Ex-HMCS OJIBWA under tow in the St. Lawrence River approaching the seaway lock at Iroquois, Ontario on 3 June 2012. The cold war RCN submarine is being moved from Halifax to Port Burwell by tugs from McKeil Marine, Florence M and Lac Manitoba, and will become a museum ship. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. […]
HMCS OJIBWA
With only a few inches of clearance on either side of the barge, Florence M. pulls OJIBWA through the Iroquois lock. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL33788)
OJIBWA at Iroquois Lock
HMCS OJIBWA under tow by Florence M. enters the Iroquois Lock on the St. Lawrence Seaway on 4 June 2012. The former, Royal Canadian Navy submarine was towed from Halifax to Hamilton on Lake Ontario, where she underwent modifications to become a museum ship located at Port Burwell on Lake Erie. Roger Litwiller Collection, photo […]
HMCS OJIBWA
Retired O class submarine HMCS OJIBWA approaching Iroquois Lock on the St. Lawrence Seaway on 3 June 2012. The Cold War submarine has traveled by barge from Halifax in route to her final resting place as a museum ship on Lake Erie, with the assistance of the tugboats, Florence M. and Lac Manitoba. Roger Litwiller […]
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)
Former HMCS OJIBWA
Ex-HMCS OJIBWA under tow passes through the St. Lawrence Seaway lock at Iroquois, Ontario on 3 June 2012 with Nadro Marine tugs, Florence M (leading) and Lac Manitoba. The cold war RCN submarine is being moved to Port Burwell and will become a museum ship. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Alex Litwiller. (RTL-AJL DSCF9645)
Ex -OJIBWA at Iroquois Lock
Tugs Florence M. (leading) and Lac Manitoba ease former HMCSubmarine OJIBWA through the Iroquois Lock on the St. Lawrence Seaway on 3 June 2012. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL33805)
Ex-HMCS OJIBWA in the St. Lawrence River
Former HMCS OJIBWA under tow in the St. Lawrence River approaching the seaway lock at Iroquois, Ontario on 3 June 2012. The cold war RCN submarine is being moved to Port Burwell, Ontario and will become a museum ship at the Museum of Naval History. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL33769).
HMCS OJIBWA Passes Iroquois Lock on the St. Lawrence Seaway.
On June 3 2012, my son Alex and I traveled to Iroquois Lock on the St. Lawrence River west of Cornwall to witness a historic occasion. The retired Cold War submarine HMCS OJIBWA was being moved from Halifax through the St. Lawrence Seaway. HMCSubmarie OJIBWA began her career as the Royal Navy’s Oberon class, HMS […]