Heading to the St. Lawrence River in hopes of catching the upbound CSL ST-LAURENT.
Figured best case scenario, I'd get a glimpse of the vessel disappearing upriver...
But she was nowhere to be seen.
Suddenly, the huge superstructure with lights could be seen through the trees...
Verifying that it was in fact moving this way, headed back to catch her just before the sun rises over the river.
Hope to get many more snapshots this November - But this one already stands out as memorable in my collection.
Bright red & orange sky - Even captured a couple of marker buoys.
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CSL ST-LAURENT before the sunrise
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Just enough light to capture her silhouette.
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Upbound CSL ST-LAURENT with lights on
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The first official daytime vessel was the upbound ALGOMA STRONGFIELD.
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ALGOMA STRONGFIELD approaches
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ALGOMA STRONGFIELD upbound for Hamilton
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ALGOMA STRONGFIELD profile view
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Just like I'd seen the other day on another Equinox Class vessel, some of the crew were working with the hatch crane.
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Working with the hatch crane
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Next vessel was the upbound SARAH DESGAGNES. As the DESGAGNES ship approached, a few seagulls, plus another fishing bird that I'm not familiar with...
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SARAH DESGAGNES in the distance
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Definitely not a Cormorant or a Loon, but hunting for fish in a similar manner.
Grey and white in color. Fishing in the channel before the vessel arrives.
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Birds in the channel...
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The DESGAGNES vessel, at an angle where sunlight reveals her true color..
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| I love the water in this snapshot... Very calm, with just the slightest ripple to it. |
Check out that wide smokestack
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| 2007-built SARAH DESGAGNES |
Keeping my eyes peeled for MANITOULIN. The vessel was due to arrive at Eisenhower at 1:29pm, should be departing the lock by 2:15. With that in mind, the vessel should be coming into range around 2:45.
Headed east, to the furthest possible observation point to catch the
ship as soon as she exits the Wiley-Dondero canal. Checking the
timestamp, I spotted her several minutes sooner than I normally would.
There she is!
Right on time.
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| MANITOULIN |
Missed her previous transit in the dark (downbound Oct 30) - Couldn't believe my luck when I found out that she'd be passing by today (Nov 3) in the late afternoon with good sunlight.
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MANITOULIN returns back upriver destined for Hamilton
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MANITOULIN is a unique ship with a "blended hull".
Originally built in Croatia as a tanker in 1991, (Serving as TRELSI, EURO SWAN and LALANDIA SWAN) the vessel was re-constructed in 2015 with a new bow section featuring a self-unloading boom.
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The vessel was re-constructed in 2015 with a forward-mounted boom
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Full length of the self-unloading crane
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MANITOULIN saluted as she was passing Morrisburg approacing Mariatown
The late ship of daylight was BAIE COMEAU.
Could have waited for the ship to arrive- But I
already have some memorable snapshots of this vessel in my collection -
Plus I wanted to get prepared for the next day.
