Particulars Of Canadian War Vessels Building & Projected by Naval Service Headquarters (D. N. C. Dept.) 1943 � 1945: Bonnyville [CN878]. Canadian List of Shipping 1970: Steel tug Bonnyville [C.179027] registered at Ottawa. Built at Owen Sound in 1944. 37�; 11 g.t. Also carried in Canadian List of Shipping 1994; 1997; Transport Canada List 200 � 2001. Transport Canada List 2003: Owned by Randy Colwell, Lively, Ontario. [C.179027].
Bonnyville RCN Official Photo NF-3856-2_DHH courtesy nauticapedia.ca. Registry #179027. 1 � 95bhp, 2nhp Cummins Diesel Engine (1944). She was a Ville-class tug in Royal Canadian Navy service 1944-1945.
She was employed in general towing at St. John's NF. In 1946 she was sold to The Upper Ottawa Improvement Co., Ltd., Ottawa, ON. In 2018 she was owned by Randy Colwell, Lively, ON.
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http://www.nauticapedia.ca/dbase/Query/Shiplist4.php?&name=Bonnyville%20(H.M.C.S.)&id=2140&Page=1&input=bonnyville
2003 Great Tugboat Race programme courtesy Jeanette Cox. "Homeport for the Bonnyville is Gore Bay, Ontario, on Manitoulin Island. She was built in 1944 in Owen Sound by Russel Brothers for the Canadian Navy. She only spent about two years in service and was purchased by the Upper Ottawa Improvement Company to raft timber until the Colwells bought her in June 1997. They worked on her for two years and launched her in August, 1999."
RBF notes: - Pleasure tug (Gore Bay, ON Aug 26, 2005)