RUSSEL BROTHERS Ltd. Steelcraft winch boat and warping tug builders from Owen Sound, Ontario.

Russel Brothers Limited OWEN SOUND, ONTARIO Steelcraft Boat Builders

Lost R.

Hull number 550. Canadian List of Shipping 1956: Lost R. [C.175006] registered at Owen Sound; built at Owen Sound in 1945, 27'3 x 7'5 x 3'; 4 g.t.; 3 n.t.; 28 hp. Owned by Spruce Falls Power & Paper Co. Ltd., Toronto. Canadian List of Shipping 1970: Steel tug Lost R. [C.175006] registered at Owen Sound. Built at Owen Sound in 1945. 27'; 4 g.t. Canadian List of Shipping 1997: Steel tug/other Lost R. [C.175006] registered at Owen Sound. Built at Owen Sound in 1945, 8 m; 4 g,t.; 3 n.t. Owned by Spruce Falls Inc., Box 100, Kapuskasing, Ontario P5V 2Y2. Transport Canada List 2003: Owned by Corp. Town of Kapuskasing, Kapuskasing, Ontario. Other Boats that worked for Spruce Falls Inc. were Penny, Kapus, Oscar, Saginash, Warp, and Hopalong.

On display at the edge of Opasatika ON, on TransCanada Highway 11. N 49� 31.484 W 082� 50.725 17U E 366448 N 5487426. Photo taken 8/17/2014. Note Spruce Falls Inc. triangular crest, and orange company paint. Opasatika is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Cochrane District on the Opasatika River, a tributary of the Missinaibi River. Its name is of First Nation origin, meaning "river lined with poplars".
source: http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMM9ME_Landlock_Boat_Opasatika_Ontario_Canada

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Opasatika is a former mill town with about 300 residents set on the Opasatika River. Opaz (as it is commonly called along northern Highway 11) used to have its own mill, but changes to the forestry industry in northern Ontario have meant that a lot of the smaller mills are being closed. This means that communities like Opasatika, Smooth Rock, and Longlac are losing their mills, and fighting for their lives in the process. http://highway11.ca/content/interior/opasatika/