21JA2015HDR-denoise-SharpenAI-StandardZ.jpg. Port of Thunder Bay 2020TM
CCGS "Samuel Risley" that's the Welcome Island Light House in the mist of the background.
CCGS Samuel Risley[note 1] is a Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker and buoy tender assigned to the Great Lakes area (Central and Arctic Region). Lead ship of her class, the vessel is named after Samuel Risley, the 19th century maritime inspector and first head of Board of Steamship Inspectors for Upper Canada and Ontario.[1] Based in the Great Lakes, CCGS Samuel Risley is responsible for keeping an ice-free passage between Port Colborne, Ontario and Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Ordered in 1983, the ship was launched in 1984 by Vito Steel Boat & Barge Limited at their yard in Delta, British Columbia with the yard number 161.[3][6][7] The vessel was completed on 4 April 1985.[5][6] After completion, the ship sailed to eastern Canada, transiting the Panama Canal and deploying to the Great Lakes.[4] The ship is assigned to the Central Region, based at Parry Sound, Ontario.
21JA2015HDR-denoise-SharpenAI-StandardZ.jpg. Port of Thunder Bay 2020TM
CCGS "Samuel Risley" that's the Welcome Island Light House in the mist of the background.
CCGS Samuel Risley[note 1] is a Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker and buoy tender assigned to the Great Lakes area (Central and Arctic Region). Lead ship of her class, the vessel is named after Samuel Risley, the 19th century maritime inspector and first head of Board of Steamship Inspectors for Upper Canada and Ontario.[1] Based in the Great Lakes, CCGS Samuel Risley is responsible for keeping an ice-free passage between Port Colborne, Ontario and Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Ordered in 1983, the ship was launched in 1984 by Vito Steel Boat & Barge Limited at their yard in Delta, British Columbia with the yard number 161.[3][6][7] The vessel was completed on 4 April 1985.[5][6] After completion, the ship sailed to eastern Canada, transiting the Panama Canal and deploying to the Great Lakes.[4] The ship is assigned to the Central Region, based at Parry Sound, Ontario.