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HAVE YOU JOINED THE SHIPS COMPANY YET?

I've convinced the executive that qualified submariners and members of SAOC  who want to support the project deserve special consideration, so I'm happy to announce that membership fees will be held to $ 50 for those who qualify.  We now have an upgraded website with a working registration form at
New Ship's Company Registration Form

Simply type "DOLPHIN DISCOUNT" into the message box.  Membership is now approaching 100,  help us get to our goal of 500 members by "Landing Day".  We estimate that Ojibwa will be arriving in Port Burwell by Oct 31 if not sooner!

Release of the Submarine on the Horizon!

Word is that the project executive could be sitting down with the Navy very soon to begin working out final details for a formal release of the vessel to the Elgin Military Museum.  Taking into account the advanced state of preparations and the attention to detail regarding the technical aspects of the planning, I can't see many issues standing in the way of a formal announcement in the coming weeks

Another One Bites the Dust!

Feb 9,2011  A decision has been rendered on the Environmental Assessment for the Ojibwa Museum project...I quote

"after taking into consideration the screening report and taking into account the implementation of appropriate mitigation measures, the authority is of the opinion that the project is not likely to cause significant adverse environmental affects" and "A follow-up program is not considered appropriate."

We've cleared another important hurdle!!!

Breakthrough Day?

January was a quiet month as far as the blog goes......Waiting for something to report I guess.  It's been quite a while since the CAF Funding was announced in June and we eventually erected the CAF sign in Port Burwell,.    We optimistically believed that we would have Ojibwa here by spring,  but reality eventually overtakes optimism and we discovered how complicated the funding process actually is....

 Pictured here are Ron Bradfield of Bayham Township and Al Montgomery, Project Co-ordinator Mounting signage announcing CAF Funding at the Port Burwell site Dec 4/10


 .....While we waited for action, we stayed busy here at Project HQ.  We have been hard at work on marketing plans and working out the details for site preparation at Port Burwell.   We sweated out a series of seemingly endless delays and continuous requests for more info from CAF,   trying to figure out how much we could get accomplished before the spending deadline of March 31.  "Use it or Lose IT"  was the mantra and since we couldn't possibly move Ojibwa before the deadline it seemed as if the entire budget might get consumed in a winter construction project, where costs are forced up by a number of factors.

Well today a breakthrough!   CAF has informed us that they are moving the paperwork forward as we speak.

Looks like this project may finally have wheels!!!