However, in 2016, a comprehensive restoration project began. This wasn't just a cosmetic touch-up; it was a structural rescue.
Like many workhorses of her era, she was eventually outpaced by modern technology. By the 1960s, her career was over, and she was laid up. But while many ships were scrapped, the Isabella faced a stranger fate: she was repurposed. ss isabella
In 1965, she was purchased and moved to St. Williams, Ontario. The new owners had big dreams to convert her into a floating restaurant or museum. When those plans fell through, the ship was left to the elements. She sat in a private slip, half-sunken and overgrown with vegetation, becoming little more than a sad footnote in local history. However, in 2016, a comprehensive restoration project began