 After she lost her usefulness as a fire tug, she was sold in 1930 to the Owen Sound Transportation Company Limited.At that time, she was taken to the Georgian Bay Shipbuilding Company at Midland for conversion into a combination package freighter and passenger ferry, and from a steamer to a diesel powered vessel.In 1931, the vessel was renamed the "Normac" which was the namesake of captain "Norman Mckay," founder and general manager of Owen Sound Transportation Company Limited, which is still running today.