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- MS_Normac abstract "Normac was originally launched as a fire tug named the James R. Elliot. She was built at the Jenks Shipbuilding Company in Port Huron, Michigan, in 1902.After she lost her usefulness as a fire tug, she was sold in 1930 to the Owen Sound Transportation Company Limited. At that time she was taken to the Georgian Bay Shipbuilding Company at Midland for conversion into a combination package freighter and passenger ferry.In 1931 the vessel was renamed the Normac which was the namesake of captain "Norman Mckay," founder and general manager of Owen Sound Transportation Company Limited, which is still running today. Mckay was the captain of the company flagship SS Manitoulin.The Normac originally sailed the Owen Sound to Sault Ste. Marie route via Killarney and the North Channel, commencing July 16, 1931. From 1932 she sailed the Manitoulin Island - Tobermory route and in later years, along this same route with the S.S. Norisle. After the SS Norgoma was dieselized and placed on the Tobermory run, in 1964 the Normac took up the role as an automobile ferry across the North Channel from Meldrum Bay to Blind River and Cockburn Island, a portion of its original run from Owen Sound. Normac remained on this route until the close of the 1968 season when she was retired. It was sold to Donald F. Lee of Port Lambton Ontario, and moved from Owen Sound to Wallaceburg Ontario, where it spent the winter.It was then sold in 1969, to John Letnik, the Normac was converted into Captain John's Harbour Boat Restaurant a floating restaurant in Toronto Harbour. Although the Normac arrived at Toronto in her Owen Sound colors, she was soon painted all white, then shortly afterward the steel hull was repainted bright red, to make it more noticeable from the street. Permanently moored at the foot of Yonge Street, she was severely damaged in 1981 when the Toronto Island ferry Trillium struck her, causing a slow leak and her eventual sinking two weeks later.The Normac was raised in 1986, refurbished and went on to serve as a floating restaurant in other communities. With her amidships state rooms removed, she now serves as a floating restaurant and cocktail lounge at Port Dalhousie, Ontario.".
- MS_Normac thumbnail Captain_John's_Normac.jpg?width=300.
- MS_Normac wikiPageID "6562515".
- MS_Normac wikiPageRevisionID "564901215".
- MS_Normac hasPhotoCollection MS_Normac.
- MS_Normac subject Category:1902_ships.
- MS_Normac subject Category:Ferries_of_the_Owen_Sound_Transportation_Company.
- MS_Normac subject Category:Fireboats_of_Canada.
- MS_Normac subject Category:Transport_in_Manitoulin_District.
- MS_Normac type 1902Ships.
- MS_Normac type Artifact100021939.
- MS_Normac type Boat102858304.
- MS_Normac type Conveyance103100490.
- MS_Normac type Craft103125870.
- MS_Normac type FerriesOfOntario.
- MS_Normac type Ferry103329663.
- MS_Normac type Instrumentality103575240.
- MS_Normac type Object100002684.
- MS_Normac type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- MS_Normac type Ship104194289.
- MS_Normac type Vehicle104524313.
- MS_Normac type Vessel104530566.
- MS_Normac type Whole100003553.
- MS_Normac comment "Normac was originally launched as a fire tug named the James R. Elliot. She was built at the Jenks Shipbuilding Company in Port Huron, Michigan, in 1902.After she lost her usefulness as a fire tug, she was sold in 1930 to the Owen Sound Transportation Company Limited.".
- MS_Normac label "MS Normac".
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- MS_Normac sameAs MS_Normac.
- MS_Normac wasDerivedFrom MS_Normac?oldid=564901215.
- MS_Normac depiction Captain_John's_Normac.jpg.
- MS_Normac isPrimaryTopicOf MS_Normac.