Next up is one of the ships I like to catch and so far our times have not lined up.
I was happy to see that the Michipicoten was coming down. Lately, it has been at times when I am either working or it is dark. Either way, I couldn't catch her.
The Michipicoten was in "Grosse Point Blank" when she was owned by Interlake and was known as the Elton Hoyt II.
She got her new name when her current owners bought her and changed her to Canadian flagged.
I think one of the changes was that they made her a diesel.
But at her heart she is an American laker.
With the uncertainty of the Cuyahoga after her fire, that makes her part of a dying breed.
But it seems like, they take care of her (unlike so many of their other ships).
So I hope that means she will be around for a while.
She passes the bridge.
Her beam shot.
She continues to her destination.
Which is actually not that far.
Her Canadian flag flying proudly in the breeze.
She had her destination listed as "Detroit" which I took to mean that she was heading to one of the stone docks on the Rouge River.
A tug and barge passing behind her.
I thought that meant that she was heading to the stone dock on one side of the Jefferson Avenue Bridge, so that's where I headed.
But she was making a move to pass through the bridge.
Which is okay because it gives a nice view.
Even if the day wasn't so nice.
This is one of my favorite places to catch a ship.
Mainly because they are so close.
You can almost reach out and touch them.
A shot of her pilothouse.
She passes through the Bridge.
Her stack.
And a shot of her Canadian flag as she docks just on the other side of the Bridge.
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