Found on YouTube. Created by "Ontario Ship Chasers". Recorded on 2022-11-16. Originally published on 2022-11-19.
Back in August 2022, we received an offer to accompany the Port Colborne Pilot boat to make a video about the process of putting Pilots on board ships sailing on the Great Lakes. Port Colborne is the upbound terminus of the Welland Canal, and opens onto Lake Erie.
Port Colborne
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