Algoma Navigator
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Algoma Navigator was built in 1967, is 730 feet long and flies the Canadian flag |
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| Previous names: 1967 – 1975: Demeterton 1975 – 1980: St. Lawrence Navigator 1980 – 2011: Canadian Navigator 2011: Algoma Navigator |
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| Above taken on Saturday morning, August 18, 2012; notice new name painted on the bow of the boat. |
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| Above picture taken Wednesday, April 26, 2006. |
The Algoma Navigator was built in Great Britain as the Demeterton and went into salt water duty. Over the years, she received several upgrades  that increased both her length and cargo capacity. She was sold in 1975 to Upper Lakes Group and moved over to Great Lakes service. Several name changes followed; she became the Canadian Navigator in 1980. Since 1996, she has been to the Twin Ports 31 times (as of September 2009), 23 of those trips were before 2001. |
| Recently, Algoma Central purchased the fleet of the Upper Lakes Group Inc. Most of those boats have been renamed including the Canadian Navigator, now known as the Algoma Navigator. To my knowledge, this is the first trip to the Twin Ports by one of their new vessels that has the new name on the boat. (inset, just above) |
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| Picture above taken Wednesday, April 26, 2006 |
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| Picture above and below taken Tuesday, July 9, 2002 : since this visit, did not come back until July, 2005, the 2nd of 3 visits that year |
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Great shot of the then Canadian Navigator coming into Duluth harbor with the seagull in the foreground. At first glance, the bird looks like part of the ship’s paintscheme.