Land HO!!!! Captain
A post for Jennilyn's "Uncle David". D.A.B Walker is a retired ship captain who has travelled the world. Having now travelled the St. Lawrence myself as did David back in the day, I am hoping to give him a different view.
This port is located on the north shore of the St. Lawrence jsut east of Sept-Iles, Quebec. The name of it is Port Cartier. I see a few ships are waiting offshore to pick up their load.
These two ports are located near Sept-Iles. There is one more deep water port right on the edge of the town. For a history lesson copy and paste this site.
http://www.portsi.com/eg/historique.htm
Apparently 23 million tonnes of cargo are handled out of Sept-Iles every year. Alumina, Aluminum, Coke Breeze and Limestone are moved but mainly Iron Ore.
Back to Montreal...........this is a set of locks on the western end of Lac St. Louis. If you click on the photo you can get a better view. There is a ship just going through.
This port is located on the north shore of the St. Lawrence jsut east of Sept-Iles, Quebec. The name of it is Port Cartier. I see a few ships are waiting offshore to pick up their load.
These two ports are located near Sept-Iles. There is one more deep water port right on the edge of the town. For a history lesson copy and paste this site.
http://www.portsi.com/eg/historique.htm
Apparently 23 million tonnes of cargo are handled out of Sept-Iles every year. Alumina, Aluminum, Coke Breeze and Limestone are moved but mainly Iron Ore.
Back to Montreal...........this is a set of locks on the western end of Lac St. Louis. If you click on the photo you can get a better view. There is a ship just going through.
1 Comments:
David will relate to these pictures, can you imagine battling the Atlantic for 10 days, in fierce storms, remnants of hurricanes, getting to port and the ship could be loaded/unloaded with iron ore and be on its way again in 5 hours. Back across the angry ocean with hardly any time to pick up supplies etc. Let alone set foot on land......those sailors were tough! Being Captain helped a little I am sure!
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