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Canadian List of Shipping 1947: Abraham Martin [C.174015] registered at Owen Sound; built at Owen Sound in 1942. 55'5 x 14'5 x 5'2; 37 g.t.; 22 n.t.; 400 hp. Owned by The Minister of Transport, Ottawa. Ex- Watch. Transport Canada List 2003: Renamed Cap Petit Mechins. No longer registered in Canada. Ex- Watch. Canadian List of Shipping 1956: Abraham Martin [C.174015] registered at Owen Sound; built at Owen Sound in 1942. 55' 5 x 14' 5 x 5' 2; 37 g.t.; 22 n.t.; 400 hp. Owned by Minister of Transport, Ottawa. Renamed Cap Petit Mechins. Canadian List of Shipping 1947: Abraham Martin [C.174015] registered at Owen Sound; built at Owen Sound in 1942. 55' 5 x 14' 5 x 5' 2; 37 g.t.; 22 n.t.; 400 hp. Owned by The Minister of Transport Ottawa. Ex- Watch. Transport Canada List 2003: Renamed Cap Petit Mechins. No longer registered in Canada. Ex- Abraham Martin, Ex- Watch. Canadian List of Shipping 1970: Steel Pilot boat Cap Petits Mechins [C.174015] registered at Quebec. Built at Owen Sound in 1942. 56'; 37 g.t. Canadian List of Ships 1997: Steel Pilot boat Cap Petits Mechins [C.174015] registered at Quebec. Built at Owen Sound in 1942. 16m; 37 g.t. 22 r.t. Owned by Verreault Navigaton, Les Mechins, Quebec. Ex- Watch. Canadian List of Shipping 1956: Abraham Martin [C.174015] registered at Owen Sound; built at Owen Sound in 1942. 55' 5 x 14' 5 x 5' 2; 37 g.t.; 22 n.t.; 400 hp. Owned by The Minister of Transport, Ottawa. Renamed Cap Petits Mechins. Canadian List of Shipping 1947: Abraham Martin [C.174015] registered at Owen Sound; built at Owen Sound in 1942. 55' 5 x 14' 5 x 5' 2; 37 g.t.; 22 n.t.; 400 hp. Owned by The Minister of Transport, Ottawa. Ex- Watch. Transport Canada List 2003: Renamed Cap Petit Mechins. No longer registered in Canada.

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Photo Date: 1969/10/26   image #002728.   Cap Mechins pushing I.V. No. 8.
Photo and tables below courtesy Great Lakes Vessels Index, Historical Collections of the Great Lakes,
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Cap Petit Mechins 1972. David Freeman photo courtesy of Rene Beauchamp.

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Cap Petit Mechins at Les Mechins, 14 May 1972. Photo Betty Le Maistre courtesy of Rene Beauchamp.

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Cap Petit Mechins at Les Mechins, summer 1987. Likely, not long before it was broken up. Photo by David Freeman courtesy of Rene Beauchamp.

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Cap Petit Mechins

 

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