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Canadian List of Shipping 1997: Steel tug Elisha Beeman [C328531] registered at Montreal; built at Owen Sound in 1967. 8m; g.t.; 3 n.t. Owned by Consolidated-Bathurst Ltd., Montreal. Transport Canada List 2003: Elisha Beeman [C328531] Transport Canada List 2003: Owned by Abitibi-Consolidated Inc., Montreal.

The Elisha Beeman boom boat (circa 1967) now on display at artPontiac Art center 28 Rue Mill, Portage-du-Fort, Quebec, Canada J0X 2T0, at the old school house which is a museum now. Pontiac Artists Associations home. The boat was retired c. 1985 - 1990, having sunk 3 times. It was used at Smurfit-Stone until they stopped the log drive on the Ottawa River. The mural painting was done by a student, Nathalie Matha.

 

Elisha Beeman, Portage-du-Fort, Québec, May 29, 2011. Photo by Doug Kerr.
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Oct. 2008 Smurfit-Stone Announces Permanent Closure of Pontiac Pulp Mill

Oct. 2008 Mill to close, 220 jobs lost

Nov 27, 2014 U.S. firm investigated for clean-up at old Canadian mill site

 

Photo: Hélène Clément. L’ancien remorqueur utilisé par la compagnie Consolidated-Bathurst de Portage, dans les années 1970, a pris sa retraite en 1990. Le «tugboat» a été transporté à Portage-du-Fort après la fermeture de l’usine en 2008. "The old tug used by the Portage Consolidated-Bathurst Company in the 1970s retired in 1990. The "tugboat" was transported to Portage-du-Fort after the closure of the plant in 2008." source: https://www.ledevoir.com/photos/galeries-photos/les-attraits-meconnus-du-pontiac/156455

 

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Elisha Beeman winch boat (built 1967) in Portage-du-Fort, Quebec, Canada. It was retired in 1985, having sunk 3 times, and moved here for display in 2008. Photo by Hans Raffelt, April 26, 2012, mural by Nathalie Mantha.
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April 16, 2015. Photo by Pierre-André SIMARD.
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Photos from Pierre Cantin, via Yves Cloutier. Fort-du-Portage, Haute Gatineau. July 2019.

 

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