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During the navigation season, it’s a Goderich tradition that the first vessel is formally welcomed and its captain greeted with the Top Hat Ceremony.
The Algoma Intrepid, captained by Capt. Kirk Lake, was welcomed in a COVID-19 pandemic appropriate way on the dockside by Mayor John Grace; Peter Baker, VP Operations at The Compass Goderich Mine and Rowland Howe, President of Goderich Port Management Corp.
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Also present were Ian MacAdam, the Harbour Master and Sean Thomas, Director of Operations for the Town of Goderich.