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Interlude: Great Lakes freighter crewmen taking on supplies
Interlude: Great Lakes freighter crewmen taking on supplies

Interlude: Great Lakes freighter crewmen taking on supplies

Date7/22/1983
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Original Toronto Star caption: Interlude: Great Lakes freighter crewmen taking on supplies.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0014282F
No sub-chaser now, former crewmen of this Fairmile would have difficulty recognizing the sleek craft, renamed Nancy Grace and fitted for pleasure crui(...)
No sub-chaser now, former crewmen of this Fairmile would have difficulty recognizing the sleek craft, renamed Nancy Grace and fitted for pleasure crui(...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
6/25/1946
At the helm, Watch Officer Stan Bydal, 18, of Toronto steers the Pathfinder, a sail-training brigantine that's been cruising the Great lakes for 10 year now
At the helm, Watch Officer Stan Bydal, 18, of Toronto steers the Pathfinder, a sail-training brigantine that's been cruising the Great lakes for 10 year now
Beaty, Keith
8/3/1973
Ice Can't Frighten the Nascopie, Montreal, July 7- (CP) - Her holds and available deck space crammed with 1,900 tons of supplies, the Nascopie sails t(...)
Ice Can't Frighten the Nascopie, Montreal, July 7- (CP) - Her holds and available deck space crammed with 1,900 tons of supplies, the Nascopie sails t(...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
7/7/1945
Supplies being landed from the Nascopie which is seen in the left background
Supplies being landed from the Nascopie which is seen in the left background
Toronto Star (Firm)
10/8/1936
Ice breaker needed on Georgian Bay, Canada's largest icebreaker operating in the Great Lakes, the Coast Guard ship Griffon has been working out of Mid(...)
Ice breaker needed on Georgian Bay, Canada's largest icebreaker operating in the Great Lakes, the Coast Guard ship Griffon has been working out of Mid(...)
Griffin, Doug
2/7/1975
Launched: The Canadian Ambassador, operated by Upper Lakes Shipping, was put in service last July just at a time when Great Lakes' grain tonnage was on the way down
Launched: The Canadian Ambassador, operated by Upper Lakes Shipping, was put in service last July just at a time when Great Lakes' grain tonnage was on the way down
Brennan, Pat
10/11/1983
Cruising: The H.M. Griffith, a 730-foot freighter, is entering the first lock on its trip from Lake Ontario to Lake Erie. Boredom and isolation are fr(...)
Cruising: The H.M. Griffith, a 730-foot freighter, is entering the first lock on its trip from Lake Ontario to Lake Erie. Boredom and isolation are fr(...)
Bock, Tony
7/22/1983
Building luxury into lake freighters
Building luxury into lake freighters
Brennan, Pat
10/11/1983
What's cooking? Carol Smith, ship's cook on the lake freighter Meldrum Bay, makes up crew's shopping list before the ship sets sail for Thunder Bay
What's cooking? Carol Smith, ship's cook on the lake freighter Meldrum Bay, makes up crew's shopping list before the ship sets sail for Thunder Bay
Cooper, David
4/6/1982
C.P.R Great Lakes steamer "Keewatin" in St. Mary's river
C.P.R Great Lakes steamer "Keewatin" in St. Mary's river
Keewatin (Steamship)
Approximately 1912
Large steamship at dockside.
S.S. Keewatin. great lakes service, C.P. RY, Port Arthur, Ont
Keewatin (Steamship)
Approximately 1910
Manchester concept, largest container ship ever to enter the Great Lakes, is unloading in Toronto
Manchester concept, largest container ship ever to enter the Great Lakes, is unloading in Toronto
Griffin, Doug
5/30/1972