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Seaway skipper: Glendon Stewart, head of St. Lawrence Seaway, on board freighter Saguenay.
Seaway skipper: Glendon Stewart, head of St. Lawrence Seaway, on board freighter Saguenay.

Seaway skipper: Glendon Stewart, head of St. Lawrence Seaway, on board freighter Saguenay.

Date5/24/1990
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      ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0134389F
      Image shows a few cargo ships at the Harbour.
      Toronto's foreign shipping is a healthy 60 per cent this season. A 24-day Seaway strike turned back cargo-laden ocean freighters like these in 1968
      Bakerly, Harold
      7/15/1969
      Stricken freighter became inferno when fuel oil tanks blew up, injured skipper says Floating oil around Burning Freighter Milverton turned St. Lawrence river into sea of flame
      Stricken freighter became inferno when fuel oil tanks blew up, injured skipper says Floating oil around Burning Freighter Milverton turned St. Lawrence river into sea of flame
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      9/24/1947
      Image shows cars entering a huge ship.
      Last ship of the season. Cars enter the Alexander Starotsenko; docked at Cherry St. The Russian ship; also carrying machinery and general cargo to St. Petersburg; will be last out of the Great Lakes before the St. Lawrence Seaway shuts for winter.
      Spremo, Boris
      12/14/1993
      Image shows a Harbour worker with a ship in the background.
      Spring's coming. With the St. Lawrence Seaway expected to open my March 31, Toronto Harbor is getting ready for the new season. Hugh Fallu (right) wel(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      3/5/1981
      Locals discuss the St. Lawrence Seaway project at Morrisburg, Ont.
      Locals discuss the St. Lawrence Seaway project at Morrisburg, Ont.
      Cole, Eric
      5/19/1952
      With completion of the new seaway, planners see the St. Lawrence river becoming the Rhine of the New World
      With completion of the new seaway, planners see the St. Lawrence river becoming the Rhine of the New World
      Anderson, Howard
      5/7/1954
      Image shows a few huge ships at the Harbour.
      Spring's coming. With the St. Lawrence Seaway expected to open by March 31, Toronto Harbor is getting ready for the new season. Hugh Fallu (right) wel(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      3/3/1981
      Image shows some cargo items at the Harbour with a ship in the background.
      End of the season rush. With the shipping season on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence Seaway expected to end in about three weeks, Toronto harbor is e(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      11/25/1974
      Image shows an anchor at the harbour with a ship in the background.
      Anchor aground: An old anchor looms in the foreground and mist rises off the water as Toronto harbor gets an early foretaste of the quiet days of winter. The harbor was busier this year than last; but things slow down to a crawl when winter really takes hold and the St. Lawrence Seaway and Welland Canal close for the season. Shipping usually stops at the end of December.
      Spremo, Boris
      9/15/1981
      Image shows a Harbour construction worker.
      Spring's coming. With the St. Lawrence Seaway expected to open by March 31, Toronto Harbor is getting ready for the traffic. While ships (top) await o(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      3/3/1982
      Color photograph of a large ship on a large river with islands in it.
      The main channel of the St. Lawrence Seaway, through the 1000 Islands, Ontario, Canada
      The Gananoque Reporter
      Approximately 1960
      Paul Henry, president of Security Capital heads firm which said it would take control of Seaway Multi-Corp
      Paul Henry, president of Security Capital heads firm which said it would take control of Seaway Multi-Corp
      Spremo, Boris
      11/9/1971