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Homecoming Night
Instead of going to the homecoming football game Friday night, I made my homecoming to Belle Isle. Whitefish Bay, still ripe and less than 3 months old, is downbound with taconite for the re-activated...
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Introducing Véga
I left off from Belle Isle on Friday evening with the John B. Aird sailing into Lake St. Clair… right into an oncoming… … … Véga Desgagnés! The large Canadian tanker passes the larger Canadian...
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Sunny Sunday
I passed up a great opportunity to shoot the oddball John D. Leitch at Belle Isle on Saturday evening because I wanted to take a St. Clair trip on Sunday. So, I had to make this St. Clair trip worth...
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Back to Algonac
After shooting the Manitowoc at the Blue Water Bridges on Sunday, I hung around Port Huron just a bit longer to catch three ships docked in Sarnia. CSL Tadoussac is still laid-up in Sarnia’s North...
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Riverside Tales
Sunday afternoon. I arrive at lovely Riverside Park to the scene of the Sam Laud scooting away quickly. What did I ever do to you? Well, no matter… she hadn’t been on my list for the day anyhow....
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Algoma Boats and Honorable Boats
I couldn’t find a good time to see any boats over the weekend, so I thought I’d be putting off new photos for another week. But I found space for it on Monday evening of all times, so to Belle Isle I...
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Strange to Think I’ll Miss Them All
100 years ago today, the White Hurricane began to move off the Great Lakes, and looked behind on the damage it left. During the storm’s three-day reign, the Leafield, Henry B. Smith, Plymouth, Argus,...
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Alone in Good Company
Riverside Park can seem depressing. A thoughtful glance can reveal how great the park must have been in its prime, and now it has been cast aside by the city. I like it there, though. Many people...
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The Saga of Algosoo
After leaving Riverside Park on Sunday, I made the quick trip over to my favorite part of Detroit, and Michigan’s newest State Park: Belle Isle. The island, like Riverside, is a shell of its former...
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Montrealais
Late Saturday morning, I grabbed my passport and took a leisurely journey into Canada. Sarnia, specifically. That’s not really the kind of thing I usually do in November, but there was a special reason...
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Meet the Future
The future always starts with the past. One year ago today, this is how I was going about my business, chasing the Phoenix Star on what turned out to be her final trip with cargo. Today, it was a much...
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The End
It was kind of a surreal feeling when I stepped out of the car… Surrounded by fog and mist, she moved like a ghost. And as she moved closer, the clearer she became. Algoma Montrealais, making her final...
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Steel & Wood
After leaving town for the holidays, I’m back with some photos I took yesterday just before 2013 slips away. I went down to Belanger Park in River Rouge first. It’s cold, but this portion of the river...
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Action in January II
My first post from January 18th covered the Belle Isle portion of the day. After leaving the Belle, I went all the way down to Belanger Park in River Rouge for more. The Philip R. Clarke is doing a...
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Running Into February
Something I’ve never done before is see a moving laker in February. But despite the terrible weather this winter, the worst in decades, multiple ships are still braving it out there. I jumped on the...
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Frozen
No, I haven’t seen the movie. I suppose I could have gone to see it yesterday, but instead I ventured into Canada, where just about everything really is frozen. This is the 7th straight year that I’ve...
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Still Frozen
Like I said, today’s post will be a bit longer than yesterday’s from my trip to Sarnia on Monday. So hang on. I left you off at the North Slip, but now I’m at the Cargill Slip, where Algoma is just...
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One ‘Way Out
This is my third and final post from Monday’s little trip up to Sarnia, Ontario. Yesterday’s ended in deep despair after I realized that I would have to come up with a new post title. I may have hit a...
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Them Belle Isle Blues
I said in my last post that it could possibly be my last one for a few weeks. I guess the key words were “could possibly”. This afternoon I was back out at Belle Isle. The USCGC Hollyhock is leading...
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Icebreaker Dance
Yesterday seemed like a good day to head down to Belanger Park. So I did that. All was still on the Detroit River… The Tecumseh has finished unloading her winter storage cargo and is waiting for her...
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