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HMCS TORONTO’s Ready to Lock Through

September 30, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS TORONTO’s Ready to Lock Through

HMCS TORONTO’s ship’s company has closed up to prepare their ship to enter the St. Lawrence Seaway Lock at Iroquois, Ontario on 8 July 2017. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller (RTL82255)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: CPF, Frigate, Great Lakes Deployment, HMCS, HMCS TORONTO, Iroquois Lock, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, St. Lawrence River, St. Lawrence Seaway

HMCS KINGSTON

September 21, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS KINGSTON

HMCS KINGSTON passing below the Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge on the St. Lawrence River in Johnston, Ontario on 27 June 2016. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL78872)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: HMCS, HMCS KINGSTON, Johnstown, Maritime Coastal Defense Vessel, MCDV, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, St. Lawrence River, St. Lawrence Seaway

Navy meets Merchant Marine

August 12, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

Navy meets Merchant Marine

HMCS TORONTO passes MV Sichem Defiance after clearing Iroquois Lock on 8 July 2017. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller (82358)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: CPF, Frigate, HMCS, HMCS TORONTO, Iroquois Lock, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, St. Lawrence River, St. Lawrence Seaway

Ex-HMCS OJIBWA

August 6, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

Ex-HMCS OJIBWA

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. […]

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Cold War, Florence M, History, HMCS, HMCS OJIBWA, Iroquois Lock, Lac Manitoba, McKeil Marine, Navy, Project Ojibwa, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, St. Lawrence River, St. Lawrence Seaway, submarine

HMCS GOOSE BAY at Johnston

July 29, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS GOOSE BAY at Johnston

HMCS GOOSE BAY passing below the Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge on the St. Lawrence River in Johnston, Ontario on 27 June 2016. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL78873)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: History, HMCS, HMCS GOOSE BAY, Johnstown, Maritime Coastal Defense Vessel, MCDV, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, St. Lawrence River, St. Lawrence Seaway

HMCS ST. JOHN’S

July 27, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS ST. JOHN’S

HMCS ST JOHN’S underway in the St. Lawrence River near Brockville on 20 October 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL06715)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: CPF, Frigate, GLD, Great Lakes Deployment, Halifax class frigate, HMCS, HMCS ST. JOHN's, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, St. Lawrence River, St. Lawrence Seaway

HMCS KINGSTON Lookout

June 20, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS KINGSTON Lookout

While transiting Iroquois Lock in the St. Lawrence Seaway, Grace Aikens in HMCS KINGSTON peers through the binoculars at her parents holding a welcome banner on 27 June 2016. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL78836)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: HMCS, HMCS KINGSTON, Iroquois Lock, Maritime Coastal Defense Vessel, MCDV, Naval History, RCN, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, St. Lawrence River, St. Lawrence Seaway

HMCS OJIBWA

June 14, 2023 by 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)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Cold War, Florence M, History, HMCS, HMCS OJIBWA, Iroquois Lock, Museum Ship, Naval History, Navy, O Class Submarine, Project Ojibwa, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, St. Lawrence River, St. Lawrence Seaway, submarine, tugboat

HMCS GOOSE BAY in the St. Lawrence River

May 18, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS GOOSE BAY in the St. Lawrence River

HMCS GOOSE BAY is passed by MV Pearl Mist in the St. Lawrence River east of Prescott on 29 May 2017. GOOSE BAY was heading into Lake Ontario on a Great Lake Tour. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL91622)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: HMCS, HMCS GOOSE BAY, Maritime Coastal Defense Vessel, MCDV, MV Pearl Mist., Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, St. Lawrence River, St. Lawrence Seaway

ICE BREAKER EARNEST LAPOINTE

April 25, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

ICE BREAKER EARNEST LAPOINTE

The newly built icebreaker, Earnest LaPointe is brought in to free HMCShips TRENTONIAN, NORSYD and HMCTug NORTON from the ice in Quebec City in December 1943. This icebreaker is now a museum ship at the MUSEE MARITIME DU QUEBEC, L’Islet, Quebec. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Jack Harold, RCNVR. (RTL-JH045)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Battle of Atlantic, corvette, HMCS, HMCS NORSYD, HMCS TRENTONIAN, Ice Breaker, Naval History, Navy, Quebec City, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, St. Lawrence River, WWII

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