On November 16, 1936, the "Hibou" made her last run on the ferry crossing and returned to Owen Sound, from where it was to take a few more trips to Killarney and Manitoulin Island. It was dangerously late in the navigation season and the only ships of the pool service still in operation were the "Hibou" and "Normac", S.S. "Manitou", S.S. "Caribou" and S.S. "Manitoulin" having already gone into winter quarters at Owen Sound. Captain Norman McKay took command of the "Hibou" while her regular captain, James Agnew, moved back to the position of first officer.