The Goderich Signal-Star, 1965-05-20, Page 13Higlhway 21 Just Uk Miles South! of Goderich.
By F. K. McKean
The aspring of '1965 will re,
Main as a -barb dream, for those
onnected With icebrealAng on
he Upper Lakes. A rather
desperate .situation Was reliev-.
;,.ede;by ache- arrivaleo ..The C.C, S.
"N. B.. 'lVfipLean," the famous 'cad
icebreaker of the St. L"awren.ce,
on, loan ,from Quelbeq to meet
the emezigu c y,
After •a*nter which set a
hundred -year record for- .low
terruperatui es at the Lakehead,
ice conditions were severe. The
lake virtually froze over several
times during thewinter, and
then brolke up, with gale -force
westerly winds piling the ac-
cumulated ice into heavy wind-
rows along the east side of
Georgian Bay, and in Whitefish
Bay above Sault Ste. Marie. To
add to the difficulties, winter
temperatures lingered late intq
the spring.
The ,C.C.G.S. "Alexander
Henry" of the Parry Sound Ag-
ency,
genoy, which had p"roved herself
highly capable in dealing with
field ice and windrows of con-
Sat., Sun., and Holidays - 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Weather Permitting'
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si�derable thickness, 'found the -
huge windrow's of this ,year to
be 'beyond her eaiYa'ci'ty. This
vitas learned when the ship was
sent out on February „2,2n�d, .to
break her d►nay .alcross 'Georgian
.er from arzy'•Soulid to Nlid�--
tand.. The 'ship; Which wad di-
verted .to other Work • after a
,week of useless hammering 'at
a windrow whi�eh. -lad formed
off Hope Island, was sent back'
again for a second try in March,
and- finally broke through on
April 16, but then by a round-
about and bw'isting course which
no commercial ship could fol-
low.
The ice of that windrow off
Hope Island at the entrance to
the Midland Channel was still
in palace on May 2, even after
it had been out through by sev-
eral passes made by two ice-
breakers, and by at least seven-
teen commercial vessels.
Tile seriousness of the situ-
ation was recognized early by
the senior officials of the De-
partment of Transport. The
difficulty was to find a ship suit -
ed to the task: the large' ice- . the assistance of the `*many in-
coming eni ,s which, by new lay
at anchor outside the icefieldsi
alta bad, freed 'tile stern of the
"Saguenay" fo: 'er dowmbound
departure.' .
At this, time there were five
.ships ee .workinTg---- ,in--- cgn,eert;
(itl ough hundreds od ;miles a cart
and from both sides of the bor-
der) to make the opening oaf.
,navigatioii go like .clockwork on
the Upper Lakes. -
The U.S "W-oo4rush" was
keeping the channels clear" at
Duluith, . while the "N. B. Mc-
Lean" was doing the same at
the Canadian Lakehead. The
U.S. "Mackinaw" and the tug
"Neugatuok" were escorting
ships through Whitefish Bay,
and the "Alexander Henry" was
freeing fifteen ships which had
'wintered at ,the foot of. Georg-
ian Bay. The success of this
all-out effort may be gauged by
the fact that at Sault Ste. Mare,
the busiest shipping channel in
the world, 203 ships had passed
upbbund and downbound, three
days later, by midnight, April
24.
Th b ttla ith the ice was
•
ibrea+kers' ".�D'fberville" and
"John, . .. iMaccDonald'" were
lettiltµt too deep a draft for the
'channels of the Upper Lakes.
The .`"N. B. McLean" was chosen,
as the ''Vessel with the best
aoWer aeld-a i suitable-- .draft;: -
The "McLean"
The' `"McLean" steamed the
seven hundred r files from Que-
bec under captain ,.Marius Gag-
ne, 'and began. to break down
that . big windrow off Hope Is-
land in Georgian, Bay on April
16. It was to much for her,
also, on a frontal attack. So
Captain Gagne . simply turned
the ship around and went into
the thick "windrow stern first,
letting the great wheels of the
"McLean" chew up the stubborn
ice.
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Even -after three days of this
vigorous treatment that wind-
row Was still too heavy for dein-
mercial ships, but marry ships
were by now on the way up
the lakes and the Seaway. bund
for the 'Lakehead. The "N. B.
McLean" eras despatched west-
ward to assist these ships, while
the "Alexander Henry" was left
to escort the large winter fleet
out of the icebound ports of
Midland and Port McNIcoll.
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Meanwhile, the •mighty U.S.
Coastt Guard "Mackinaw'? had
passed up from Sault Ste. Marie,
escorting six vessels through
the heavy ice in Whitefish Bay
and westward to Duluth. While
the "Mackinaw" was at the head
of, the lakes a averse winds had
closed her track at Whitefish,
and when the "McLean" arrived
at the Soo, April 20, there were
-ten ships, either iceibound or
waiting in the river to be .escort-
ed through. By mid-afternoon
the "McLean" -had cleared a
passage for these ships and was
despatched to the Lakehead,
while the "'dackinaw" was
�doyvwntbou net from --Duluth - eeeort-
ing sixterii vessels from Duluth
and Taconite.
The breakthroou�gh had come,
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practically over, for another
spring. The "Alexander Henry"
was despatched westward from
Georgian Bay, • placing light -
keepers on their stations with
her helicopter as she went, ar-
riving at the Lakehead on April
28. On the same dote the "N.,
B. McLan" left the Lakehead
downlhound, placing the remain-
ing keepers on the north shore
of Superior with her 'copter.
The- "MeLean" worked a day
in Georgian Bay, freeing ice-
bound vessels, then proceeded
on her way to her home porit,
Quebec.
Navigation was open, al-
though some two weeks later
than the average date • for the
past five years. It would have
been a month late (and then
only after heavy damage -to- the
commercial .fleet) had its not
been for such vessels as ethe
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The `ti:'dcLcar;" arrived at the
Lakehead just in time to avert
a terrific traffic jam. The pow-
erful Canada Steamships Lines
"Saguenay' ,had broken her way
into port on her own, but could
not bark out, turn, and depart
without the zssistance of an
icebreaker. By' the evening of
broken out Port Arthur, had
freed the harbor tug to. go to
Traffic jam in Whitefish Bay, east end of with "LaSalle" and "Royalton' in the back -
Lake Superior on April 20. U.S. Coast ground. Picture taken from Canadian Coast
Guard "Naugatuck", S.S. "Ralph Misener", a Guard "N. B. McLean".
Hoimesville +' -
HOLMESVILLE. — Mr. Doug- lon showed the- children how
las Norman Mao is taking a to make early. spring flowers,
course in Toronto, spent the-- and' each child made some. Mar.-
,eee Yeo ave out the World
weekend at his home in the friends. The meeting closed
village. 1 with prayer. Janice and Ger-
Airs. Paul iiusted and daugh- j ald Trewartha are the program
ter. Kim, ref Vancouver, B.C., 1
committee for the text meeting.
U.C.W. Meet -
Thea U.C.W. of Holmesville
United Church met in the Sun-
day school roan for their May
meeting. The leader was Mrs.
Jack Yea, eesiL-ted b :arse>Ed-
i ward Grigg. They took�as their
Aherne, Life'2 Pattern, and Mrs.
Jack Yeo gave the call to wore
i sh h. The Scripture lesson was
Mr
read by s. Morgan Jones, and
the Bible study was given by
Mrs. Ed Yd Grig . Mrs Jack
Yeo read a story about a rug
hair returned home, after
spending their vacation with l
the forinea's parents', Mr., and
Mrs. Prank •McCullough. They
were accompanied to the Tor-
onto International Airport 'by
Mr. McCullough and David.
Other guests'wiith Mr. and Mrs.
McCullough were their sons
. Ted..oE. Taront,;. and Jim _of -Port
Credit, ;;nd Mr. Barry King of
Toronto.
The Messengers .
Henry."
ville T,Jnited Church" -met for
their meeting in the Sunday
school room, with . Mrs. It,ay
made by a blind person, and
Mrs. Irving Tebhutt led in pray-
er. The Missicn study on Trini-
dad was taken by Mrs. D. E.
Gliddon. The,buiness was con-
ducted
onducted by the president, Mrs. •
Lloyd Bond, and Mrs. Harry
Oudmore cave the secretary's
report. Mrs. Harry Wi,Uiarns '
read the corresoondence - and
Mrs. Frank McCullough gave
the treasurer', .report: "'Flans
for the, anMival ham and •salad
supper were left tri the
care of the`° -social co i,inittee,
headed by '.tri s. Ken Harris. An..
auction sa:e'wa sherd;' with Mrs.
Reg. Millcr and Mrs. Lloyd
Bond as the auctioneers. F[o -
es. -es for the day were Mrs. J.
Yc o, Mrs. 0. Blake, Mrs. 'I. Teb-
buct nd Mrs. M. Jones. ,
GrdeonPotter giving the call to wor-
ship.
Order Janice Trewartha was the
pianist for the hymns. Gerald
More Bibles Snel :Mrs,. Potter led in prayer,
Trewartha read- the Scripture
Gideons Internatlonal have
placed a record order for
276;700 Bibles to be- pl-aced
in Canadian hotels, motels,
Mena Trigit"laiii`is "arid" a St -Ore
of sundry f e)ds. President
Earl Oeseh of the South
Huron camp of the Gideons
reports an estimated 800
copies of the Bible will be
distributed in Colborne and
Gaderich Township and the
Town of Goderieh.
FIRST PRIZE PONTIAC
1965
concluding with the Messeng-
er's, prayer- Ricky Blake re-
ceived ,the collection, and S1a-r-
on• Potter gav, the dedication
°ayer:•-Weirdti -duller-vias-n:ati H --
ed secretary, to replace Karen
McClinchtj, Who has' moved to
Hamilton. Riddles were read b
by Mary Heard and. Glenda
'
Blake. A duet was sung by'
Wendy Miller and Marlene Yeo.
Janice • 'rrewartha played a
piano solo. Mrs. Francis Cante-
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