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On Wednesday, June 26 at around 7:00 am the Cedarglen left the St. Lawrence Shipping channel and anchored just north of Whiskey Island. The ship was heading up-river when it experience an electrical problem that forced the ship to stop. The seaway athority had the ships captin move the ship out of the main shipping channel. At first it was reported that the ship ran aground, forcing a coast guard dive team to inspect the ship. It was later determined that the ship did not run aground and would be able to continue its voyage after repairs to the electrical system were made. The ship was inspected by seaway officials and cleared to continue its voyage Thursday, June 27th. No other sea way traffic was effected by the delay of the Cedarglen.
My wife and I were camping at Kring Point State Park and that morning I was awoken by a lot of banging and scraping sounds. After realizing that the sounds were coming from the river I got up to find out what was going on. I knew when I first saw the ship that is wasn't in the shipping channel. I awoke my wife, grab my camera, and heading towards our moured boat. As we aproched the ship we could see the Coast Guard patrol boats circling the disabled Cedarglen. One of the Coast Guard boats aproched us to and told us that we were free to take pictures but they didn't want us too close. I ask what had heppened and the gentalman piloting the Goast Guard ship remarked that the Cedarglen had "taken a wrong turn". We later found out by watching the news what really had happened. We were able to circle the ship and noticed some activity on the decks. There were a few people running around but most were just leaning up against the railing enjoying the view of the St. Lawrence River. I am sure it was the start of a really bad day. 
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