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Every summer when the bow door closed it sounded like vacation.

didnt realize the history around the shape of my childhood home... thanks! and yes, furnishing the house.. particularly my bedroom back in the day SUCKED

Very interesting. Hello from California!

The old train track paths that the train would have gone through in Orangeville are right on my road I didn’t know the story about how Orangeville had to do with this crash

we take the Chi-Cheemaun from Tobermory to South Baymouth to camp on the island , when we leave we cross the bridge and take hwy 6 to Espanola to visit with my brother-in-law and his wife , then we take hwy 17 to 69 and south to home ..love the old bridge , great video

So many trips during the 80's.

I have lived one block away from the Chi-Cheemaun for half her life. When she's in port I see her almost every day.

very cool thank you for sharing

Interesting

These are so well put together man! Awesome stuff. We've made videos at many abandoned 1900's logging camps around the Sudbury area. Crazy how many there used to be!

Man you got some awesome videos, one just popped up on my feed mentioning Sudbury and I started watching them all. Are you from Sudbury as well? Some interesting stuff I never really thought about. We explore all around Sudbury and area uncovering old relics from the 1900's, we've stumbled across barren patches and I now know why they are like that. Neat stuff.

I worked on her back in 76 in the engine room, it had different main engines (only 2) and generators then, Kerry and I grew up together, good job with the tour.

I've crossed that bridge this summer. It's practically a symbol of the island.

Hope she comes back to Barrie

Hello Warren. You may find this an odd reaction to your video, but it nearly brought me to tears. You see, my father, Michael Walton, was the chief engineer onboard the Chi-Cheemaun for about 12 years. I suspect Kerry would have known him well. I only ever made one trip on the ship and that was for my father’s “retirement”. After leaving Chi-Cheemaun he would go on to sail on the Jiimaan and work for the Coast Guard spending 6 months a year on the Mackenzie river. He finally did retire at the age of 80. We lost him in June of 2021 but his legacy lives on in the ships that are still plying the waters thanks to his incredible skills and technical expertise. Thank you for this wonderful video. Keep up the great work you’re doing.

1:20 the first time I was on the ferry I parked my vw rabbit on the right side elevator, I never noticed they stopped using them the last time I was on the boat in 2020. I was once on the boat heading to tobemoray and it got so rough there were so many people thowing up the only place you couldn't smell it was outside at the front where I saw it stuff the bow on several occasions

After fifty years, it is still a useful ship. Thanks for the tour Kerry, parts of the ship I have never seen.

Her predecessor is? was a museum ship in Sault Ste Marie. The tour was interesting and we did a crossing on her. The Chi Chemaun is a Major upgrade. Then there's the BC ferries where they load two lanes on two decks simultaneously.

In '76, I rode her on my first bike tour. After the first crossing she returned to Tobermory and stove in her bow doors. They were welded closed at Collingwood just in time for my vacation not to be extended. The return passage was even rougher, but from the safe-harbour direction. I stood as far back and up as I could, and still got spray. I went to the bow on the car deck to get a snack, and the cars were rising and falling many inches. Another 10% and we could have had some serious shifting, I estimated. The ferry to Newfoundland does not leave harbour until all the cars are chained down.

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Not sure she's the biggest passenger ship on the lakes anymore. Always enjoy the crossing a fine ship.

Drove by the Chi-cheemaun many times as it was being built at the Collingwood Shipyards. I wasn’t aware a second vessel had been started.

What gives? Does Canada not believe in bridges? It isn't even that big of one. A bridge is a minor investment on a national scale, and as this one is only 540ft long (according to Google Maps), this seems like a relatively small project.

Building the second ferry which was an exact copy of the first one then leaving it to sit and not be looked after until finally years ago it was taken away as scrap. That is one of the most stupid things I have ever heard of a government doing

nice . new subscriber.

a very good presentation thank you !

Mr. Camani is crazy, in a good way, long live the screaming heads!

The liberal government can't deliver anything except misery. The only group in existence that can justify multi year studies. Pathetic.

Thanks for sharing! I grew up in Sudbury and went to the island many times with my family.

I have been both over and under that bridge. A new longer bridge type structure should be built from Tobermory to South Baymouth which would be an engineering feat in itself.

Thanks for the video! 👍

I live in an octo home. It doesn't have a single rectangular room.

Thanks for a great story. I’ve crossed over and under the Parry Island bridge many times. A great little piece of Ontario.

Your impotent prime minister is a JOKE😊

I hooked into a massive salmon when this boat was docked in Owensound and she ran for this ship and when it went underneath it caught something and my line snapped. I did get a good look at it before it took off and Likely a trophy sized salmon for Georgian Bay.

Love how you said there is hardly any oil left after it filters from the bilge pump and its so clean it can be pumped right back into the lake. I'd like to think that no oil at all would be the standard for pumping bilge water back into a lake

Can someone tell me if he was referring to provincial or federal government? Thank you

Unfortunately they are different to maintain and were truly small , but could be charming , but more subtle for a country house or farmhouse and furniture didn’t fit.

even just twins you get asked questions like oh are they twins exspesilly when they are fracternal

That was a great tour, so cool to see the inner workings. Really liked seeing the crew quarters, I didn't realize crew stayed on board. Fascinating insight, Warren. Well done! 👍👍

That was a great tour, so cool to see the inner workings. Really liked seeing the crew quarters, I didn't realize crew stayed on board. Fascinating insight, Warren. Well done! 👍👍

Filmed in Snowin’ Sound!! ❤️

Always happy to see a new Video from Warren - and on one of my favorite topics, no less? Awesome. Hope to ride Chi-Cheemaun one of these days...

Ehhhh, I'm coming back to Ontario for vacation from South Korea with my new Korean family. We're gonna take the boat to my parent's house on the island next month! This is so cool, thanks.

This is absolutely amazing, I love learning about the inner workings of everyday workhorses. Manitoulin is on my list of places to visit so now I know how I'm getting there! Another great video Warren

She's an icon for Manitoulin and the Bruce Peninsula. Ridden on her many times but never have had the opportunity to see all these forbidden areas. Thank you.

That was a great tour. Nothing held back.

Hard to believe she's that old. I was on one of her early voyages to Manitoulin. Wow. I recall the wooden crate she replaced!

I didn't know that she was used in the off seasons!! Thanks, Warren!

Rode on her back in 1986. Glad to see she is still going strong.