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Mike Ojard, founder of Heritage
Marine, aboard the tugboat
Helen H. on Sept. 26, 2024. Ojard
purchased the vessel in 2011,
bringing it to the Great Lakes
from the Gulf Coast.
(RIGHT) The crew from Heritage
Marine breaks ice at Duluth's
Clure Public Marine Terminal on
Jan. 7, 2022. The temperature
was 17 degrees below zero
Fahrenheit, creating a stir
of sea smoke around
the Helen H.
MIKE OJARD
COMPLETES SALE OF
HERITAGE MARINE
By JAYSON HRON
