Clarifications, Corrections and Additions
These are additions after Jan. 2008. I hope to correct any bugs in the final DVD-rom archive.
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Long Sault May 24, 2008

John Bowkett of Toronto sends these 14 photos of Long Sault in Ottawa, 1964 in the Rideau Canal near Hog's Back Falls, at Hartwell's Locks (see http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/history/locks/h09-10-hartwells.html). n.b. Long Sault and Trent are examples of the Tropical River Tug design that Russel's shipped to modern day Vietnam and Cameroon (Africa). (Design #306 April 24th, 1946)."full" links are to 600DPI scans. 600   1024   full 600   1024   full 600   1024   full 600   1024   full 600   1024   full 600   1024   full 600   1024   full 600   1024   full 600   1024   full 600   1024   full 600   1024   full 600   1024   full 600   1024   full 600   1024   full 600   1024   full

PPM 3 May 21, 2008

Steve Richardson sends along a larger version of his shot of PPM 3. Steve notes: Note the "I" beam push knee. The photo is of the PPM 3 I got from Kesmark Marine in the mid 80's. See BOAT PAGE

Jose D. Apr. 10, 2008

Jose D. at Lac Métis, Québec. Photo courtesy Samuel Côté. On October 26th 1954, Samuel Côté's uncle Adéodat Ruest died while working on the boat. His body was never found. Left to right : Adéodat Ruest (engineer), Lionel Roy (cook) and Ernest Ross (captain). Read about the tragedy. Tug David T.D. (ex-Jose D. N.O. 177951) - Built in 1947. See BOAT PAGE

Russel Anchor May 14, 2008

ENLARGE: 1024 pixels 3072 pixels Russel Brothers Anchor on display at the Marten River Provincial Park (Ont.) Logging Museum. Photo by Frank Spence Sept. 15, 2007. Note accompanying graphic taken from the Logging Boat Operation page.

Beamsville May 14, 2008

Beamsville at Delta Marine in Sidney 20k north of Victoria, BC. Photos by Bruce Robertson. See BOAT PAGE

Ancaster WINCH BOAT Apr. 10, 2008

TUG VANDALIZED - Owen Sound Marine & Rail Museum collections curator Mindy Gill - Sitowski holds the Ancaster's stern hatch cover, which was ripped off the historic tugboat by vandals last weekend. Some windows in the tug were also smashed. The boat was built by Russel Bros. in Owen Sound in 1951 and was featured on the $1 bill. Police are looking for help in solving the crime. See BOAT PAGE

Lacalong April 6, 2008

The tug boat "Lacalong" built in 1939 by Russel Brothers, 47ft, powered by CAT D343 turbo @ aprox 375hp, Lac Ste Marie, Quebec, on the Gatineau river. I purchased it about a month ago and plan on moving it to Sault Ste Marie in about a year, it will be heavily modified for racing purposes,and painted yellow...The Lacalong is a sister ship to the Decelles. Dan McKay. Lacalong archive page 600 pixel 600 pixel 600 pixel 600 pixel 600 pixel

Marten River Alligator WINCH BOAT Mar. 31, 2008

Frank Spence of Kitchener writes: "If you are not already aware, the Ontario Historical Society published an article (written by me) in its February editon of the OHS Bulletin. I have attached a copy for your information." See BOAT PAGE

Pellet March 28, 2008

These undated photos of Pellet (Hull 1088) from the Marmora Historical Society are from Michael Pfiser. From a photo record left by Bethlehem Steel after pulling out from Marmora - Picton in 1975. From Hull No., likely built 1955-1956. Note Russel style prop cage and rear cabin aspect. 1024   600DPI 1024   600DPI 1024   600DPI 1024   600DPI 1024   600DPI

Wendy B. March 2, 2008

Bob Bennett sends 10 photos of the Wendy B.'s 1986 refit in Notre-Dame de Pierreville, QC, after having spent 22 years partially submerged. Bob notes: "your archive says we had the Wendy B. back to Quebec in 1996, which was my father's intention, but it never happened. In 1996 the Wendy B. made a trip down the eastern seaboard to the Chesapeake and wintered in Baltimore before returning back to Canada the following year." BOAT PAGE

Greta V McNCo. 20 McNCo. 27 Gunnar 151 March 8, 2008

Gerry Ouderkirk notes: McNally Constuction Co. are currently dredging Bronte Harbour using the Russel-bult tug GRETA V., which they acquired from McKeil last year. The other vessels involved in the project are McNCo. No. 20, McNCo. No. 27, and the mud scow Gunnar 151. 1024   600DPI 1024   600DPI 1024   600DPI

Quebec Russels March 1, 2008

Dan McKay sends 4 photo galleries. Click to thumbs for galleries. CLIFF M. HULL 743 EMILE HULL 686 JOAN CAROL QUYON HULL 1139

Kayvee Feb. 29, 2008

Terry Scott sends 3 photos of his Kayvee. Click to enlarge.

Mannville Ville Tug Feb. 28, 2008

NEW: from David Freeman's book Canadian Warship Names page 78. ENLARGE PHOTO:   600 pixel   1024 pixel   600 DPI

Hull 891 WINCH BOAT Feb. 15, 2008

Hull 891 owner Pierre Arseneault says: "I've owned HULL 891 since 1994 and it is absolutley not the USBORNE. The OFFICIAL NUMBER has not been identified correctly because there are too many 'punch marks' around it, especially near the last three digits. Please take a close look at my photo. On Russel Hull Numbers, HULL 891 should be listed as 1951. This appears clearly on the STEELCRAFT plate.

Models Feb. 15, 2008

On the archive MODELS page, there are several links to Doug Gagnon's models that dead end. Here is the missing page.

Quinte CAR FERRY Feb. 6, 2008

The links to the 600 DPI scans of these two photos don't function on the DVD-rom. Click photos to download. Ferry Quinte page