H.M.C.S. Ojibwa
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Arrival of Ojibwa unlikely
It is highly unlikely the Ojibwa will be coming to Port Burwell this year if ever. Dredging is not going to be started this year because it can only be done at certain times due to environmental restrictions for certain fish migrations. The window for dredging closes at the end of September making it impossible to accommodate the Ojibwa in such a short period of time. The Navy to my knowledge has not released the sub and the museum faces yet another deadline in terms of their CAF funding which expires the end of October. The big question is whether the Navy will just send the Ojibwa for scrap this year or give the museum until 2012 to prepare for the arrival of the sub. I figured this project was done months ago however the museum seems to have a knack for getting getting extensions. The fact that the museum has to pay for dredging, faces the expiration of their federal funding and needs to raise funds for the on site building and facilities tells me the project is in peril. In an article in the London Free Press the museum said that a worst case scenario was the Ojibwa would not come until 2012. I think the worst case scenario is that the Ojibwa does not come at all which seems to be more likely as time goes on. Should know the fate of the Ojibwa this fall when the navy has to decide if they will just scrap the sub or release it to the museum to keep in Hamilton until next spring.
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