The Algoma Compass at Rest

While I was bringing my drone back after taking pictures of the Tregurtha, I decided to get some pictures of a ship I saw over the trees on the other side of the river.

I turns out that ship was the Algoma Compass.

I thought I saw her out earlier this season, but I might be mistaken.

At any rate, she is in layup, but I saw her lights on.

I suspect that means she will be coming back out.

One more shot.

Catching Up With the Algoma Compass

 I wanted to catch the next ship, but I didn't feel like waiting.  I saw that I still had some time to catch her on Belle Isle, so I headed over there.

It has been a while since I've caught the Algoma Compass.  She has been busy though but our times have not met up.

She is one of the ships that Algoma bought while I was in the hospital.  They put her to all sorts of uses.

She is a ship I like to catch because I used to like to catch her under her previous name too.

She is heading to Hamilton and I think she is heading from Goderich.

And  that means she is carrying salt.

But I don't think that she is necessarily going anywhere though.

Given that it was six years ago when they bought her, I think she is on another certificate.

And unlike many of the other Algoma boats, her paint looks fresh.

She continues down the river.

Sadly, I couldn't use my drone because the Lions game was going on and Belle Isle is just inside of the no fly zone.

The Algoma Compass Unloads in Windsor

 This ship was on the other side of the river.

The Algoma Compass was unloading stone in Windsor.

As I speak, she was heading up to Meldrum Bay.

I think she will pick up stone there.

The Algoma Compass Unloading

 From Riverside, I have a pretty good vantage point for catching ships unloading as well.

The Algoma Compass was unloading in the shadow of the Gordie Howe Bridge.

One more shot of her.

Catching Up With the Algoma Compass

 This is another ship that I was happy to catch because I haven't caught her yet this year.  In fact, I'm pretty sure it's been a while since I've caught her.

The Algoma Compass was coming over from Green Bay.

She was heading to the Rouge River but I'm not sure what she was carrying.

She was definitely loaded though.

As I look at the horizon, I can understand why pilots might lose the horizon and why they should depend on instruments at some times.

Anyway, she was heading down to Detroit.

Looks like she has been used pretty well too.

Last I remember seeing her, she was painted pretty well.

Not sure why part of her bow is red.

The bow shot.

She makes the turn for the river.

A clearer shot of her.

Framed by the Blue Water Bridge.

The almost beam shot.

A shot of her pilothouse.

A stern shot.

And one more before moving on.

A Surprise Visitor

 The next ship caught me by surprise.

I was getting ready to leave and then I looked by Belle Isle and I saw this ship working her way down.

She is the Algoma Compass.

I think she was heading down from Goderich but I'm not sure where she was heading to.

She used to be known as the Adam E. Cornelius before she was acquired by Algoma Central in 2017.

She was acquired with the Algoma Buffalo.

I'm glad that she was picked up because she is a pretty nice looking ship.

I think she looks better in the Algoma colors.

Some shots with my drone.

She is getting something from the Westcott.

The beam shot.

She continues down the river.

The Westcott pulls away.

One more shot.

Going with Yukon Cornelius

 The next ship is an oldie and a favorite.  It was old my first time catching her this year.

When I was sick in the hospital, I found out that Algoma Central had bought four of American Steamships ships.  There were two that they could use almost immediately, one with a little work and one that would be scrapped.  I had a feeling it was an "all four or none" deal.

One of the ones they could use almost immediately was the then named Adam E. Cornelius.

It was the second ship of American Steamship to be named the Adam E. Cornelius.

It wasn't much use to American Steamship and as such, it spent a great deal of time in layup.

It was pretty useful to Algoma and they ended up buying.

They immediately put it to use carrying salt and gave it the name of Compass.

Compass is the name of the company that mines the salt for them.

It was a nice looking ship in American Steamship colors.

And it still looks nice in Algoma colors.

Despite that it carries salt, it seems like they take care of this one.

So then I switched to my drone.

This ship looks really cool from the air.

I like this shot.

The almost beam shot.

And the beam shot.

And she heads off.