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The Upper Lakes Shipping Company was a Canadian shipping company that maintained a fleet of lake freighters on the North American Great Lakes from 1931 to 2011.
The company was privately owned.
In February 2011 the company sold its fleet to Algoma Central.
References
George Wharton. "Algoma Quebecois -- (Quebecois 1963 - 2012)". Boatnerd. Retrieved 2013-06-21. In early 2012, Algoma formally changed the vessel's name to Algoma Quebecois with Transport Canada's registration being changed accordingly.