Upbound.

CSL Assiniboine, upbound on the St. Clair River on a cool breezy day.

Bright day

The afternoon was far less austere than this image of Goderich Harbour, with an icy Lake Huron in the background, suggests.

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Steerageway

The St. Clair River is jammed with ice in some stretches. The upbound CSL Frontenac had bare steerageway as its bridge crew picked their way through the jumbled ice.

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Incongruous

Incongruous

Even after seven years’ living near the St. Clair River, it is still a little odd to watch large freighters juxtaposed with houses.