Russel Brothers Limited OWEN SOUND, ONTARIO Steelcraft Boat Builders
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Steel diesel warping tug Regan [C.174014] built by Russel Bros., Owen Sound and registered 14/1942 as Regan 1941 - 19--. Owned by Abitibi Power & Paper Co. Ltd. See Abitibi binder and clipping file for data sheets. Canadian List of Shipping 1956: Regan [C.174014] registered at Owen Sound; built at Owen Sound in 1942. 44'5 x 12'9 x 4'9, 18 g.t.; 10 n.t.; 115 hp. Owned by Abitibi Power & Paper Co. Ltd., Iroquois Falls, Ontario. Canadian List of Shipping 1970: Steel tug Regan [C.174014] registered at Ottawa. Built at Owen Sound in 1942. 45'; 18 g.t. Canadian List of Ships 1997: Owned by Howard Avery Construction Ltd., Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Transport Canada List 2003.
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Tug Regan taken early 1950's on White Lake. My father, Lou Spooner sitting in wheelhouse door. Photo courtesy Maurice Spooner.
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Stan Johnson comments (Dec. 13, 2017): "Picture was taken at the wharf at Regan, Ont., on White Lake.
Regan was the Abitibi Village next to Mobert, the First Nations reserve, at the mouth of the White River.
Supplied by the Marathon & District Historical Society.
 | Steve Briggs comments (Dec. 14, 2017): "Here is another view of the Abitibi spillway at Regan, taken from the wharf, showing two winch boats (one of which is likely Esnagi) creating a boom." |
The wharf at Regan, Ont., on White lake. Regan at left.
Supplied by the Marathon & District Historical Society.
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"If the logs bug you...bitch". The Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
19 Sep 1970, Sat • Page 41
Article mentions Regan, and shows the Eddy VI winch boat near the Champlain Bridge. "As many as 41,000,000 logs are towed in a boom by one tug, for example the 250-horsepower, 18-ton, 44.5-foot-long tug, The Regan, which chugs downriver from Quyon." 41 million is an obvious typo, they likely meant 1 million. |
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Regan, on the Ottawa river. Photo courtesy Robert Cox. From the 2003 Great Tugboat Race programme courtesy Jeanette Cox. "The Regan was built at Owen Sound by Russel Brothers in 1942 for the Abitibi Pulp & Paper Co. She saw service in Lake Superior for several years then was moved to Iroquois Falls. She was next sold to the Eddy Match Co. then to Upper Ottawa Improvement Co. and saw service towing pulp and log booms on the Ottawa River."
Regan, Soo Great Tugboat Race 1987. Courtesy Jeannette Cox.
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Summer 2000 at the Tug Races in Sault Ste. Marie. Mink Isle and Regan. Paul Capel Collection.
2003 Great Tugboat Race, Sault Ste. Marie, ON.
Photo by by Roger LeLievre and N. Schultheiss.
http://www.boatnerd.com/pictures/special/sootugrace03/
2003 Great Tugboat Race programme courtesy Jeanette Cox. "The Regan was built at Owen Sound by Russel Brothers in 1942 for the Abitibi Pulp & Paper Co. She saw service in Lake Superior for several years then was moved to Iroquois Falls. She was next sold to the Eddy Match Co. then to Upper Ottawa Improvement Co. and saw service towing pulp and log booms on the Ottawa River. Howard purchased her in 1986 and began a complete refit. The pilot house is furnished in oak and brass. Other features include a dishwasher, clothes washer and dryer and a corner fireplace in the main salon."
Soo Great Tug Boat Race July 2004. Photo by Rob Farrow.
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RBF notes: Regan - (Soo, ON July 2, 2004)
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RBF notes: Regan - (Soo, ON July 3, 2004)
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2004 Great Tug Boat Race in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Photo by Daniel Sauve.
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2004 Great Tug Boat Race in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Photo by Jimmy Polnick.
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Regan hard at it. Photo: Ted Krug
tugfest.net: 2005 photos.  |
Tug Regan.
Capt Jeff Avery & crew made the trip down from the Sault for the Tugfest Event.
Photo: Bob White
tugfest.net: 2005 photos. |
Tugs Regan and Opeongo on parade July 2nd, 1999.
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Soo, date unknown. Regan and Martin E. Johnson
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Photo by Robert Cox.
Angie Williams photo: Tug Regan in the Canadian Soo Lock 6-28-08
https://flic.kr/p/52kNqJ
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Soo Tug Race 2008
Photos by Norm Meneray and Ted Vince.
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Regan's nose job, 2011, Soo. Photo by Christopher Gaughan.
Chris comments (Aug. 1, 2019): "Just after painting it. If anything, it increased the hull length a little bit, which increases speed a little bit (you have to understand these guys treated The Great Tugboat Races like NASCAR, tweaking everything possible). The Regan was also fitted with an articulated rudder I believe the year after this."
The Great Tugboat Race July 2011, Soo. Photo by Ted Vince.
Ted comments: "NOTE THAT THE REGAN HAS A NEW BOW ON HER..JEFF AVERY ADDED A NEW BULBOUS BOW TO HER TO MAKE MORE STABLE IN FALLOWING SEAS AND MAYBE RACING....HE SAYS IT WORKS....SORT OF A FIRST FOR A TUG I WOULD SAY."
Photos from the Soo Great Tug Race.
http://www.ssm.thegreattugboatrace.ca/Pictures.html
The Great Tugboat Race June 24, 2013, Soo
https://www.facebook.com/pg/The-Great-Tugboat-Race-159566384091097/
June 27, 2014. Photo by lucky via flickr.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/image_mine/14593814430
Regan, Great Tugboat Race, Saturday, June 28, 2014 in Sault Ste. Marie, ON.
https://www.sootoday.com/local-news/our-annual-tug-o-war-6-photos-174530
Regan the night before the Great Tug Race 2015. Photo courtesy Jimmy Polnick.
34th annual Great Tugboat Race, on the St. Marys River. June, 2015.
https://www.sootoday.com/local-news/tugs-away-on-the-st-marys-river-8-photos-181515
The Tug Boat Race in 2015.
Great Tug Boat Races cancelled
By Craig Huckerby - February 28, 2016
source: https://saultonline.com/2016/02/great-tug-boat-races-cancelled-this-summer/
Sault Ste. Marie, ON.
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