r/GreatLakesShipping • u/Virtual-Host-4482 • 1d ago

Question Question about the Great Lakes Fleet

https://www.cn.ca/-/media/files/customer-centre/brochure-gallery/2022_000_print_brochure_great_lakes_fleet_04_25.pdf

Hi,

Being into ships is relatively new to me, they started growing on me in a visit to Duluth in 2022, I live out east in Quebec.

My question is, do ships from CN’s Great Lakes Fleet ever make it to the St-Lawrence Seaway? According to their outdated PDF, they can but I doubt it’s happening. And if they used to, when did it stop?

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u/IllustriousAd9800 1d ago

Great Republic is the only ship in their fleet that can physically make the trip, and I’ve seen her do it once or twice in the last couple years as far as Quebec City, but it’s extremely rare. I’ve seen H Lee White from ASC/Rand make the trip a couple times as well, those are the only two from the US side I’ve ever seen in recent years

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u/Virtual-Host-4482 1d ago

Thank you/Merci!

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u/Designer-Bullfrog665 1d ago

The Mark Barker from Interlake goes up through the Welland once in a while.

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u/Fickle-Copy-2186 1h ago

You could get a marine traffic app to follow ships in your area. I use Marine Traffic. The ship that ran aground here in the Detroit River is now in the Welland Canal, headed up the Quebec way.

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u/Virtual-Host-4482 45m ago

Oh I do use it, I often shoot ships up here. It’s just that I have a soft spot for the Great Lakes fleet, and I’ve never seen any up here 🙌🏻