In late 2017 plans were being discussed to move "Keewatin" to Midland, Ontario. By March 2018 it became clear that "Keewatin" would remain in Port McNicoll for another summer pending further relocation options. In 2019, development company CIM committed to incorporating "Keewatin" into a redevelopment plan at the Port McNicoll site; the plans called for the ship to remain as a museum in a park adjacent to the proposed mixed-use (residential and commercial) development. But by June 2020, Skyline Investments (owner of "Keewatin" and surrounding development properties) indicated CIM had defaulted on mortgage payments, and would instead be pursuing plans to donate the ship to the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes in Kingston, Ontario. Local opposition to the relocation from Port McNicoll has been spirited, and the fate of "Keewatin" remains unclear.