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HMCS ORIOLE

December 9, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS ORIOLE

HMCS ORIOLE at Brockville, Ontario on 30 May 2022. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL02473)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: GLD, Great Lakes Deployment, HMCS, HMCS ORIOLE, Maritime Forces Atlantic, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, Sail Training Vessel, ships, St. Lawrence River, St. Lawrence Seaway

HMCS GLACE BAY -Iroquois Lock

November 27, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS GLACE BAY -Iroquois Lock

Members of HMCS GLACE BAY’s ship’s company gather on her foc’s’le as she enters the Iroquois Lock on the St. Lawrence Seaway on 15 July 2013. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL56718)

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

HMCS OJIBWA in the St. Lawrence River

November 21, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS OJIBWA in the St. Lawrence River

Ex-HMCS OJIBWA under tow in the St. Lawrence River approaching the seaway lock at Iroquois, Ontario on 3 June 2012. Loaded onto the Heddle Marine barge in Halifax, the cold war RCN submarine is being moved to Port Burwell to become a museum ship. Pushing the barge’s stern is the McKiel Marine tug Lac Manitoba, […]

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

HMCS KINGSTON at Iroquois Lock

November 1, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS KINGSTON at Iroquois Lock

HMCS KINGSTON, Maritime Coastal Defense Vessel, transit Iroquois Lock on the St. Lawrence Seaway as she enters the Great Lakes for a tour on 27 June 2016. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL78830)

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

OJIBWA at Iroquois Lock

August 31, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

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 […]

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

HMCS GOOSE BAY

August 19, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS GOOSE BAY

With her ship’s company closed up and keeping a sharp eye, HMCS GOOSE BAY transits Iroquois Lock on the St. Lawrence River as she enters the Great Lakes for a tour on 27 June 2016. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL78852)

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

Former HMCS OJIBWA

August 13, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

Former HMCS OJIBWA

Former HMCS OJIBWA at the Iroquois Lock on 3 June 2012, to start it’s next career. The decommissioned Canadian “O” class submarine was being towed and refitted as a museum ship and now resides at Port Burwell, Ontario as a memorial to the Canadian men and women who fought the Cold War.  This photo was […]

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

HMCS ST. JOHN’S

June 7, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS ST. JOHN’S

HMCS ST JOHN’S starts making headway after departing from Johnston, ON on the St. Lawrence River on 20 October 2019. The frigates decks are filled with RMC cadets that have joined the ship for a day sail on the river and Lake Ontario. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL06696)

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

May 26, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS GOOSE BAY anchored near Prescott, Ontario on a misty morning on 29 May 2017. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL91565)

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Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: GLD, Great Lakes Deployment, HMCS, HMCS GOOSE BAY, Kingston Class, Maritime Coastal Defense Vessel, MCDV, Naval History, Navy, Prescott ON, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, St. Lawrence River, St. Lawrence Seaway

HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC

May 10, 2022 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC

HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC anchored near Wilson Hill on the St. Lawrence River on 12 September 2016. The Canadian Navy frigate is in route to Lake Ontario for a tour. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL20548)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Canadian Patrol Frigate, Frigate, GLD, Great Lakes Deployment, Halifax class frigate, HMCS, HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC, Naval History, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, ships, St. Lawrence River, St. Lawrence Seaway

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