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{{Short description|Ship built in 1974}} | {{Short description|Ship built in 1974}} | ||
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| | | name = ''Chi-Cheemaun'' | ||
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| | | owner = [[Owen Sound Transportation Company]] | ||
| | | operator = [[Owen Sound Transportation Company]] | ||
| | | registry = {{CAN}}, [[Owen Sound]] | ||
| | | route = [[Tobermory, Ontario|Tobermory]], [[Bruce Peninsula]] → [[South Baymouth, Ontario|South Baymouth]], [[Manitoulin Island]] | ||
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| | | builder = [[Collingwood Shipbuilding]], [[Collingwood, Ontario]] | ||
| | | original_cost = CAD$10 million | ||
| | | yard_number = 205 | ||
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| | | laid_down = January 1974 | ||
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| | | maiden_voyage = September 10, 1974 | ||
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*{{IMO Number|7343607}} | | identification = *[[Maritime call sign|Call sign]]: VGKK | ||
*[[Maritime Mobile Service Identity|MMSI no.:]] 316003125 | *{{IMO Number|7343607}} | ||
| | *[[Maritime Mobile Service Identity|MMSI no.:]] 316003125 | ||
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| | | status = Operational | ||
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*{{NetT|482}} | | type = | ||
| | | tonnage = *{{GT|6,990}} | ||
| | *{{NetT|482}} | ||
| | | displacement = | ||
| | | length = {{convert|111|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | ||
| | | beam = {{convert|19|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | ||
*{{convert|3.97|m|ftin|abbr=on}} aft | | height = | ||
| | | draught = *{{convert|3.53|m|ftin|abbr=on}} forward | ||
| | *{{convert|3.97|m|ftin|abbr=on}} aft | ||
| | | depth = {{convert|6.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | ||
| | | decks = | ||
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| | | sail_plan = | ||
| | | power = {{cvt|9,200|hp|kW|lk=on}} 8-cylinder [[Caterpillar Inc.|Caterpillar V8 diesels]] | ||
| | | propulsion = 4 × {{cvt|2,300|hp|kW}} diesel; 1 × {{cvt|800|hp|kW}} [[bow thruster]] | ||
| | | speed = {{convert|16.25|kn|lk=in}} | ||
| | | capacity = 638 passengers; 140 autos | ||
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'''MS ''Chi-Cheemaun''''' is a Canadian passenger and vehicle [[ferry]] in [[Ontario]], Canada, which traverses [[Lake Huron]] between [[Tobermory, Ontario|Tobermory]] on the [[Bruce Peninsula]] and [[South Baymouth, Ontario|South Baymouth]] on [[Manitoulin Island]]. The ferry connects the two geographically separate portions of [[Ontario Highway 6|Highway 6]] and is the vessel that replaced {{MS|Norgoma}} and {{SS|Norisle}} in 1974. The ferry service runs seasonally from mid-May to mid-October. As of 2022 she is the third largest passenger vessel sailing the Great Lakes after the expedition cruise liner ''[[Viking Octantis]]'' and the US ferry {{SS|Badger}}, although several larger vessels previously serving the Great Lakes are still in service in other parts of the world. | '''MS ''Chi-Cheemaun''''' is a Canadian passenger and vehicle [[ferry]] in [[Ontario]], Canada, which traverses [[Lake Huron]] between [[Tobermory, Ontario|Tobermory]] on the [[Bruce Peninsula]] and [[South Baymouth, Ontario|South Baymouth]] on [[Manitoulin Island]]. The ferry connects the two geographically separate portions of [[Ontario Highway 6|Highway 6]] and is the vessel that replaced {{MS|Norgoma}} and {{SS|Norisle}} in 1974. The ferry service runs seasonally from mid-May to mid-October. As of 2022 she is the third largest passenger vessel sailing the Great Lakes after the expedition cruise liner ''[[Viking Octantis]]'' and the US ferry {{SS|Badger}}, although several larger vessels previously serving the Great Lakes are still in service in other parts of the world. | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* {{ship||Spirit of Ontario I}}, a ferry on [[Lake Ontario]] | * {{ship||Spirit of Ontario I}}, a ferry formerly operated on [[Lake Ontario]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 15:04, 12 December 2025
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Literally translated, "chi-cheemaun" (in folk orthography or chi-jiimaan in the more standard Fiero double vowel spelling) means "big canoe" in Ojibwe.
History
A trip aboard Chi-Cheemaun is a long standing Great Lakes tradition dating back to the 1930s when a small, wooden vessel, Kagawong, first ferried vehicles across the Georgian Bay between Tobermory and South Baymouth.[1] It features a drive-on, drive-off bow and stern loading and unloading through a visored bow system and a square door stern section. The ship is Script error: No such module "convert". long with a Script error: No such module "convert". beam and has capacity for 648 passengers and 143 vehicles, including room for large highway vehicles such as buses and transport trucks.
Chi-Cheemaun was initially powered by two Ruston Script error: No such module "convert". diesel engines and an Template:Cvt bow thruster engine for improved handling of the vessel at slow speeds. During the 2006–2007 winter layover period, her Ruston engines were replaced with four Caterpillar V8 diesels.[2] The addition of two mezzanine decks in 1982 increased the ship's vehicle carrying capacity.
Like her predecessors on Lake Huron, Chi-Cheemaun is owned by Owen Sound Transportation Company Limited, an agency of the Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO)[3]
Chi-Cheemaun makes the Script error: No such module "convert". trip in about one hour and 45 minutes,[4] three times each day during peak season and twice a day (with an extra trip Fridays) during May/June and September/October.[5]
From 1989 to 1992, her sister ship, MS Nindawayma, ran the same route, but was retired because of service problems leading to public dissatisfaction and sat rusting in Owen Sound, Ontario. It was finally broken up in 2012 at Purvis Marine in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
Information radio
Two low power radio stations, CHEI-FM (89.9 FM in South Baymouth) and CHEE-FM (89.9 FM in Tobermory) broadcast tourist notices and schedule information for travellers on the ferry.[6]
See also
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References
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