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W. No. 1 / Nellie Ted Purvis

Canadian List of Shipping 1956: Warper No. 1 [C.173245] registered at Montreal; built at Owen Sound in 1941. 28'1 x 8' 5 x 3'6; 5 g.t.; 3 n.t.; 35 hp. Owned by Ontario Paper Co. Ltd., Thorold, Ontario. Canadian List of Shipping 1970: Steel tug Warper No. 1 [C.173245] registered at Montreal. Built at Owen Sound in 1941. 28'; 5 g.t. Canadian List of Shipping 1994 - 95: Steel tug other [TGO] Nellie Ted Purvis [C.173245] Built at Owen Sound in 1941. 28'; 5 g.t. Owned by: The Ontario Paper Co., Thorold, Ont. Canada (1941- 1968), Paul D. Lecours, Marathon, Ont. Canada (1968- 1979), Morley E. Purvis, 37 Grace St., Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. Canada (1979 - )

 

Rob Marchand comments (Dec. 26, 2018): "This is my brother and I sitting on top of W. No. 1 (later Nellie Ted Purvis), at the mouth of the Pic River. The tug was owned at this point by Paul Lecours. Our families were long-time friends in Marathon. We were about to depart to a camp at the mouth of the White River for a week of camping/fishing. I don't know if the tug had another name at that point, but it did have the life preserver labelled as "W. No. 1". This would have been about 1969 or 1970."

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RBF notes: Photographer unknown. Same boat as Nellie Ted Purvis with the name Warp #1 on it. The only modifications done were the higher gunnel and pilothouse added. Same size, year built. Bowling Green also has it listed as former Warper No. 1. Robert B. Farrow Collection (I bought the photo from a guy whose name I can't remember.)

 

Historical Collections of the Great Lakes Great Lakes Vessels Online Index
Photo source http://ul.bgsu.edu/cgi-bin/xvsl2.cgi Item 007455

 

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