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Port Colborne Pilot Boat Operations, Nov, 2022


published on 25 November 2022 9 -

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.
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