MV Canadian Miner manufacturer Canadian Vickers
Service history
The vessel was constructed in sections. The bow and cargo sections were built by G T Davie at Lauzon, Quebec under yard number 97. The vessel was launched on 13 November 1965. The ship was assembled by Canadian Vickers at its Montreal shipyard in 1966 under yard number 287. The ship was completed on 25 April 1966.The vessel began service in 1966 as MV Maplecliffe Hall and was operated by her first owners Hall Navigation until 1988. Like most lakers the vessel was a bulk carrier designed to ship grain, iron ore, aggregate or coal. In 1984 Hall experimented with the vessel carrying standard shipping containers but it was not deemed a success.Hall Navigation dissolved in 1988 and its assets were acquired by Canada Steamship Lines (CSL). The ship was renamed MV Lemoyne and she operated under CSL ownership until 1994. CSL sold the ship to Upper Lakes Shipping in 1994 and she was renamed MV Canadian Miner.  The vessel had been built with a rarely used owner's stateroom.  In 2006, to help raise funds to equip Georgian College with a marine simulator, Upper Lakes Shipping offered a trip for two in the owner's stateroom as the grand prize in a raffle.
In 2011 the ship was sold to Arvina Navigation SA, Turkey and renamed simply MV Miner for her final trip.
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