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Norisle at the Manitowaning Heritage Complex
History
Canada
Name
Norisle
Owner
Owen Sound Transportation Company
Port of registry
Owen Sound
Builder
Collingwood Shipbuilding, Collingwood
In service
September 1946
Out of service
1974
Identification
UK official number 176112
call sign VXZZ
Fate
Scrapped February 2024
General characteristics [1]
Type
Car and passenger ferry
Tonnage
1,668 GRT, 1,360 NRT
Length
215 ft 8 in (65.74 m)
Beam
36 ft 1 in (11.00 m)
Draft
16 ft (4.9 m)
Depth
12 ft 7 in (3.84 m)
Installed power
1,000 hp (746 kW)
Propulsion
1 × triple expansion steam engine
Speed
12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Capacity
200 passengers and up to 50 vehicles
SS Norisle was a Canadian steam-powered automobile ferry that operated between Tobermory and South-Baymouth Manitoulin Island alongside her sister ships, the MS Norgoma and the MS Normac, owned by the Owen Sound Transportation Company Limited.
The name Norisle is derived from "Nor", a contraction of the Northern Region of Lake Huron, and "Isle", referring to Manitoulin Island.
Norisle no longer operates as a museum. This is mainly due to the ship's age which had raised safety concerns. According to locals in the area the museum was closed in 2008, and taken to Port Colborne, Ontario for scrapping in Fall, 2023.
^"S.S. Norisle Information". Friends of the Norisle. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
SSNorisle was a Canadian steam-powered automobile ferry that operated between Tobermory and South-Baymouth Manitoulin Island alongside her sister ships...
Norgoma was converted to diesel power. She became a museum ship in 1977. SSNorisle is a museum ship berthed permanently at the Manitowaning Heritage Complex...
route between Tobermory and South Baymouth along with her sister ship SSNorisle, replacing the smaller ferry, MS Normac, on that route. Norgoma, owned...
of British Columbia. Retrieved 11 February 2018. "S.S. Norisle Information". Friends of the Norisle. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved...
the last DTC vessel, the S.S. Caribou, was sold at the end of the 1946 season. In September 1946 a new ship, the S.S. Norisle—the name being derived from...
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