![]() Its good to see at least one of those black tubes is going to be saved. The Elgin Military Museum looks forward to a long and happy relationship with the Municipality of Bayham and its citizens. On behalf of the Members and Executive of the Museum, President Jarvis extends congratulations to Mayor Lynn Acre, the members of the Bayham Municipal Council, Municipal Staff and the citizens of Bayham for their hard work, enthusiasm and support for Project Ojibwa which allowed the municipality to submit their successful proposal. The vessel and supporting museum building will be located on municipal land situated in Port Burwell, Ontario. The host community for the Project will be the Municipality of Bayham. On Augthe Elgin Military Museum in Ontario issued a press release announcing their decision for the host site of HMCS Ojibwa.īoard President Deborah Jarvis takes great pleasure in announcing the successful candidate to be host community for Project Ojibwa, the Museum’s effort to obtain move and mount the decommissioned submarine HMCS Ojibwa. Well done.:) Now if we could only get HMCS Fraser turned into a museum ship:D Old Naval Guard LS Nice to see Canadain Naval Hertage being preserved. Interesting news, hope it works our for one of the ports on Lake Ontario “Bayham is enthusiastic and Central Elgin is cautious,” he noted.Ĭoncept drawings presented by Bayham are “impressive, he said, adding Port Burwell “is certainly a viable option.”īelow is a recent picture of the two remaining two Oberon-class subs at a Dartmouth dockyard Raven said the museum is “flattered” both communities want the Oberon-class, diesel-electric sub launched in 1965. But because the Ojibwa must be on the move by next March 31, the decision cannot be delayed.Ĭentral Elgin at first expressed interest in the sub and has referred the issue to its lawyers because Mayor Tom Marks said it wants to be “cautious.” “We have to weigh the pluses and minuses of both,” he said. The decision about which port will become Ojibwa’s new home must be made within about 30 days, said Ian Raven, curator of the Elgin Military Museum. It’s expected the Ojibwa would draw 100,000 visitors a year. 2,200) is located, decided to take a pass.Ī sister submarine for the Ojibwa, the HMCS Onondaga, attracted 91,000 visitors last year to its new home last year in Rimouski, Que. Preston predicted many Great Lake ports would want the tourist attraction if Central Elgin, where Port Stanley (pop. The submarine would be mounted on land alongside a museum. Elgin-Middlesex-London), the museum was awarded $1.9 million in federal funds to rescue the decommissioned Ojibwa, now lying in Halifax, from the scrapyard. Last week, Bayham Mayor Lynn Acre submitted a formal “expression of interest” in the Ojibwa to the Elgin Military Museum. 1,100) is anxious to land that boat as a tourist magnet. “We’re not into some sort of life or death duel with our sister port up the lake,” he stressed, but Port Burwell (pop. Lester, president of the Otter Valley Chamber of Commerce and member of a committee dealing with harbour issues for Bayham council, said pursuit of HMCS Ojibwa has just begun. “We are actively pursuing it, that’s for sure,” Port Burwell resident Doug Lester confirmed Wednesday. Port Burwell is after the same Cold War-era Canadian submarine that federal funds were expected to bring to Port Stanley, 35 km to the west. Two Lake Erie ports have become rival sub chasers. TOURISM: The HMCS Ojibwa will be an exhibit of the Elgin Military Museum, mounted on land in an Elgin port with a museum alongside Ports Burwell, Stanley pursue same submarine ![]() ![]() The following story appeared in today's London Free Press: ![]() HMCS Ojibwa World Naval Ships Forums Archive 20% FURTHER PRICE REDUCTIONS ON HUNDREDS OF LIMITED EDITION ART PRINTSīUY ONE GET ONE HALF PRICE ON THOUSANDS OF PAINTINGS AND PRINTSįOR MORE OFFERS SIGN UP TO OUR FREE NEWSLETTER
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