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2. MV Abegweit (1947) - Wikipedia

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   Speed. 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) MV Abegweit was an icebreaking railway, vehicle, and passenger ferry which operated across the Abegweit Passage of Northumberland Strait, connecting Port Borden to Cape Tormentine between 1947 and 1982. The word Abegweit is derived from the Mi'kmaq word for Prince Edward Island, Epekwit'k, meaning "cradled (or ...

3. James J. Versluis - Wikipedia

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   The James J. Versluis is a tugboat operated by the Chicago Water Department. [1] She is 90 feet (27 m) long, and built in 1957. [2] James J. Versluis with the Chicago Skyline on the horizon. She was named after a former director of the Water Department. [3] Although she was built to service the Water Department's facilities she mounted a water ...

4. MV Abegweit (1982) - Wikipedia

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   MV Abegweit (1982) MV. Abegweit. (1982) Her predecessor MV Abegweit which was retired in 1982. Epekwit'k or Abegweit is the Mi'kmaq Nation's name for Prince Edward Island. Removed from service in 1999 and scrapped in 2004. MV Abegweit were icebreaking railway, vehicle, and passenger ferries which operated across the Abegweit Passage of ...

5. Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal - Wikipedia

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   South Branch Chicago River in Chicago, Illinois. (. 41°50′30″N 87°40′33″W  /  41.8416°N 87.6757°W  / 41.8416; -87.6757. ) The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, historically known as the Chicago Drainage Canal, is a 28-mile-long (45 km) canal system that connects the Chicago River to the Des Plaines River. It reverses the ...

6. Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac - Wikipedia

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   The Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac is a 333-mile (289 nmi; 536 km) annual yacht race starting in Lake Michigan off Chicago, Illinois, and ending in Lake Huron off Mackinac Island, Michigan. It is hosted and managed by the Chicago Yacht Club. The "Mac" (as it is known) was first run in 1898 and is the oldest annual freshwater distance race ...

7. Barnegat-class seaplane tender - Wikipedia

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   Aviation facilities. Supplies, fuel, berthing, and repairs for one squadron of seaplanes. The Barnegat class was a large class of United States Navy small seaplane tenders (AVP) built during World War II. Thirty were completed as seaplane tenders, four as motor torpedo boat tenders, and one as a catapult training ship.