Mapleglen

Launched May 5, 1960; this traditional styled straight deck bulk carrier was built as hull #165 by Collingwood Shipyards, Collingwood, ON and was christened as Carol Lake for Carryore Ltd., Montreal, QC (later St. Catharines, ON). She is powered by a 9,350 horsepower General Electric steam turbine engine burning heavy fuel oil giving her a rated service speed of 17.8 m.p.h. and is equipped with a bow thruster. Her 21 hatches feed into 6 holds where she can carry 24,400 tons at maximum Seaway draft of 26 feet and is capable of carrying 26,100 tons at her maximum mid-summer draft of 27 feet 2 inches.

Carryore Ltd. began operations in 1959 with bulk carrier Menihek Lake followed by the Carol Lake; both vessel comprising the entire fleet. Both vessels, built new for the fleet, were constructed to take advantage of the 'new' dimensions allowed for transiting the newly completed St. Lawrence Seaway from Montreal to Lake Ontario. At the time these vessels were laid down, the announced maximum length allowed was to be 715 feet. Although Carryore was a Canadian based company, its shareholders were American. National Steel owned 44% of the shares with Youngstown Sheet and Tube, Armco Steel, Hanna Mining, and Wheeling Pittsburgh owning the remainder. Hanna later acquired the Armco shares and managed the fleet. Since Carryore's mission was the movement of Labrador ore to the steel ports on the Great Lakes, both vessels were named for lakes in the Labrador region. As part of Carryore's small fleet, Carol Lake's activity was consequently focused on hauling iron ore from Gulf of St. Lawrence ports to various Great Lakes ports with some return loads of grain back to St. Lawrence River ports.

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