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Fleet of 29 ships wintering in Owen Sound harbor is said a record in any Georgian Bay port for many years
Fleet of 29 ships wintering in Owen Sound harbor is said a record in any Georgian Bay port for many years

Fleet of 29 ships wintering in Owen Sound harbor is said a record in any Georgian Bay port for many years

Date12/29/1948
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Original Toronto Star caption: Fleet of 29 ships wintering in Owen Sound harbor is said a record in any Georgian Bay port for many years. Vessels are seen lined up along both sides of the harbor in this air view. In background is the 4;000;000-bushel grain elevator. Ships in port include 15 large grain carriers; three passenger vessels
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0107570F
Shipkeeper Bill Cook stands on the deck of the Go one of the two ships he keeps an eye on during the wi daily inspections to check that everything is shipshap sister ship, the James Norris, are the largest grain carries now wintering in Toronto harbor. Cook receives $575 a month for keeping both ships. He lives rent-free aboard the Leitch, in the chief cook's room. [Incomplete]
Shipkeeper Bill Cook stands on the deck of the Go one of the two ships he keeps an eye on during the wi daily inspections to check that everything is shipshap sister ship, the James Norris, are the largest grain carries now wintering in Toronto harbor. Cook receives $575 a month for keeping both ships. He lives rent-free aboard the Leitch, in the chief cook's room. [Incomplete]
2/6/1972
Image shows a number of boats wintering at the Harbour.
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Image shows a Captain at the Harbour with some buildings and ships in the background.
The captain of a ship that's going nowhere, Bill Cook stands aboard the Meaford and looks out at some of the other 33 ships wintering in Toronto Harbo(...)
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Image shows two ships unloading cargo.
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The yachtman and coaster's book of reference: giving courses and distances, with the relative bearings of the light houses and light ships, from Cape Hatteras to St. John's, N.B., with reliable sailing directions for seventy-five harbors and ports, as compiled from the latest U.S. coast surveys
The yachtman and coaster's book of reference: giving courses and distances, with the relative bearings of the light houses and light ships, from Cape Hatteras to St. John's, N.B., with reliable sailing directions for seventy-five harbors and ports, as compiled from the latest U.S. coast surveys
1881
Owen Sound, Georgian Bay, Lake Huron (Ontario)
Owen Sound, Georgian Bay, Lake Huron (Ontario)
1874
Toronto harbor isn't pretty by any means, and ship traffic has declined sharply in recent years, and the debts pile up
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The admiral back at the helm, Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten swings the handle of an old ship's engine room telegraph to 'full ahead' during hi(...)
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