Canadian List of Shipping 1956: Original name Quinze [C.177555] registered at Ottawa; built at Owen Sound in 1946. 35'2 x 10'2 x 4'3; 11 g.t.; 7 n.t.; 93 hp. Owned by The Upper Ottawa Improvement Co., Ottawa. Canadian List of Shipping 1956: Quinze [C.l77555] registered at Ottawa; built at Owen Sound in 1946: 35'2 x 10'2 x 4'3; 11 g.t.; 7 n.t.; 93 hp. Owned by The Upper Ottawa Improvement Co., Ottawa. Canadian List of Shipping 1970: Steel tug Quinze [C.177555] registered at Ottawa. Built at Owen Sound in 1946. 35'; 11 g.t. Canadian List of Ships 1997: Owned by Howard Avery Construction Ltd., Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Transport Canada List 2003: Owned by Howard Avery Construction Ltd., Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. RBF Notes: Name changed to Cobra. Hull 688.
"G. J." Cobra, Soo Great Tugboat Race 1987. Courtesy Jeannette Cox.
2003 Great Tugboat Race programme courtesy Jeanette Cox. "The Cobra, formerly known as the Quinze, was built in 1946 by Russel Brothers of Owen Sound for the Upper Ottawa River Improvement Co. of Temiscaming, Quebec. She is now used as a pleasure craft."
Whitney III and Cobra behind. 2015 - the last Sault Ste. Marie Tug Race.
Jul 1, 2015: LOCAL2 cameras were on the scene as 16 vessels took part in the 34th annual Great Tugboat Race, held Saturday afternoon on the St. Marys River in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. This four minute video features short interviews with Adam Lyons of Whitney III, Roy Wilson of Queensville, and Annette Currie of Mikayla. Also Marc Mousseau. Also footage of Boomalong, Scottish Thistle, Cobra and (briefly) W.D. McCosh. source: https://www.sootoday.com/videos/news/tugging-along-the-st-marys-river-11509
Cobra photo by owner Kevin Ullrich, April 29, 2017.
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