The 2022 shipping season started a little later than expected, but the honour of opening navigation in Thunder Bay goes to the Michipicoten.
The self-unloading bulk carrier, owned and operated by Lower Lakes Towing, docked at the Superior elevator on the Mission River at 4:30 Wednesday morning.
It was followed into port just a half hour later by Algoma Central Corporation's Captain Henry Jackman.
Their voyages across Lake Superior were held up by gale-force wind that kept a number of vessels waiting in Whitefish Bay on the weekend.
Thunder Bay Port Authority harbourmaster Guy Jarvis says about half a dozen more boats are expected to arrive in the next few days.
— TBNewswatch
