23AP5595HDRZW-SharpenAI-Softness
Viking Cruises second season starts with a couple more stops at Thunder Bay than last year and even an extra day of sight seeing in the city and surrounding area . She still spends the day at Silver Islet Thunder Cape before she comes here and she will be going to Battle Island off Rossport fro a day. That anchorage would also include a look at the "Gunilda" Site close by.
Cruises Starting this Season to the Middle of North America (2800+kms to the Atlantic , 3000+kms to the Pacific , 2500+kms to the Gulf of Mexico, & 4600 kms to the North Pole). There lies the Fresh Water Sea Port of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada (Salt & Shark Free). The Western Canadian End of The Saint Lawrence Seaway.
Only 378 guests
Crew: 256
Length: 665 feet
Beam: 77 feet
Class: Polar Class 6
Year built: 2022
Silver Islet on the tip of the Sibley Peninsula ,Lake Superior . Canada.
A rich vein of pure silver was discovered on this small island in 1868 by the Montreal Mining Company. At that time, the island was approximately [50 m²] in size and only 2.5 metres above the waters of Lake Superior. In 1870, the site was developed by Alexander H. Sibley's Silver Islet Mining Company which built wooden breakwaters around the island to hold back the lake's waves and increased the island's area substantially with crushed rock. The islet was expanded to over 10 times its original size and a small mining town was built up on the shore nearby.
After most of the purest ore from the original site had been removed, a second vein was discovered in 1878. By 1883, most of the highest quality silver had been extracted and the price of silver had declined. The final straw came when a shipment of coal did not arrive before the end of the shipping season. The pumps holding back the waters of the lake stopped and in early 1884 the islet's mine shafts, which had reached a depth of 384 metres, were flooded. They would never be de-watered, and the mine's underground operations would never be reopened.
23AP5595HDRZW-SharpenAI-Softness
Viking Cruises second season starts with a couple more stops at Thunder Bay than last year and even an extra day of sight seeing in the city and surrounding area . She still spends the day at Silver Islet Thunder Cape before she comes here and she will be going to Battle Island off Rossport fro a day. That anchorage would also include a look at the "Gunilda" Site close by.
Cruises Starting this Season to the Middle of North America (2800+kms to the Atlantic , 3000+kms to the Pacific , 2500+kms to the Gulf of Mexico, & 4600 kms to the North Pole). There lies the Fresh Water Sea Port of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada (Salt & Shark Free). The Western Canadian End of The Saint Lawrence Seaway.
Only 378 guests
Crew: 256
Length: 665 feet
Beam: 77 feet
Class: Polar Class 6
Year built: 2022
Silver Islet on the tip of the Sibley Peninsula ,Lake Superior . Canada.
A rich vein of pure silver was discovered on this small island in 1868 by the Montreal Mining Company. At that time, the island was approximately [50 m²] in size and only 2.5 metres above the waters of Lake Superior. In 1870, the site was developed by Alexander H. Sibley's Silver Islet Mining Company which built wooden breakwaters around the island to hold back the lake's waves and increased the island's area substantially with crushed rock. The islet was expanded to over 10 times its original size and a small mining town was built up on the shore nearby.
After most of the purest ore from the original site had been removed, a second vein was discovered in 1878. By 1883, most of the highest quality silver had been extracted and the price of silver had declined. The final straw came when a shipment of coal did not arrive before the end of the shipping season. The pumps holding back the waters of the lake stopped and in early 1884 the islet's mine shafts, which had reached a depth of 384 metres, were flooded. They would never be de-watered, and the mine's underground operations would never be reopened.