Former Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker CCGS Earnest Lapointe and former HMCS BRAS D’OR at Museum Marine du Quebec. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL58194)
St. Lawrence Ice
With HMCS NORSYD directly ahead of HMCS TRENTONIAN and Icebreaker Earnest LaPointe leading, the two new RCN corvettes sail through the ice of the St. Lawrence River in route to Halifax in December 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH048) If you enjoy the content I create and […]
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, Lâ islet , Quebec and is open for touring. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, […]