Seaway Traffic (LEO A. MCARTHUR & JOHN J CARRICK, LE DUMONT D'URVILLE, BAIE COMEAU, EXEBORG, HUMBERGRACHT, FLORENCE SPIRIT)

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BAIE COMEAU upbound with sugar for Toronto

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I get knocked down...
But I get up again.
You're never gonna keep me down.

Just a sliver of a moon over the islands.

Canadian Geese against the morning sunrise.

It's a bird - And a plane.

Roots washed up on shore following the "higher" water levels.

Calm water, rocks and reflections...

River in Review...

ALGOMA MARINER upbound

Great season so far, still getting caught up with organizing everything I've seen, and everywhere I've been.

Trying to upload as much as possible, looking to fix the formatting later.

So many images to choose from - And keep finding more that I like. Hoping for favorable fall weather to continue enjoying the river.

ALGONOVA

Was able to catch ALGONOVA returning to Nanticoke, Ontario after a trip to Halifax, Nova Scotia

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List of Ships Seen September 2022

NORTHERN SPIRIT
EVANS MCKIEL
CAPTAIN HENRY JACKMAN
THUNDER BAY
ABB VANESSA
ALGONORTH
FAIR JEANNE
GRIFFON
CANADIAN EMPRESS
BAIE COMEAU
PAUL A DESGAGNES
KAMINISTIQUA
ALGOMA TRANSPORT
MAJESTIC
MARIA G
OCEAN NAVIGATOR
LEA ATK
ALGOSEA
ALGOMA STRONGFIELD
EVERLAST & NORMAN MCLEOD
REESEBORG
WILF SEYMOUR & ALOUETTE SPIRIT
BLAIR MCKIEL
ALGOMA GUARDIAN
ALGOMA HARVESTER
TORRENT
ALGOMA MARINER
ALGOMA INTREPID
CSL ASSINIBOINE
FEDERAL MOSEL
ALGOMA SAULT
LE BELLOT
CSL ST-LAURENT
HARBOUR FASHION
SPRUCEGLEN
FEDERAL FRASER
FLORAGRACHT
SPARTAN & SPARTAN II
WHITEFISH BAY

September Ships (September 2 thru September 16, 2022)

ABB VANESSA upbound for Cleveland on September 3, 2022

ALGOMA TRANSPORT upbound for Indiana Harbour on September 6, 2022

MARIA G upbound for Ashtabula on September 7, 2022

OCEAN NAVIGATOR upbound for Toronto on September 7, 2022

FEDERAL MAYUMI upbound for Johnstown on September 8, 2022

ALGOMA COMPASS upbound for Goderich on September 8, 2022

RADCLIFFE R. LATIMER upbound for Sandusky on September 8, 2022

EVERLAST & NORMAN MCLEOD downbound for Valleyfield on September 12, 2022

REESTBORG upbound for Duluth on September 12, 2022

ALGOMA MARINER upbound for Hamilton on September 16, 2022

 On the way to the river before the sunrise...

Red Sky at Morning...

Wind from the west, changing to calm and still...

Morning Glass

Canadian Geese

Sounds of birds and water for the first 3 hours

Fall Colors

Old Highway 2, Crumbling into the River

Knew there wouldn't be any ships in the channel...
Not before the rain started, at least.
I believe they were at 5am, 2pm and 6pm


Just one sailboat under motor, and a couple of fishing boats.

Croil Island, Sun and Cloud

Sparkles

Felt the shift in the weather, headed back.
Minutes later, raindrops were hitting the windows.

On the return trip, saw wild Turkeys on the shoreline.
Thanksgiving is fast approaching...

Turkeys

Seaway Traffic (KAMINISTIQUA, FEDERAL FRASER, FLORAGRACHT, HARBOUR FASHION, SPRUCEGLEN, WHITEFISH BAY)

FLORAGRACHT upbound

A whole day of big red ships...


FLORAGRACHT heading towards FEDERAL FRASER.
In the distant background, is the grey hull of KAMINISTIQUA... Which at one time, was the brightly (red) painted SASKATCHEWAN PIONEER.

The tug SPARTAN with barge SPARTAN II is also unloading calcium chloride at Universal Terminals.

Downbound FLORAGRACHT prepares to meet the upbound FEDERAL FRASER.

The two ships meet

The "new" 2021-built FEDERAL FRASER downbound on the St. Lawrence Seaway September 24, 2022.

FEDERAL FRASER downbound

This is the first time I've seen HARBOUR FASHION in action...
My first encounter with this vessel, she was temporarily holding up the que at the locks with a mechanical issue. This caused me not to see the SPRUCEGLEN, which was the ship I had gone there to see...

HARBOUR FASHION upbound

Got to see both HARBOUR FASHION and SPRUCEGLEN upbound today on their respective return trips. All is forgiven, and I won't "harbour" any resentment towards this little red ship, because I have a memorable snapshot of her cute backside with waves crashing on the rocky shallows.

HARBOUR FASHION motoring past the Murphy Islands.

Spotted SPRUCEGLEN on the horizon, and knew she'd be passing by within 45 minutes.
Zig-zagging past Cat Island Shoal, and briefly disappearing behind the Bradford Islands.

SPRUCEGLEN appears

SPRUCEGLEN approaching

Without a doubt, the best set of SPRUCEGLEN snapshots that I've taken.
Seen her many times, but the lighting was too dark, or too much glare. Today, I was set up, anticipating her arrival, and wasn't going to miss an opportunity to capture her red hull under ideal lighting...

SPRUCEGLEN upbound

With the really old vessels being retired at a rapid rate, just gotta appreciate the 80s "retro" shape, lines and curves of this "salty laker". Three of a kind - With two of them remaining in service (the other being her sister KAMINISTIQUA).

Classic 1983-built salty laker

The 1983-built SPRUCEGLEN upbound on the St. Lawrence Seaway September 24, 2022.
She was the "old" FEDERAL FRASER from 1991-2001 before being joining the CSL fleet.



Finally, it was WHITEFISH BAY to top off the day.

WHITEFISH BAY downbound

Bring me that horizon...