Northern Venture arrived on the Saginaw River Saturday morning, bringing a split load for Bay City and Saginaw. She lightered first in the slip at Port Fisher for Bay Aggregates, then continued upriver to finish unloading at the ACE/Saginaw Paving - Buena Vista Dock. Once finished, Northern Venture turned in the Sixth Street Basin and was back outbound for the lake on Saturday evening. Photos taken 9/4/25
For the 4th and final post on Algoma Compass, she is shown on her outbound trip, approaching Veteran's Memorial Bridge, going hard astern approaching Liberty Bridge to stop and wait for an opening, and then passing through Liberty and the Huron and Easter Railway Bridge on her way to the bay. Photos taken 10/3/25. I was very happy I had the opportunity to take the photos that I did over two days.
Part 3 of the Algoma Compass series features the tug North Dakota assisting her through the Huron & Eastern train bridge, Liberty Bridge and then dropping the tow line just before Veteran's Memorial Bridge, where North Dakota was released from duty. Photos taken 10/2/25.
The second part of my Algoma Compass series features her unloading at the Wirt Sand & Stone Dock in Essexville. If you look close, you can see the tug North Dakota tied up across the river at the Port Fisher Terminals Dock, waiting for Algoma Compass to finsh. North Dakota assisted Algoma Compass through the Bay City bridges. Photos taken on 10/2/25
Algoma Compass on the Saginaw River, arriving Thursday morning with a split load for the Wirt Sand & Stone Dock in Essexville and the Wirt Stone Dock in Saginaw. She was outbound Friday morning after finishing her unload. Algoma Compass has always been a favorite of mine, dating back to when she sailed for the American Steamship Company as Adam E. Cornelius. I am not sure exactly why, but I like her lines, and those two oversize stacks are pretty unique. I missed her first visit of the season to the Saginaw River earlier this year, so I wanted to get photos of her in a few different locations this trip. This will be Part 1, On Saginaw Bay and entering the Saginaw River. Photos taken 10/2/25
