SS Norisle
Norisle at the Manitowaning Heritage Complex in October 2006 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Canada | |
| Name | Norisle |
| Owner | Owen Sound Transportation Company |
| Port of registry | Owen Sound |
| Builder | Collingwood Shipbuilding, Collingwood |
| In service | September 1946 |
| Out of service | 1974 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped February 2024 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Car and passenger ferry |
| Tonnage | 1,668 GRT, 1,360 NRT |
| Length | 215 ft 8 in (65.74 m) |
| Beam | 36 ft 1 in (11.00 m) |
| Draft | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Depth | 12 ft 7 in (3.84 m) |
| Installed power | 1,000 hp (746 kW) |
| Propulsion | 1 × triple expansion steam engine |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Capacity | 200 passengers and up to 50 vehicles |
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SS Norisle was a Canadian steam-powered automobile ferry that operated between Tobermory and South-Baymouth Manitoulin Island alongside her sister ships, the MS Norgoma and the MS Normac, owned by the Owen Sound Transportation Company.
The name Norisle was derived from "Nor", a contraction of the Northern Region of Lake Huron, and "Isle", referring to Manitoulin Island. After use as a museum ship from 1975, it was scrapped in 2023