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Long Sault / Bulldog

Canadian List of Shipping 1956: Long Sault [C.190543] registered at Ottawa; built at Owen Sound in 1949. 42'7 x 12'5 x 6'1; 25 g.t.; 17 n.t.; 135 hp. Owned by The Minister of Transport, Ottawa. Canadian List of Shipping 1970: Steel tug Long Sault [C.190543] registered at Ottawa. Built at Owen Sound in 1949. 43'; 25 g.t. Russel Brochure: photo. Transport Canada List 2003: Owned by Drummond Fuels (Ottawa) Inc, Nepean, Ontario. Sold late summer 2018 to Kehoe Marine Constrution in Lansdowne, Ontario and renamed Bulldog. Bulldog is being redone over winter and put back into service as a tug in the spring, by Kehoe Marine Construction. They had owned Ishpeming in past, so possibly 4 Russel tugs in total, including Ethan and Sawyer I. Details for registered vessel LONG SAULT (O.N. 190543). Registry Date 1949-04-11 Certificate Expires 2022-02-28.

Official Number 190543 was cancelled 2019-06-06. Vessels under 15 tons do not require registraiton, and as as the tug was remeasured at 14.76 gross tons it now only requires a license number. The Bulldog name is therefore unofficial.

n.b. Long Sault and Trent are examples of the Tropical River Tug design that Russel's shipped to modern day Vietnam and Cameroon (Africa). (Design #306 April 24th, 1946). "full" links are to 600DPI scans.


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Historical Collections of the Great Lakes Great Lakes Vessels Online Index
Photo source http://ul.bgsu.edu/cgi-bin/xvsl2.cgi Item 004356

 

From Russel company brochure: SALVAGE EQUIPMENT.
Gerry Ouderkirk archive.

 

Clipping from R-H News, Nov. 1949 Vol. 1 No. 2.

 

John Bowkett of Toronto sends these 14 photos of Long Sault in Ottawa, 1964 in the Rideau Canal near Hog's Back Falls, at Hartwell's Locks (see http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/history/locks/h09-10-hartwells.html).
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Late 70s / early 80s. Photo courtesy Robert Cox.

 

"Lockmaster's tugboat on Rideau Canal Ottawa Ontario". Contributor: John T. Fowler / Alamy Stock Photo https://www.alamy.com/lockmaster-s-tugboat-on-rideau-canal-ottawa-ontario-image1269972.html

 

Dan McKay sends this image Oct. 13, 2017.

 

Long Sault in Manotick Marina. 6053 Rideau Valley Drive N., Manotick, Ontario, Canada, K4M 1B3 https://www.manotickmarina.ca

 

May 1, 2018. William Scott comments: "Drummond Fuels owns it. I believe it hasn't been used in years, it is sitting at the Manotick Marina. I believe it was used as a pleasure craft." Current owner: DRUMMOND FUELS (OTTAWA) LIMITED 30 RIDEAU HEIGHTS DRIVE NEPEAN ON CANADA K2E 7A6 http://www.drummonds.com/drummonds-gas

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Long Sault in Manotick Marina. Photos courtesy of owner Scott Drummond, General Manager GEORGE W. DRUMMOND LIMITED 30 Rideau Heights Drive Nepean, ON Canada K2E 7A6 Ph. 613-226-4440 Fx. 613-226-5530 www.drummonds.com

 

Photos by William Scott, July 2018.

Sold late summer 2018 to Kehoe Marine Constrution in Lansdowne, Ontario. Long Sault is being redone over winter and put back into service as a tug in the spring, by Kehoe Marine Construction. They had owned Ishpeming in past, so possibly 4 Russel tugs in total, including Ethan and Sawyer I.

 

Mac Mackay comments (June 5, 2020): "Photo recently received from Viktor Kaczkowski, Brockville, and posted with his permission. Bulldog, registry number C29337ON."

 

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