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| Indian Lake
Canadian List of Shipping 1970: Steel tug Indian Lake [C.318353] launched in October 1962 for use in Corner Brook, Nfld. Registered at St. John's. 62'; 61 gross tons. See Russel Bros. clipping file for pic. Transport Canada List 2003: Owned by Corner Brook Pulp & Paper Ltd, Comer Brook, Nfld. Nov. 2018: Registry Date 1962-11-09 Certificate Expires 2020-03-31. Owners: CORNER BROOK PULP AND PAPER LIMITED, PO BOX 2001 STN MAIN, CORNER BROOK, NL, CANADA A2H 6J4. The Indian Lake was used for towing logs and ships out of port. Now it is used as a pilot boat and as an ice-breaker around Corner Brook harbour. |
'A 65 foot, 490 horsepower tug, the "Indian Lake" was built for Bowater's Newfoundland Pulp and Paper Company and sailed from Owen Sound this past fall for her home base in Corner Brook, Nfld. This dual purpose tug was equipped with an Amsterdam plow for heavy ice-breaking operations.She is powered with a 500 hp Cummins Diesel, and is equipped with electric heating and air-cooled diesel operated auxillary plant and fire pump.' - Owen Sound Sun - Times, Jan. 31st, 1963.
SB notes: This stern shot is almost certainly Indian Lake. Note workers at left.
OSMRM Collection
Owen Sound Sun - Times Oct. 23rd, 1962. Clipping courtesy Gerry Ouderkirk. |
Photo courtesy Rene Beauchamp. Photo by the late John Low.
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The Indian Lake, 1960's.
Date: 1965 Location: Bay of Islands, Western Newfoundland.
Photo from Virtual Museum Canada
Indian Lake in Corner Brook Nfld, c. mid 80s. Click to enlarge.
Photos from cornerbrook60.com/history
Indian Lake Tug on dry dock Humber Mouth
July 1986
Photo from http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/jim_falconer_bowater_woods06.html
Indian Lake Tug June 1987.
Photo from http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/jim_falconer_bowater_woods05.html
Photo by Zircon_215 via flickr. Taken on April 2, 2014. All rights reserved, image used by permission. The Little Tug That Can
The little harbour tug, Indian Lake, keeps the ice broken up around the shipping in Corner Brook harbour. The Canadian Coast Guard ice breakers have broken the channels many times this year, but this little tug certainly does her part. That contraption you see on her bow, which protects the tug and helps break the ice, is removed in other seasons.
Guess her name is a little politically incorrect, though. Certainly Barb Weston in August:Osage County would think so. :-). Those are the Blomidon Mountains in the background. Some people call them the Blow-Me-Down Mountains.
Click link to enlarge to 2048 pixels wide: https://www.flickr.com/photos/33774669@N00/13871762275/sizes/k/
Images from flickr.
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Indian Lake official number 318353. Photo by Norm Meneray.
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Nov. 23, 2018. Dave Murphy from From Pasadena, NL sends over some photos of his Indian Lake model. Dave comments: I have being building models for 40 years I just built this Russel Brothers tug Indian Lake. It took two months to build this. The tug is still operating for Corner Brook pulp and paper and in mint shape, still a beautiful old tug. The model is for sale. If you have any questions you can contact me at murphydavid10@gmail.com.
Here are some reference photos of the deck that Dave used in building his model. Taken c. 2017.
Photos of the Amsterdam plow made for Indian Lake by Russel Brothers. Taken c. 2017 by David Murphy. Dave comments (Nov. 28, 2018): "... this is plow for the Indian Lake. This tug is just used for ice breaking now. They have this filled with Jelco (like antifreeze) - a lot of weight upfront is what breaks the ice. They bolt this to the tug. This is why the stem is shaped to fit the plow. When they put the plow on the tug they put a heavy counter-weight on the back of tug deck keep the plow breaking the ice better."
Jan. 12, 2019: John Pomeroy sends over this photo of Indian River
with her Amsterdam plow in the ice. Corner Brook, NFLD.
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