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which permitted faster loading and unloading. She was also custom designed for the protected waters of
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entered service in 1982. A curious phenomenon arising out of CN Marine's name-switch operation is that many in the general public assume the new vessel's name was "Abegweit II" - this is not the case as she was officially registered as MV
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with a hurricane bow and to lengthen to use her on the Cabot Strait service but the cost estimates for such modifications proved too costly, therefore she was declared surplus. MV
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and permanently moor her at their facility. The vessel left the
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on the west shore of Sydney
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who were not permitted by city ordinances to construct a clubhouse on the waterfront, therefore the club decided to purchase MV
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but she was never used and languished in
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in Prince Edward Island gave 60% approval for design and construction of such a structure. On 31 May 1997 the
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carried the last railway cars off Prince Edward Island with the abandonment of CN service on the island (see
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