Thanks, Cynde,

I think that largest that they will let through the locks is 730 feet long
and 75 feet wide. That leaves very little water around the ship in the lock!
And when I'm cruising along beside one in my 26 footer, I feel ve-e-ery
small! There are bigger locks and bigger ships on Lakes Huron and Superior,
but I don't think they can get onto the lower lakes from there. They must do
something like Detroit to Thunder Bay - that sort of thing (which is a
lo-o-ong way, for those of you who wonder why such big ships would be
required on mere "lakes").

Charles

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Charles T. Low
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www.ctlow.ca/Trojan26 - my boat

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"Cynde Durnford-Branecki" wrote in message
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Charles,
I'm originally from Brockville & noticed your message about the length
of the Lakers when I was doing a search. My father was a ship's master
on them and they were very long for a reason, to get through the locks
on the St. Lawrence. There are no other ships around the world with
the Laker's narrow configuration.

Cynde