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Harry Hamel

Canadian List of Shipping 1956: Harry Hamel [C.194310] registered at Montreal. Built at Owen Sound in 1951. 24' 8 x 7'5 x 2'9; 4 g.t.; 3 n.t.; 20 hp. Owned by The James McLaren Co. Ltd., Buckingham, Québec. Canadian List of Shipping 1970: Steel tug Harry Hamel [C.194310] registered at Montreal. Built at Owen Sound in 1951. 25'; 4 g.t. nb - this boat can be seen working c. 1957 in this video. (at about 8:21 of 16 minutes)

 

Still shot from the 1957 NFB films Log Drive and La Drave. Harry Hamel c. 1957.

 

Middle video is Harry Hamel.
Excerpts from the 1957 short entitled "Log Drive".
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Portaging the Alligator overland 1:15   VIEW
Assembling and moving a large log boom 3:28   VIEW
Rounding up stray logs after the drive 1:13   VIEW

 

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