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Canadian List of Shipping 1956: Minikan [C.173698] registered at port Arthur; built at owen Sound in 1945. 28'5 x 8"3 x 3'2; 5 g.t.;3 n.t. 77 hp. Owned by Abitibi Power & Paper Co. Ltd., Iroquois Falls, Ontario. Canadian List of Shipping 1970: Steel tug Minikan [C.173698] registered at Port Arthur. Built at Owen Sound in 1945. 29'; 5 g.t. Canadian List of Ships 1997: Owned by Abitibi-Price Inc., Toronto, Ontario. Transport Canada List 2003: Owned by Abitibi-Price Inc., Toronto, Ontario.

 

Abitibi booming grounds (Matchett's Landing) on the Nipigon River.
Photo courtesy Mike Wolowich.
Mike comments (Mar. 2018): "...probably in the 1960's. St. Sylvester's Church would have been just left." Ginny Flett adds: "Lake Helen storage - the Minikan in the forefront and the Wendigokan in the background. Looks like they're getting ready to spill this raft."

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