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It's about 8:45 the morning of June 20 and the MICHIPICOTEN appears to be heading south from TB under its own power. Destination on its AIS is Superior Fraser. Tug HELEN H. is northbound, heading in MICHIPICOTEN's direction. Perhaps going to escort the ship to Superior.

One of the graving docks in Fraser is flooded and the gate is open. Just saying...

There was a news story posted on Boatnerd a couple days ago saying the Michipicoten would have a tug escort from Thunder Bay. About halfway to Superior, a US tug would escort her the other half of the way.

This makes it appear that the Michipicoten will make the trip under her own power. Helen H has stopped at Taconite Harbor, likely to wait for the Michipicoten to get underway, assuming she will be the tug to escort her for the second half of the trip.

I see the Helen H out of The Twin Ports heading up the north shore at 10.6 kts. I'm thinking she's going to TV to get the Michipicoten and bring her to Fraser.