She was renamed Outarde in 1939, and James J. Buckler in 1960, shortly before she ran aground and sank during salvage operations.

She was built to the maximum dimensions of the canal locks that preceded the St Lawrence Seaway.

[3] In 1935 she found the tank barge Bruce Hudson adrift and abandoned on Lake Erie, and was able to collect a salvage fee.

On 15 November 1939 the Brulin collided with the Canadian Steamship Lines' Huronic in a dense fog.

When the St Lawrence Seaway was completed, in late 1959, allowing larger vessels to access sail to and from the Great Lakes, the Outarde was scheduled to be scrapped.