Dredging Down on Harbour Depths.

The Algosea moored at the Sydney E. Smith dock. (Zach Neal)

Troy Shantz, the Sarnia Journal.


The first dredging of Sarnia Harbour coordinated and executed by the city has ended — and not a moment too soon.

The last scoop of muck was pulled from the Harbour floor late last week, resulting in a minimal overlap with the lucrative ship repair season this winter, said Peter Hungerford, Sarnia’s director of economic development.

“All of the ships that were scheduled to come, that we knew about, got in without incident.”

Like contestants in a slow game of musical chairs, a few ships had to be shuffled around in the North Slip when it was dredged last month, he said.

A final survey will be done in coming weeks to confirm the contractor, Quebec-based Ocean 

Dredging, achieved the target depths of 8.4 metres at the Government Dock and North Slip, and 8.6 metres at the Sydney Smith Wharf.

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