The end is near for the ferry/ro ro Nindawayma. Built in Spain in 1976 as the Monte Cruceta the Nindawayma had several name changes and owners and eventually made her way to Canada and the Great Lakes in 1989. She last worked in 1992 after which she was laid up in Owen Sound, Ontario. Her 5 year license expired in 1996. In October, 2000 she was sold to Verreault Marine and Navigation Service Co. and towed down the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway to Les Mechins, Quebec. Rumored to be converted to another use, instead the vessel was towed to Montreal and in 2007 the Nidawayma was sold to Upper Lakes Group of Toronto, Ontario and towed to Port Weller Drydocks on the Welland Canal in St. Catherines, Ontario where she is pictured here. In August, 2007 the Nidawayma was towed up the Great Lakes to Thunder Bay, Ontario where the vessel will be cut down into a barge, a sad ending to what was once a rather impressive ferry.