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Transport Canada List 2004: Steel Passenger Vessel Kwe [C.825058] registered at Thunder Bay, ON May 16, 2003. Built by Russel Brothers in 1940. Rebuilt 2002. 12.13m x 3.72m x 1.91m; 26.81 g.t.; 20.11 n.t.; 157 hp. Owned by Anishinabek/Ontario Fisheries Resource Centre., North Bay, ON. RBF Notes: Stern added onto in winter of 2003/2004 while in Nipigon, ON.

RBF notes: former ministry fish tug, now pleasure boat.
(Nipigon ON, July 13, 2003).

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RBF notes: former ministry fish tug, now pleasure boat.
(Thunder Bay, ON, July 18, 2004).

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MacDiarmid, Ontario, April 23rd, 2007
RBF notes: The Kwe has been bought by the Natives in MacDairmid and was trucked up to Lake Nipigon. She sports a new 8 foot section welded onto her stern.

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May 14, 2018: FOR SALE: Fishing Tug Boat
https://www.aofrc.org/aofrc/2018/05/for-sale-fishing-tug-boat.html

The A/OFRC (Anishinabek/Ontario Fisheries Resource Centre) is accepting offers for the sale of the KWE, a steel hull fishing vessel. The sale of the KWE is on an AS IS, WHERE IS basis - she is currently situated on private property on Orient Bay on Lake Nipigon. The KWE was constructed as a fishing vessel by Russel Brothers in 1940, rebuilt in 2002, and registered as a commercial vessel in 2007. She was used as a research vessel by the A/OFRC. Details: - Steel Hull - Length: 12.13 m (40 ft) - Breadth: 3.72 m - Depth: 1.91 m - Gross tonnage: 26.81 - Cummins 6BT-5.9 Diesel engine (rated 210 hp @ 2600 RPM) - Ovatek liferaft For further information, contact Peter Meisenheimer at 1-705-472-7888 ext. 1 or pmeisenheimer@aofrc.org. Submit offers to: MAIL: KWE sale c/o AOFRC 755 Wallace Road Unit 5 North Bay, ON P1A 0E7 FAX: 705-472-6333 EMAIL: pmeisenheimer@aofrc.org SUBJECT: KWE sale Deadline for offers: June 1, 2018 (subject to acceptable offers being received)

 

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