Normally at this time of year we like to present in these pages a listing of the vessels laid up for the winter in various local ports. We do this for the benefit of those who would like to visit these ports to observe and photograph the ships in winter quarters there. This year, however, the vessels have been extraordinarily late in laying up (indeed, there are still a good many in operation), a condition attributable to mild weather and the delayed closing of the Welland Canal. As a result, we are a month late in presenting these lists.

There follow listings for several ports and we will have more for you in our next issue. We solicit the assistance of our readers in supplying the information necessary to compile these records and look forward to hearing from some of our out-of-town members.

For their help with this report, our thanks go to Rene Beauchamp, to Perry Haughton and to Bill Waller.

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