Algoma Progress

Built by Port Weller Dry Docks*, St. Catharines, ON as their hull # 48; this new Great Lakes self-unloading bulk carrier was float-launched on July 8, 1968 for Upper Lakes Group, Inc., Toronto, ON. The keel for this new-build was laid June 5, 1967. Upon completion, she set the standard as being the largest deadweight self-unloader on the Great Lakes. Included in the new features incorporated in her construction were aluminum hatch covers designed to reduce weight thus increasing capacity. The vessel was the first self-unloader constructed for the Upper Lakes fleet with all accommodations aft. After being christened Canadian Progress on July 27, 1968 by Mrs. Stanley Randall, wife of Ontario's Minister of Trade & Development; the Canadian Progress sailed on her maiden voyage Aug. 24, 1968 with a load of coal from Conneaut, OH to Toronto, ON. The new self-unloader became the fourth vessel of the fleet to haul coal for Ontario Hydro at that time, the other three vessels being the cape Breton Miner, Ontario Power and the Canadian Century (now the John D. Leitch). The name Canadian Progress was derived from Canada's 1967 centennial year's motto "A Century of Progress". Though substantially different in outward appearance, at the time of her launch, the Canadian Progress was considered a near "sister ship" to the Canadian Century in basic hull design and hold configuration.

Fate
Scrapped at outer harbor scrapyard, Welland Canal, Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada in 2015.