Fort William, Ontario

yeah that's that's crazy um so george let's uh let's talk about growing up with hockey take me back to thunder bay what did hockey look like for you growing up well thanks rich yeah

these of course were the foundational years of my passion for the greatest game i grew up in what at the time was port arthur the twin cities of Port Arthur and Fort William over time amalgamated to become Thunder Bay.

I grew up in Port Arthur and started my hockey experiences on outdoor rinks.

I credit Father James Turner, who was the minister at a neighborhood church, James Turner, who probably in the late 50s and early 60s cleared a spot on the lawn adjacent to the church, just probably a block or so away from my family home.

It disappeared with a cargo of wheat and a crew of 21 men.

This vessel's final voyage started at Fort William.

The ship's captain was a man named George R.

Wood and not long after it set on its journey, a captain from another ship named James McMaw reported seeing the bannock burn more than once off the Isle Royale but all at once lost sight of it and couldn't locate it again.

Marie lasted three days.

From thence to Fort William on Lake Superior, six days and a half.

Leaving Lake Superior we ascended for three days the Tamanistogoa River up to a portage nine miles long, which is the height of land and divides the waters running into Lake Superior from those flowing into Lake Winnipeg, and thence into the Hudson Bay.

After that long march we embarked near its source on the River Desembarras, which flows into the Mille Lacs.

Marie, a hundred thirty-four.

On Lake Superior, a hundred forty.

From Fort William to the height of lands, fifty-six.

Hence to Lake La Pleuie Fort, ninety-eight.

So she is headed east roughly.

She departed Fort William, Ontario and heading towards Montreal.

She's built in Glasgow, Scotland by Russell and Company and launched in 1903.

She has a length of 239 feet, a beam of almost 37 feet and drew 24 feet of water.