Past

Guest · Unread post by **Guest** » December 31, 2011, 11:38 pm

At the end of the 2000 shipping season, the George A. Sloan laid up in Sarnia, ON pending a sale to the Canadian shipping company Lower Lakes Towing Ltd., Port Dover, ON. The sale was finalized in late March, 2001. Immediately after the sale, dock crews began work on the Sloan preparing her to sail as a Canadian registered vessel. The living accommodations were gutted and floor tile removed. New tile was installed, and new insulation and fire doors were added. The vessel was reflagged Canadian, the hull was painted the Lower Lakes color scheme, with the vessel being christened Mississagi on Saturday, April 21, 2001. Also christened that day, but remaining US-flagged, were her former fleet mates Calumet, a) Myron C. Taylor; and Maumee, a) William G. Clyde, b) Calcite II; now both owned by Lower Lakes Towing's U.S. affiliate Grand River Navigation and sailing under the Lower Lakes Transportation Co., Cleveland, OH banner.