http://www.geocities.com/thetropics/harbor/2971/
Thanks for the tip. I had to go digging. These were Crown Corporation ships of Marine Atlantic. Marine Atlantic isn't what it used to be. Blame the fixed link, privatizing, year round road connections, and transfers of responsibilities to the provinces. I wonder what or who assumed the sealift responsibility.
"Of the 16 ships which operated up until 1993, only 4 still operate under the Marine Atlantic flag, the M.V. Atlantic Freighter, M.V. Caribou, MV.V. Leif Ericson and M.V. Joseph and Clara Smallwood. The only remaining ferry routes left are the year-round constitutional route between North Sydney, Nova Scotia to Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and the season service from North Sydney, Nova Scotia to Argentia, Newfoundland."