Opening Ceremonies at Lock 3 - Welland Canal

02 April 2015

Lock 3 St Catharines

Today was the Top Hat Ceremony for the 186th opening of the Welland Canal / St. Lawrence Seaway. The season is officially open!

Sea Eagle II & St. Mary's Cement II opened the upbound route through the Welland Canal, heading to Cleveland, Ohio.

Welland Canal excerpt from the SEAWAY RADIO MESSAGE NO. 2 OF 2015

WELLAND CANAL 

The Welland Canal is generally open water with broken ice above lock 7 up to Port Colborne. 

Mariners are cautioned that heavy ice conditions exist on Lake Erie. 

The next radio message will be issued Friday, April 3, 2015.

SEAWAY RADIO MESSAGE NO. 2 OF 2015

Top Hat Ceremony 2015 - St. Catharines Museum & Welland Canals Centre

Sea Eagle II (articulated tug mated with barge St. Mary's Cement II)

CCGS Pierre Radisson - Ice Breaker

The Welland Canal opens tomorrow, 02 April 2015. 

Today the Pierre Radisson headed upbound through the canal heading into Lake Erie...where there is a lot of work to do...so much ice on the lake still. 

Once a year the Pierre Radisson comes from Quebec to the Welland Canal.

The following photos were taken before the Main Street bridge, across from Robin Hood Flour at Port Colborne 01 April 2015.

Ice under the Main Street Bridge

The Pierre Radisson approaching...the Algoway is still in winter layup.

Pierre Radisson - The Fleet of the Canadian Coast Guard

Pierre Radisson - Wikipedia

Erie Media - Icebreaker on the way to Lake Erie

Peter R. Cresswell - Self Unloader

09 November 2014

Lock 3 and Bridge 5 area - St Catharines

Peter R. Cresswell, upbound, in Lock 3

Peter R. Cresswell out of Lock 3 heading to Bridge 5 / Glendale Ave Bridge

Peter R. Cresswell under Bridge 5 / Glendale Ave Bridge

Manager: Algoma Central Corporation

Registry: St. Catharines / Canada

Builder: Collingwood Shipyards, 1982, Hull 226

Type: Great Lakes Self Unloading Bulk Carrier

Principal Particulars 

Length: 222.50m 740'-0" 

Beam: 23.12m 75'-10½" 

Depth: 12.80m 42'- 0"

Algoma Central Corporation: Peter R. Cresswell

Boatnerd: Peter R Cresswell

Federal St Laurent

08 November 2014

Lock 3 and Homer / Queenston St Bridge - St Catharines

Federal St Laurent in Lock 3

Federal St Laurent leaving Lock 3

Federal St Laurent passing through the opened Queenston St Bridge

Fednav: Federal St Laurent

Build: 1996
Geared Bulker
FedNav Ltd., Montreal, QC
Bridgetown, Barbados
Length: 656' 2" 200.0m
Beam: 77' 1" 23.5m
Depth: 48' 10" 14.88m