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MS Norgoma

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A planned sale of the vessel to Dwor Metal company fell through in January of 2023. The company's owner had planned to renovate the vessel for private use, but the transaction fell through. The vessel remains moored on the former Algoma Steel property as of January 2023.
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The city changed the locks on the boat last month and fenced it off after deciding in March that the Norgoma would need to be removed from the Bondar Marina - where it has been moored since its decommissioning in the mid-1970s - to allow for dock
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In 1963 the ship was refitted with a diesel engine to replace her original steam engine and boiler, to increase automobile capacity. As steam was still required to operate deck winches and the
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was too large too moor at this dock, without jutting into the shipping channel, preventing visiting cruise vessels from mooring. On June 4, 2019, the
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The City of Sault Ste. Marie has reached out to two others who may have interest in purchasing the M.S. Norgoma.
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made her debut on the Tobermory run in 1964. According to Captain Schrieber, who captained
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Warren McFadden, a member of the marine centre board, told tonight's City Council meeting.
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In early 2019 Sault Ste. Marie City Council put pressure on the charity to move the
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which could accommodate more vehicles than both sister ships put together.
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was moved to an alternate mooring site, on property previously owned by
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We don't have the capital for it. We'd have to liquidate what we have,
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route until 1963. Improvements to Ontario's highways, such as the
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used to board tourists. However city officials pointed out the
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Engracia de Jesus Matias Archives and Special Collections
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Conseil scolaire de district du Grand Nord de l'Ontario
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Index



freighter
ferry
Owen Sound
Sault Ste. Marie
Lake Huron
Manitoulin Island
Tobermory
South Baymouth
SS Norisle
MS Normac
Owen Sound Transportation Company Limited
Collingwood
shipyards
SS Manitoulin
North Channel
Trans-Canada Highway
Killarney
Manitoulin Island
Tobermory
Highway 68
anchor windlass
steam generator
Norisle
MS Chi-Cheemaun
Sault Ste. Marie
Roberta Bondar Park
Chief Shingwauk
Algoma Steel

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