2025 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Jan 5 - Closing of the Mo-Lo section of the St. Lawrence Seaway.

Jan 10 - Closing of the Welland Canal and the Mo-Lo section of the St. Lawrence Seaway.

an. 15 - Closing of the Sault Ste. Marie Locks

Jan. 16 - CIMARE AGM - 1930 hrs. Loose Moose, Toronto. 

Jan. 17 - MARINE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING @ TORONTO ROYAL YORK HOTEL - BRITISH COLUMBIA ROOM 09:00-12:00F

Jan. 17- MARINE CLUB  85th Annual Dinner     19:00 hrs            Royal York Hotel, Toronto

Jan. 30 - Feb 2  - 136th ISMA GRAND LODGE CONVENTION Hosted in Alpena, Michigan

Sat. Feb. 8, 2023   -10:00 - 12:00  ANNUAL SATURDAY CHURCH SET UP EVENT.  St. George's Anglican Church. 

 Sun. Feb 9, 2023  - ANNUAL MARINERS SERVICE AND BLESSING OF THE GREAT LAKES FLEET                             St. George's Anglican Church.  10:00 - 12:00 

Feb. 9  -   SUPERBOWL LIX [59] : Caesars Superdome, New Orlans.

Feb 11 - Canadian Merchant Service Guild Annual General Meeting for Ontario , 10:00 hrs.

Feb 22 - DETROIT LODGE 7, DINER/DANCE

Feb. 27 -  Georgian College Marine Speakers Day 08:30 - 16:00

Feb 26, 27  - CHICAGO MARITIME INDUSTRY DAY

March 1  - Annual Dinner Dance of Port Huron Lodge No. 2 

March  9 - 11:00 AM - 61st Annual Blessing of the Fleet at Mariners' Church of Detroit. 

March 20 - Opening of St. Lawrence Seaway for the 2024 season

March 22- WORLD WATER DAY - [Observed Annually 22 March]

March 23 - WORLD METEOROLOGICAL DAY - [Observed Annually 23 March]

April 24 - 1400 hrs  Georgian College Marine Awards presentation, Owen sound Campus. - ISMA presents its awards there. 

May 4    - BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC SUNDAY. WW2 Remembrance at Cenotaph   [FIRST SUNDAY OF MAY, ANNUALLY] 

May 14-16   MARITECH - NAVIGATING SUSTAINABLE MARINE TRANSPORTATION  - St. Johns's Nfld. 

May 18 - IMO International Day for Women in Maritime- [Annually 18th May]

May 22  - NATIONAL MARITIME DAY - USA - [Annually 22nd May]

June 9-11  GREEN TECH 2025 -  Hilton Riverside Hotel,  New Orleans 

June 8 -  WORLD OCEANS DAY - Worldwide - [Annually 8 June]

June 14 - ONTARIOS BEST BUTTER TART FESTIVAL, MIDLAND ONTARO 

June 15  - GLOBAL WIND DAY - [Observed Annually 15 June]

June 21 - WORLD HYDROGRAPHY DAY - [Observed Annually 21 June]

June 25 - DAY OF THE SEAFARER - [Observed Annually 25 June]

JUNE 24 -  THUNDER BAY BLESSING OF THE FLEET

July 9   -   SEA SUNDAY -  The Mission to Seafarers: Canada 

Aug. 10  - ST. LAWRENCE DAY [Observed Annually Aug. 10]

Aug. 11 - ST. CLAIR DAY   [Observed Annually Aug. 11 ]

Aug. 9-10  SIDELAUNCH DAYS   Waterfront Festival,  Collingwood Ontario 

Aug  15,16,17  MIDLAND TALL SHIPS FESTIVAL,   Midland, Ontario

Sept. 3        ANNUAL CANADA MERCHANT NAVY DAY  Brief History of the Merchant Navy

Sept. 29 - WORLD MARITIME DAY 

Nov. 1 - Last day to submit an application for an ISMA Scholarship. 

                    Details: https://www.shipmaster.org/scholarship.html

Nov. 11 - CANADA REMEMBRANCE DAY

Nov. 26  - William Hamilton Merritt Day - Welland Canal celebrations 1829

Dec. 5     -  Grunt Club 88th Annual Dinner -  Montreal

Jan. 10 - Closing of the Welland Canal and the Mo-Lo section of the St. Lawrence Seaway.

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