Russel Brothers Limited OWEN SOUND, ONTARIO Steelcraft Boat Builders
| Kapus
Canadian List of Shipping 1956: Kapus [C.174020] registered at Owen Sound. Built at Owen Sound in 1942. 32'7 x 9'5 x 3'5; 8 g.t.; 6 n.t.; 40 hp. Owned by Spruce Falls Power & Paper Co. Ltd., Toronto. Canadian List of Shipping 1970: Steel workboat Kapus [C.774020] registered at Owen Sound. Built at Owen Sound in 1942. 33'; 8 g.t. Transport Canada List 2003: Owned by Spruce Falls Inc., Kapuskasing, Ontario. |
RBF notes: "The roller is about 3' to 4' wide and the flat bow curves up to it. There's a bunch of half pipes running up vertically like skid plates on it. It's now owned by Kapuskasing Economic Development Team and they won't sell her...I asked. Kapus has a huge winch in mint condition along with a Detroit Diesel Engine in mint condition. Short of it was that they are not for sale and are a heritage display of a time gone by.
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Scotty McGillicutty notes (July 12th, 2006): "More info on Spuce Falls P&P ( now Tembec). The tugs were not all "named" and the locals referred to them by "color". The orange one being the Penny, I think the Oscar was white, there was a green one, then there was the 35 footers which the Kapus is one of, again known by colors ( the Kapus is the small white one)".
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SM notes: Kapus side view, Kapuskasing, ON.
July 2020. Rob Farrow reports: Kapus and Hopalong are now owned by Lachance Construction and he hopes to someday to display them in a museum that they will build in Harty, ON. Details for registered vessel KAPUS (O.N. 174020)
Date of suspension: 2008-04-21.
For more Russel exhibits visit Owen Sound Marine & Rail Museum 1165 1st Ave West, Owen Sound, ON N4K 4K8
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