Russel Brothers Limited OWEN SOUND, ONTARIO Steelcraft Boat Builders
| Manistique
Canadian List of Shipping 1956: Manistique [C.197464] registered at Port Arthur. Built at Owen Sound in 1954. 38' x 12’1 x 3'3; 11 g.t.; 8 n.t.; 165 hp. Owned by Caland Ore Co. Ltd., Toronto. Canadian List of Shipping 1970: Steel tug Manistique [C.197464] registered at Port Arthur. Built at Owen Sound in 1954. 38'1; 11 g.t. Transport Canada List 2000: Steel tug Manistique [C.197464] registered at Toronto 05/31/1974. Built at Owen Sound in 1954. 16g.t.; 11 r.t.; 11.6m x 3.7m x 1m. Built by Russel-Hipwe11-Engines Ltd., Owen Sound. Owned by McNally Construction Inc.., Hamilton, Ontario Transport Canada L.ist 2002: Built by Russel-Hipwell Engine Co., Owen Sound, Ont. Owned by McNally Construction Inc., Hamilton, Ontario. Transport Canada List 2003: Owned by McNally Construction Inc., Hamilton, Ontario. |
Oct. 22, 2007: GAO notes: The tugs Le Taureau and the Manistique were on deck during the tow of the McNally Olympic which was lost in heavy seas near the northeast tip of Labrador. The Le Taureau is wedged between the rocks near the Olympic. The Manistique is considered sunk. Both are considered total losses.
| An example of one of the many types of boats constructed by the Steelcraft division of Russel-Hipwell Engines Ltd. is this dredge tender, photographed in northern Ontario waters. Forty feet long and 12 feet in the beam, it is powered by a 175 h.p. Cummins diesel. Equipped with an Amsterdam plow, it can crack 12 inches of blue ice. Russel-Hipwell also build tugs, work boats, launches, scows, barges and ferries. |
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St. John NB, May 17th, 1980. Photo courtesy of Mac Mackay.
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Dec. 2, 2000. Crysler Park Marina in Morrisburg, Ont., Terry Beahen photo courtesy Rene Beauchamp.
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GAO notes: Burlington, ON June 21, 2002. Manistique and Derrick No. 1. Manistique in better days. I was out on the Empire Sandy on Lake Ontario, and we were several miles away, but it was dead calm, so we pulled off a lifeboat drill and went over to where McNally Construction was laying water intake pipe, just to get these shots.
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Toronto c. early 2000's from Roger Read's photo album.
GAO notes: Burlington, ON June 21, 2002.
RBF notes: Manistique - Once used in the Mining Pits at Atikokan, ON
(Kingston, ON April 5, 2004)
Manistique in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Apr 10, 2007. She was later lost off the east coast of Canada. Paul Beesley photo.
10/24 - Tug Manistique lost - Ron Beaupré Photo.
The tug Manistique passes Mariatown on June 26, 2007 on the deck of barge Pitts No. 1. This tug was on board the barge McNally Olympic with another tug, Le Taureau, when the barge went ashore on the coast of Labrador in heavy seas. Both tugs are total wrecks.
For more Russel exhibits visit Owen Sound Marine & Rail Museum 1165 1st Ave West, Owen Sound, ON N4K 4K8
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