For the next two weeks the Royal Canadian Navy ships, HMCS KINGSTON and HMCS GOOSE BAY will be sailing in Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence Seaway. The tour is part of a Great Lakes deployment that brings together the Canada’s Navy and our sailors with Canadians, that normally would not have a chance to see […]
HMCS BRAS’D’OR
The Royal Canadian Navy hydrofoil, HMCS BRAS’D’OR, FHE400, designed and built in Canada, she was ahead of her time. BRAS’D’Or is now laid up as a museum ship on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River at Musée Maritime du Québec, 55 chemin des Pionniers Est, L’Islet, Quebec and is well worth a visit. Roger […]
HMCS OJIBWA
HMCS OJIBWA being towed along the St. Lawrence waterway near Iroquois Lock, 4 June 2012. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Alex Litwiller. (RTL-AJL DSCF9634r)
HMCS NAPANEE
HMCS NAPANEE almost complete, is undergoing sea trials at Kingston Shipbuilding yards in Kingston, Ontario in March 1941. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy of Hank Winsor. (RTL-HW005) This photo has been used by Roger Litwiller in his book, Warships Of The Bay Of Quinte, published by Dundurn Publishing in 2011.
HMCS GLACE BAY Entering Iroquois Lock
With fenders ready, HMCS GLACE BAY enters the west gate of Iroquois Lock on the St. Lawrence Seaway on 15 July 2013. She is transiting the St. Lawrence and the Thousand Islands following a successful tour of the Great Lakes. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL56725)
HMCS OJIBWA
Ex-HMCS OJIBWA under tow in the St. Lawrence River approaching the seaway lock at Iroquois, Ontario on 3 June 2012. The decommissioned cold war RCN submarine is being moved to Port Burwell to become a museum ship. Roger Litwiller Collection, photo courtesy Alex Litwiller. (RTL -AJL DSCF9634)
Old Meets New -HMCS GLACE BAY
HMCS GLACE BAY passes a tall ship on the St. Lawrence River near Iroquois, Ontario on 15 July 2013. She is returning to Halifax following a successful Great Lakes tour. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL56754)
Earnest LaPointe, Icebreaker -Quebec City
Having broken the ice for HMC Ships TRENTONIAN, NORSYD and NORTON, The icebreaker, Earnest LaPointe returns to Quebec City in December 1943. This ship is now a museum ship at the Musee Maritime du Quebec, L’islet , Quebec and is open for touring. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. […]
RCN Motor Launches -St. Lawrence
HMCS TRENTONIAN passes two Canadian Fairmile motor launches in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The ML’s are part of the local escort force, ML Q080 leads ML Q081. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK116) This photo and collection have been gathered from the crew of HMCS TRENTONIAN and […]
HMCS GLACE BAY
HMCS GLACE BAY transiting the St. Lawrence Seaway near Brockville, Ontario on 15 July 2013. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL56674)