The Elgin Military Museum will! Some Blogsters and other scribblers have called the project dead, but far from it, the municipality has agreed to sell the 4 acre parcel of harbourfront land to the Museum for a nominal $2. In exchange, the museum will take on the dredging costs. Probably a better long term deal for the museum than the alternative..
Details here "The Municipality of Bayham has confirmed that an Agreement of Purchase and Sale for the property designated as the HMCS Ojibwa Submarine Museum site in Port Burwell has been completed. The sale is expected to close Aug 12, 2011, paving the way for the release of the vessel by the Dept of National Defense"
The Project is shovel ready and the transfer is the next step forward for, and the most crucial, allowing construction to begin.
We still await the final release of OJIBWA, but we believe that will be forthcoming very soon. DND is clearing the waterfront of all retired "O" boats, with the former HMS Olympus arriving at the scrapyard in Port Maitland as you read this. Next to go will be Okanagan , early in August and Ojibwa will be brought to Hamilton at the end of the season to have cradles fitted in Hamilton Ontario.
Will post more information as it becomes available.
