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" Viking Polaris " sister ship to the "Viking Octantis "
Silver Islet - Lake Superior Canada
Enclosed Shuttle Boats bringing the passenger ashore .
The ship is not actually anchored off the west end of the Silver Islet Channel; It is using its thrusters & Global Positioning to remain static for hours.
Passenger Vessel " Viking Polaris " one of
Their award-winning fleet with an expedition ship built specifically to explore the world’s most remote destinations and allow you to immerse yourself in these regions.
The " Viking Polaris " made her last appearance in the Port of Thunder Bay for this 2023 Season for a day stop over early this morning (early for me 8 ish I think) . No sleep over . Her Itinerary listed a 2 day overnighter in Thunder Bay but that changed . She left at dinner time today for a sleepover at Silver Islet instead.
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.
23SE0055ZW-SharpenAI-Motion-denoise-severe-noise
" Viking Polaris " sister ship to the "Viking Octantis "
Silver Islet - Lake Superior Canada
Enclosed Shuttle Boats bringing the passenger ashore .
The ship is not actually anchored off the west end of the Silver Islet Channel; It is using its thrusters & Global Positioning to remain static for hours.
Passenger Vessel " Viking Polaris " one of
Their award-winning fleet with an expedition ship built specifically to explore the world’s most remote destinations and allow you to immerse yourself in these regions.
The " Viking Polaris " made her last appearance in the Port of Thunder Bay for this 2023 Season for a day stop over early this morning (early for me 8 ish I think) . No sleep over . Her Itinerary listed a 2 day overnighter in Thunder Bay but that changed . She left at dinner time today for a sleepover at Silver Islet instead.
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.