Russel Brothers Limited OWEN SOUND, ONTARIO Steelcraft Boat Builders
| O. M. 238
Canadian List of Shipping 1956: O. M. 238 [C.175054] registered at Kenora; built at Owen Sound in 1945. 25' x 7'5 x 2'9; 4 g.t.; 2 n.t.; 20 hp. Owned by The Ontario, Minnesota Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd., Fort Frances, Ontario. Canadian List of Shipping 1970: Steel tug O. M. 238 [C.175054] registered at Kenora. Built at Owen Sound in 1945. 25'; 4 g.t. Canadian List of Ships 1997: Owned by Boise Cascade Canada Ltd., Fort Frances, Ontario. Transport Canada List 2003: Owned by Boise Cascade Canada Ltd. RBF Notes: sitting at the edge of Rainy Lake just before Fort Frances, ON causeway 2004. Details for registered vessel O.M. 238 (O.N. 175054) Port of Registry KENORA, ON. Registry Date 1948-05-08 Owner: ONTARIO-MINNESOTA PULP & PAPER CO. LTD. FORT FRANCES, ON, CANADA |
O.M. 238 "the Bugboat", working beside Hallett, with boom at dock c. 1950. Photo courtesy Fort Frances Museum 995.009.004.
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RBF notes: O.M. 238 - "Partially sunk but not abandoned" (Fort Frances, ON May 19, 2004) and "area was cleaned up and the Maffey tug and OM238 ended up in a business yard for a few years but have since disappeared!" (Nov. 2018).
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O. & M. (Ontario-Minnesota Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd.) winch boats from Fort Frances ON.
The ones mentioned in the Russel Vessel list are O. M. 8 [C.188687], O. M. 10 [C.188688], O. M. 235 [C.175053], O. M. 238 [C.175054], O. M. 310 [C.195336, Maffey build, date of reg. closing: 1995-08-16], O. M. 2096 and O. M. 2124 [C.179134] .
Captions (left to right):
1) 987.153.600a - Little Turtle Drive, boom of wood in Turtle lake, June 1947.
2) 987.153.551 - Two men on a bug boat, poling logs for a boom.
3) 987.153.605 - Meat run - Flanders area, crossing Calm Lake by barge, 1947.
4) 987.153.606b - Crossing Calm Lake, October 1949.
O.M. 238 on left, likely Maffey built RAFT LAKE on right, in Fort Frances, ON, Dec. 2018. O.M. 238 cabin smashed and overturned on top of boat. Looks like pieces of the winch on the bow. Photos courtesy Matthew Carlson.
For more Russel exhibits visit Owen Sound Marine & Rail Museum 1165 1st Ave West, Owen Sound, ON N4K 4K8
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