Classic Chris Craft Destroyed by Fire in Lake St. Clair

No one was injured as a classic Chris Craft yacht of sixteen meters in length with three persons onboard went ablaze near Port Lambton, on Lake St. Clair on the afternoon of Thursday third September 2020. The classic yacht broke its mooring with the fire and ended in Canadian territory, and struck a small docked cuddy cruiser and a jet ski. St. Clair Township firefighters, Lambton County paramedics, the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre and the Canadian Border Service Agency responded to the fire, along with Lambton OPP officers. Ontario Ministry of Environment officials also arrived to monitor the clean-up, police said. The three boaters who were reported uninjured returned to American territory by the US Coast Guard as the cause of the fire was not reported.

The classic Chris Craft in this fire is a 57 Constellation as produced in wood from 1963 to 1972 in 262 hulls.  The last 57 Constellation delivered was also the last wooden build made by Chris Craft.  The 57 Constellation was a replacement to the 55 Constellation and was replaced by the Chris Craft 58 Roamer Riviera.