Lögberg-Heimskringla - 04.11.2005, Page 8

8 • Lögberg-Heimskringla • Friday 4 November 2005
Museum Manager Shaylene Nordal stands on the upper deck of the S.S. Keenora, built in 1897; at far left is the M.S. Northland Lady Canadian, with the Chick-
ama II between the two larger ships. To the rear of all of them is the Joe Simpson, where the museum often hosts formal dinners.
Haunted ships sail out of history
On the shores of the Red
River, some famous
ships still sail — though
nowadays the waves aren’t of
water, but of grass.
The ships at Selkirk’s Ma-
rine Museum include the S.S.
Keenora, the C.G.S. Bradbury,
the M.S. Peguis II, the Chicka-
ma II, the M.S. Northland Lady
Canadian, the Joe Simpson, the
Jackie S. and the remains of the
Granite Rock. Also on display
is the Black Bear Island Light-
house. The ships are sunk part-
way into the ground and rest on
concrete foundations.
Shaylene Nordal is the man-
ager of the museum and has been
involved for a decade. “I started
back in ’95 as a tour guide,
working through university, just
a summer job,” she says. “And
then a couple of years into it,
my boss here at the time, George
Dorman, got sick, and he recom-
mended me to take over as mu-
seum manager, seeing as how I
knew so much about the muse-
um and running it already.” She
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