Russel Brothers Limited OWEN SOUND, ONTARIO Steelcraft Boat Builders
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Hull 958
Boat #958, Length 26.0, Beam 7.6, year 1952.Christine Mitchell, Director, Chutes Coulonge, writes:
"We are a non profit organization - the boat was donated to us by the Sawmill in
Davidson, Québec on the the Ottawa River. In more recent years the sawmill was
run under the Tembec banner - but it is now dormant. We operate a tourist site on the Coulonge River at the Grande Chute where George
Bryson - lumber baron - built a 3000 ft wooden log chute so that logs could
bypass the large rocky waterfalls and the gorge and make their way to the Ottawa
River. I would love to have more information about the boat so we can pass it on to our
visitors - we see 10 000 people each season from May to October."
"We painted the boat after it sat for three years - it was
painted those
colours before because we matched the chips of paint against samples just to
try to perserve it a little. It is my understanding that each logging company
and or sawmill painted it to suit their image. My husband thought it looked
like air search and rescue planes, but i think your right - more like
McDonald's. We had concerns with people getting on the boat for pictures and
such - people were getting rust all over their clothing - we finally just took
matters into our own hands. We primed it all gray first - but it is much more
lively as it is now. Our only grace is that the colours should fade with
weather and wear.
I appreciate your help and look forward to whatever information you can
ascertain.
Regards,
Christine Mitchell, Feb. 27th, 2006"
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June 5th, 2005.
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Chutes du Coulonge, QB, July 2005.
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Chutes du Coulonge, QB, TAKEN ON MARCH 22, 2008.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wiless/2360087974
Hans Raffelt photo taken on April 26, 2012. HULL 958. A tug boat (winch boat) in the Chutes Coulonge park in Mansfield (Fort-Coulonge), Quebec, Canada.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/hansraffelt/7281608174
Russel Brothers Hull 958 posted by John Bruce Leigh in the Abandoned Ontario facebook group, May 22, 2015.
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Fall 2016. source: https://albinger.me/2016/10/16/paddling-the-coulonge-day-10-from-chute-a-lours-km-43-to-chutes-coulonge-km-15/
SB notes: April 14, 2017. Hull 958 in Chutes Coulonge Historical Park today. Photos by my sister in law Corinne Pitre.
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SB notes (June 2018): The Chutes de Coulonge park bought the boat from Tembec. Based on that and the build year 1952 from the boat builder plate, I think it might be
Henry Clement - Canadian List of Shipping 1956: Henry Clement [C.194390] registered at Ottawa; built at Owen Sound in 1952. 15'5 x 8'1 x 4'5; 4 g.t.; 2 n.t.; 1 00 hp. Owned by The Canadian International Paper Co., Ltd., Montreal. Canadian List of Shipping 1970: Steel tug Henry Clement [C.194390] registered at Ottawa. Built at Owen Sound in 1952. 16'; 4 g.t. Canadian List of Ships 1997: Henry Clement [C.194390] registered at Ottawa. Built at Owen Sound in 1952. 4 m; 4 g.t.; 2 r.t Owned by Tembec Inc., 310-1155 Dorchester St., West Montreal, Québec. Transport Canada List 2002: Built by Russel-Hipwell Engine Co., Owen Sound, Ont. Transport Canada List 2003: Owned by Tembec Inc., Montreal.
As a 25 foot winch boat produced in 1952 and used on the Ont./Que. border, there's also a chance it is one of the following: The Brian B., Copo V, Kipawa, Mary Beatrice L., Ogascanen, Peterbell, Sassaganiga.
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