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This drama has been playing out with little news coverage for many days. I salute the crews of the tug boat companies, the 5 stranded ships, the lock personnel, the two seaway management authorities and the coast guard. I cannot even imagine the difficulties of these people working to free up ships ...

Tundra aground at Lancaster lit up by the sun in a calm before a storm type situation. If a storm should occur ship may shift with sail, wave effect.

At some time between sunset on the 20th of June and sunrise on the 21st the Tundra ran aground just east of Lancaster ON. She was down bound and seems to have turned east prematurely. This section of Lake St Francis is where ships cross the sand bar from the north side of the river to the south side ...

USS Dewert passed over Lancaster bar in Lke St Francis at 1830 on the way to Eisehower lock

Ville de quebec, a Canadian frigate, passed over Lancaster bar on the way to Eisenhower locK at 1700 today as part of the 1812 commemoration deployment. USS Dewert not in company but I expect her to be not so far behind. HMCS Summerside and another similar minesweeper passed through earlier.

With regret , I report the death of Capt. Claude Ball in Halifax at 78 years. Claude had a wonderful career and life including time with the coast guard where he was master of the Baffin and most interesting, the Sackville. In later years he was an avid schooner sailer and supporter of many ...

Today, July 7,
at approx 19:35, Luna, the 375' foot yacht of Russian Tycoon Roman Abromovich passed over Lancaster bar proceeding upriver on her way to Eisenhower lock. She is one of the finest private yachts in existence, built in 2010 in Germany. Enjoy!

Fritz: Lancaster Bar is a sand bar in the center of Lake St. Francis, that is dredged to permit ship passage from the south channel of the river to the north channel. A critical transition point of restrictive channel width and depth.

Not a modified Halco ship. She was the CSL Chimo combined with the forward section of a laker, less her forward superstructure

Canadian Ranger under tow by same two tugs who brought out the Algontario last week. Moving down river through Lake St Francis. Just crossed Lancaster bar at 17:15. The ship will join the Algontario in Montreal waiting for next phase of voyage. Canadian Ranger also looks like an old Halco ship.