Check out this gorgeous salty, BBC Rio Grande.  This German vessel currently arrived in Becancour from Lake Michigan to load for overseas.  I got these shots as the Rio Grande passed in front of Boldt Castle in Alexandria Bay.

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These are some of my favorite recent photos that I took while at the Riveredge Resort.  The Federal Kushiro of FederalNav LTD was traveling up river on the Saint Lawrence River.  This salty (salt water vessel) carries general cargo such as grain, steel, machinery, and iron ore.

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Great to be back on the river and watch the lakers and salties.  In all of our posts, you can click any image to enter the lightbox and view all images actual size.

Canada Steamship Lines, Laurentien, went by this morning and if you look carefully, the decks are being cooled with a spray of water.

These windmill blades were being moved to Thunder Bay, Ontario on Salty, Alexia.

Gordon Leach – Upper Lakes Group

Probably less than a dozen times a summer, we see two lakers (or salties) pass each other in the main channel.  Here you see the Canadian Miner (Upper Lakes Shipping) passing a  Canadian Steamship Line vessel.  Two additional shots of this occurrence are included for your viewing pleasure.  As with all our photos you can click to enlarge.

Quebecois, an Upper Lakes Group laker, passed through the channel this morning.  This bulk carrier was cooling off the deck with a sprinkler system to protect against expansion.  You may want to click a second time on the pic to expand to full size to see this.

John B. Aird , a Canadian self unloader, built in 1983 recently passed through the channel.  This Algoma laker was carrying iron ore from Quebec destined for Chicago. John B. Aird is one of only 2 self unloaders owned by the company.

An empty Beluga Projects ocean going ship from Bremen, Germany passed by.  This salty from the Beluga Group had been delivering windmill parts to the upper great lakes.

Pineglen, passed by and looked magnificent.  This 736′ x 75′ laker was built 1985, and was the last bulk carrier built for the great lakes in 1985.  It left loaded with wheat from Thunder Bay, Ontario on Lake Superior for Baie Comeau, Quebec.  This CSL ship was named for a tree with the suffix of glen, as are all of CSL ships.

One of the best parts about summer on the St. Lawrence River is watching the lakers on the main channel. We listen to channel 12 on the marine radio to be aware of the schedule.  As long as we have a current copy of Know Your Ships, we are happy campers.  If you wake up in the middle of the night, and are lucky enough to see a laker passing all lit up, it is a wonderful sight!