1984 Prairie Harvest
Steel Great Lakes and ocean bulk freighter
Built at Collingwood ON by Collingwood Shipyards Ltd., Hull 227
Launched Oct 18, 1983
736’6” LOA, 714’8” LBP, 75’10” beam, 46’6” depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, oil-fired diesel engine, 11100 BHP
Enrolled at
726.0 x 76.0 x 43.0, 23263 GT, 15877 NT Can 800815 to:
Canada Steamship Lines, Montreal QC (home port Collingwood ON)
Entered service April 6, 1984 clearing Collingwood ON light for Thunder Bay ON.
Converted to self-unloader 1989 at St. Catharines ON by Port Weller Dry Docks Ltd., renamed Atlantic Huron, assigned to off-Lakes service and left the Great Lakes.
Renamed Melvin H. Baker II 1994 and Atlantic Huron 1997
Has spent most of her career in off-Lakes service with occasional service on the Great Lakes.
IMO 8025680
In service 2011 for Canada Steamship Lines
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