Comments on: Trillium Railway (GIO Rail) southbound on the Canal sub with empties from Clearwater Paper of St. Catharines. To the right, MV Kamutik enters lock 7 of the Welland Canal enroute to Iqaluit Nunavut in the far far north of Canada, a journey that will take over a month.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 23:14:11 +0000

Yes, it is. Forgive me , the facility in St. Catharines still has clearwater paper signs all over the place so I can be confused at times. Add to that the rapid consolidation/change of hands of these paper plants… all over.

It’s all one and the same. If that plant closes it would probably reduce traffic 90% unless they win a new customer.

By: rtalukdar

rtalukdar — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 22:07:44 +0000

Stephen, is Clearwater Paper not now the Dunn Paper facility on Merritt St, which is no longer rail-served? Or is there another location you are referring to?

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Fri, 17 Sep 2021 20:45:30 +0000

Just a typo in the name – thanks for the clarification.

By: Dave Sherlock

Dave Sherlock — Fri, 17 Sep 2021 17:11:14 +0000

…just a point of clarity for ship trackers, this cargo ship is the Qamutik. MV Kamutik is a passenger ferry.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 17:28:37 +0000

Thanks all. I do wonder why they went down the canal..whatever they moved had to be a high value shipment or maybe the ship needed maintenance it could only get on the other side.

Yes marcus my luck was great. Ive only tried here once…..

By: Cdntrainphotog

Cdntrainphotog — Sat, 11 Sep 2021 14:52:00 +0000

The ship is riding very high. It must have been en route to Montreal to start loading cargo. All the heavy supplies are delivered by ship to points in the arctic. A friend of mine worked at an iron ore mine on Baffin Island in the early 1970′s and was telling me how the ships brought supplies in and carried the ore out.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Sat, 11 Sep 2021 05:39:01 +0000

Not in time no. They might not go down the canal much either. It seems this is the main supply routecompany for all the remote communities from quebec over to james bay area and what not when winter roads are not a thing and of course water is navigable. Seems they basically do milk runs for them.

By: jknott86

jknott86 — Sat, 11 Sep 2021 02:41:08 +0000

*Iqaluit

By: jknott86

jknott86 — Sat, 11 Sep 2021 02:40:22 +0000

That destination has certainly piqued my interest. Did you happen to look up the origin and what they were moving? I can’t imagine many ships are destined for Iqaliuit, but maybe I’m just totally naive.

By: Marcus Stevens

Marcus Stevens — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 23:41:42 +0000

Very nice, and good luck too!