a city in Ontario, Canada that is located on Lake Erie, at the southern end of the Welland Canal, in the Niagara Region of Southern Ontario.The original settlement, known as Gravelly Bay, dates from 1832 [7] and was renamed after Sir John Colborne, a British war hero and the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada at the time of the opening of the (new) southern terminus of the ...
Algoma Mariner was christened in Port Colborne, Ontario on 25 August 2011, by Lisa Badawey, wife of Port Colborne's mayor Vance Badawey. [5] The vessel cost over CAD$50 million to construct. [4] Algoma Mariner ' s port of registry is Port Colborne, marking the first new Canadian-flagged vessel on the Great Lakes in 25 years upon
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The Welland By-pass, completed in 1973, was a massive construction project on the Welland Canal in Ontario, Canada. A new channel 13.4 km (8.3 mi) long was constructed, providing a shorter, more direct alignment between Port Robinson and Port Colborne and by-passing downtown Welland.
Port Colborne is located on the north-east shore of Lake Erie, on the southern portion of the Niagara Peninsula, and is about 30 minutes drive from the US border at Buffalo, New York. The city is also the southern terminus of the Welland Canal , where ocean vessels pass through the downtown area on their way into the inner Great Lakes , or out ...
When purchased by the Lower Lakes Towing Company in 2011, it was renamed Tecumseh and re-registered at Port Dover, Ontario. [1] The ship underwent a refit at Veracruz, Mexico before sailing to the Great Lakes. Tecumseh arrived at Montreal, Quebec on 29 December 2011 where it was fitted with Port Colborne fairleads from the scrapped Canadian ...
The Clarence Street Bridge (also known as Bridge 21) is a vertical-lift bridge located in Port Colborne, Ontario. [1] Built between 1927–1929 during 4th Welland Canal Construction, the bridge still serves today as a vital link connecting East and West Port Colborne. The structure uses simple electric motors and counterweights to raise the ...