Lakeshore's New Barge

It appears that Lakeshore Towing has purchased a small new deck barge. Towboats FLATTOP and DON HENRY were docking the barge at Wolverine Marina, operated by Lakeshore, at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday. I'm not sure what the deal is with the barge, but it looks to be almost new, if not brand new.



Today in Erie Shipping History:

December 29, 1997: LOUIS R. DESMARAIS of the Canada Steamship Lines Fleet becomes the last Canadian vessel to winter in Erie, arriving at 1300 hours for the Metro Machine Yard. Metro Machine used to operate the facility now run by Erie Shipbuilding. This would be the second winter in a row that the DESMARAIS had wintered in Erie. The previous winter she had laid up on December 28, with her fleetmates JEAN PARISIEN (now CSL ASSINIBOINE) and MANITOULIN (now scrapped) arriving December 25 and 26, respectively. The DESMARAIS currently sails as CSL LAURENTIEN.