Boatnerd Discussion Forum

Calcite and Rogers City are the same place.
Ore is also loaded at Silver Bay, MN.

Just want to point out the obvious that the loading port may be a transshipment point no where near the cargo's true origin. In general on the Lakes cement, stone, refined petroleum, salt and brine are loaded near their point of origin while coal, ore and grain often originate tens to hundreds of miles from their loading port.

Lake Carriers Association has two references that you might find useful.

http://www.lcaships.com/Map%202009.jpg
http://www.lcaships.com/ports.pdf

Some other Canadian Ports:

Coal: Thunder Bay

Stone: Meldrum Bay, Thessalon, Bruce Mines

Grain: Goderich, Windsor, Hamilton, Prescott

Consulting the book "Know Your Ships", here are some of the cargos loaded at various ports.
Limestone: Marblehead, OH; Port Inland, Cedarville, Drummond Island, Calcite, Rogers City, and Stoneport, MI.

Coal: S. Chicago, IL; Superior, WI; Toledo, Sandusky, Ashtabula, and Conneaut, OH.

Taconite: Superior, WI; Duluth, Two Harbors, Marquette, and Escanaba, MI.

Grain: Duluth, MI; Milwaukee and Superior, WI; Thunder Bay, Sarnia, Port Stanley, and Owen Sounnd, ONT; Toledo, OH.

Where do GL ships go to load limestone? Coal? Taconite? Grain?