Tuesday 21 July 2009

Big Canoe

The Chi-Cheemaun (it means Big Canoe in the Ojibwe language) ferries vehicles and people 25 miles (40km) across Lake Huron from Tobermory on the Bruce Peninsula to South Baymouth on Manitoulin Island.

At 365 feet (111 m) long with a 62 foot (19 m) beam and room for 648 passengers and 143 vehicles, it is definitely, without doubt, a Very Big Canoe indeed.

14 comments:

  1. Wow! Really a very big canoe!

    Thanks for your nice visiting on my place. Sorry, I did not told you that I return to post on Leaves of Grass.

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  2. That's a big canoe, all right. ;-)

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  3. That is very big and a beauty.

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  4. Now I know an Ojibwe word.

    Thanks for stopping by my place and leaving your recommendations for the recipe adaptation.

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  5. a cool ship, with amazing engineering!

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  6. A big canoe in Inuktitut would be “Umiak”

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  7. looks like a very comfortable canoe too

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  8. Yes, indeed, a big canoe. I love seeing where all you've been.

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  9. I've never seen a ship whose nose is adjustable like that. Fascinating.

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  10. And one I would definitely prefer not to paddle. Good shot and informative commentary. Thanks for your visit to Brattleboro.

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  11. Oooo, paint it like a great big shark! That would be so cool!!

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  12. That's a big canoe indeed! I like how the front looks like. Cool!

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  13. I'll say! BIG CANOE, Indeed!
    Amazing, really....This is such a wonderful trip you are on...!

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