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Thursday September 6

19:00 - 21:00

Welcome reception & registration at the Owen Sound Marine and Rail Museum.This museum on the west side of the harbour was once the station for the Grand Trunk Railway ( later the Canadian National). On the opposite side of the harbour is the now derelict Canadian Pacific Railway station where the ALGOMA, ATHABASCA , ALBERTA, KEEWATIN and ASSINBOIA once docked until 1912

Friday September 7

09:00

Registration at the Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre, Southampton - allow 30 minutes to drive from Owen Sound

10:00 - 12:00

Association Business Meeting

12:00 -13:00

Box Lunch at the Museum.

A book display of maritime related items will be held in the main foyer.

Members who wish to display or sell special items related to our maritime heritage should request a display table when you register.

13:00 - 14:30

Museum Director's Round Table

THE LIFE BLOOD of MUSEUMS - Volunteers & Amateur historians

Moderator Barbara Ribey, Director of the Bruce County Museum

Mike Sterling / Steve Briggs/ Robert Cotton

14:45 - 16:30

Research Report - Ken Cassavoy

The Life and Times of the HMS General Hunter and its resurrection as a replica in the Bruce County Museum.

A tour of the museum's new maritime exhibits

After 17::00

Dinner on your own

Saturday September 8

Georgian College International Marine Training Center - Owen Sound

1450 Eighth Street East

08:45 - 09:30

Registration and welcome to the International Marine Training Centre at Georgian College. The college has one of the world's most up to date training simulators and respected training facilities for ship's officers.

Parking in the College lot requires a token to exit - Be sure to get your token on registration.

09:30 - 11:15

Tours and hand's on experience on the bridge and in the engine room. The bridge is a full sized operation with simulations for ports around the Great Lakes and around the Globe.

11:30 - 12:15

The Future of Shipping on the Great lakes. Captain Robert Hull.

Captain Hull is an instructor at Georgian College and an active Great lakes pilot.

12:15 - 13:15

Lunch - A boxed lunch especially prepared by the Culinary Arts students at Georgian College

13:15 - 15:45

The History Series.

1. Patrick Folkes - Historian and expert on Georgian Bay maritime history in the 19th Century

Patrick is currently working on the story of the sinking of the ASIA

2. Scarlet Janusas - Archeologist - Special underwater investigations at Thunder Bay ON

3. Maurice Smith - Curator Emeritus at the Maritime Museum Kingston

Canada Steamship Lines - Shipbuilding on Georgian Bay

17:45 - 16:30

Refreshments at the Inn on The Bay, Best Western Hotel 1800 2nd Ave E

Cash bar

18:30 - 21:00

Awards Dinner

12th Annual Henry N. Barkhausen Award

Keynote Speaker

Major John Grodzinski, Professor of History at Royal Military College, Kingston ON.

The Governor and the Commodore: Sir George Prevost and Sir James Yeo

in the War of 1812

21;00 Adjourn

NOTE

This website is NOT the official AGLMH website. This site is published simply to help members make plans for attending the 2012 Conference in Owen Sound and Southampton September 6/7/8.

The AGLMH official site is www.aglmh.net

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