Warren Schlote is an award-winning multimedia storyteller. His first major independent project is Living History, a short docuseries exploring parts of Ontario's history that are still relevant and have a physical presence in the modern day.
These are so well put together man! Awesome stuff. We've made videos at many abandoned 1900's logging camps around the Sudbury area. Crazy how many there used to be!
Man you got some awesome videos, one just popped up on my feed mentioning Sudbury and I started watching them all. Are you from Sudbury as well? Some interesting stuff I never really thought about. We explore all around Sudbury and area uncovering old relics from the 1900's, we've stumbled across barren patches and I now know why they are like that. Neat stuff.
That's very kind, thank you very much! I'm hoping to get some more videos out in the next year or so but paying the rent via my day job unfortunately takes priority over the channel! I'm not originally from here but I live in Sudbury now, and really enjoying it.
I worked on her back in 76 in the engine room, it had different main engines (only 2) and generators then, Kerry and I grew up together, good job with the tour.
Hello Warren. You may find this an odd reaction to your video, but it nearly brought me to tears. You see, my father, Michael Walton, was the chief engineer onboard the Chi-Cheemaun for about 12 years. I suspect Kerry would have known him well. I only ever made one trip on the ship and that was for my father’s “retirement”. After leaving Chi-Cheemaun he would go on to sail on the Jiimaan and work for the Coast Guard spending 6 months a year on the Mackenzie river. He finally did retire at the age of 80. We lost him in June of 2021 but his legacy lives on in the ships that are still plying the waters thanks to his incredible skills and technical expertise. Thank you for this wonderful video. Keep up the great work you’re doing.
What a touching comment, thank you Miles! I'm very happy you got to relive some memories through this video. Your father sounds like he was quite the man, another one of the many incredible figures in Great Lakes maritime history. Thank you for sharing your story and for watching!
1:20 the first time I was on the ferry I parked my vw rabbit on the right side elevator, I never noticed they stopped using them the last time I was on the boat in 2020. I was once on the boat heading to tobemoray and it got so rough there were so many people thowing up the only place you couldn't smell it was outside at the front where I saw it stuff the bow on several occasions
Her predecessor is? was a museum ship in Sault Ste Marie. The tour was interesting and we did a crossing on her. The Chi Chemaun is a Major upgrade. Then there's the BC ferries where they load two lanes on two decks simultaneously.
In '76, I rode her on my first bike tour. After the first crossing she returned to Tobermory and stove in her bow doors. They were welded closed at Collingwood just in time for my vacation not to be extended. The return passage was even rougher, but from the safe-harbour direction. I stood as far back and up as I could, and still got spray. I went to the bow on the car deck to get a snack, and the cars were rising and falling many inches. Another 10% and we could have had some serious shifting, I estimated. The ferry to Newfoundland does not leave harbour until all the cars are chained down.
What gives? Does Canada not believe in bridges? It isn't even that big of one. A bridge is a minor investment on a national scale, and as this one is only 540ft long (according to Google Maps), this seems like a relatively small project.
Building the second ferry which was an exact copy of the first one then leaving it to sit and not be looked after until finally years ago it was taken away as scrap. That is one of the most stupid things I have ever heard of a government doing
I have been both over and under that bridge. A new longer bridge type structure should be built from Tobermory to South Baymouth which would be an engineering feat in itself.
I hooked into a massive salmon when this boat was docked in Owensound and she ran for this ship and when it went underneath it caught something and my line snapped. I did get a good look at it before it took off and Likely a trophy sized salmon for Georgian Bay.
Love how you said there is hardly any oil left after it filters from the bilge pump and its so clean it can be pumped right back into the lake. I'd like to think that no oil at all would be the standard for pumping bilge water back into a lake
Valid point! That was the way I wrote it in the script so it didn't get too bogged down and technical. I've just reviewed my interview files, and Kerry told me the ship's oil-water separator system gets it down to at least 5 parts per million. That's the legal limit for ships in Canada's inland waters, per federal law. In the ocean, ships are allowed to discharge wastewater up to 15 parts per million, so three times higher. Thank you for watching and for your comment!
Unfortunately they are different to maintain and were truly small , but could be charming , but more subtle for a country house or farmhouse and furniture didn’t fit.
That was a great tour, so cool to see the inner workings. Really liked seeing the crew quarters, I didn't realize crew stayed on board. Fascinating insight, Warren. Well done! 👍👍
That was a great tour, so cool to see the inner workings. Really liked seeing the crew quarters, I didn't realize crew stayed on board. Fascinating insight, Warren. Well done! 👍👍
Ehhhh, I'm coming back to Ontario for vacation from South Korea with my new Korean family. We're gonna take the boat to my parent's house on the island next month! This is so cool, thanks.
This is absolutely amazing, I love learning about the inner workings of everyday workhorses. Manitoulin is on my list of places to visit so now I know how I'm getting there! Another great video Warren
Thank you! I'm the same way, the whole reason I got into journalism was to have a legitimate excuse to ask for behind-the-scenes access to places, and through this channel I'm finally getting to do it more!
She's an icon for Manitoulin and the Bruce Peninsula. Ridden on her many times but never have had the opportunity to see all these forbidden areas. Thank you.
Best guess is that you did a video on a Great Lakes boat and that you accidentally grounded it on the remains of a century-old missing wreck, and that your discovery was overshadowed by you nearly sinking the boat that you were on. When the boat limped into Thunder Bay, you dove overboard, swam to the US, and have been in hiding ever since. 😉
I am not in Sudbury and am very grateful for the virtual access! I’m quaking in anticipation for a new living history that is a little bit different than what I’ve seen 😮
Another great doc. I have been to this location a couple of times, on route to the 24hr bike race at Albion Hills. We watched people walk on the soil. I recalled the damage tourists had caused at the badlands of Drumheller, Alt. and stayed off the soil myself.
