Baie Comeau is the fourth and last self-unloading lake freighter in Canada Steamship Lines (CSL) Trillium class.

The ship is powered by one IMO Tier III MAN B&W 6S50ME diesel engine driving one shaft creating 8,750 kilowatts (11,730 hp).

[4] Baie Comeau was constructed at the Chengxi shipyard in Jiangyin, China with the yard number CX9304.

[3] In an inaugural salute to the completion of its first voyage carrying cargo, Claude Dumais, CSL's vice president of technical operations, presented Christine Brisson, mayor of Baie-Comeau, with an 2.4-metre (7.9 ft) model of the vessel, which will be displayed in the city's municipal offices.

[9] The Quebec & Ontario Transportation Company launched an earlier vessel named Baie Comeau in 1954.