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Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, QC. Russel winch boat in a Roadside park off Route 309, identified on Google Maps as "Halte routiere avec WIFI" across from a Pizza Shack. Beside the Parc Commemoratif de l'Eboulis de 1908. Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette. https://goo.gl/maps/7fseek4i1rgLGVdR6

 

Jean Francois Dussault photo, June26, 2018. This one is in Notre Dame de la Salette.

 

Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, QC. Winch boat in a Roadside park off Route 309. Photo by Doug Gagnon.

 

 
Parc Commemoratif de l'Eboulis de 1908

Douglas Gagnon comments (March 25, 2020): "In 1908, there was a massive landslide on the opposite shore of the river. It happened on April 26 at around 3:00 am, a 1200 ft long by 500 foot deep stretch of the riverbank gave way and several houses were swept away, 34 people died, 10 were never found, among them many children."

James MacLaren Co.

Given the boat paint scheme, the large black engine air scoops on the rear deck, and that it was donated by Energie Brookfield in 2008, it is quite likely this boat was one of the boats owned by the James MacLaren Co. From the vessel list, there were 10 winch boats that were owned by the James McLaren Co. in Buckingham...Carmichel, Charlie Stanyar, Frank Rowan, Harry Hamel, Joe Rowan, John T. Kealy, Miller, Proudfoot, Theodore Thibault, and W.D. Sutherland.

  • Carmichel is in a playground in Bowman, QC, on Route 309.
  • John T. Kealy Hull 937, was last seen in 2006 in Bowman, QC.
  • Theodore Thibault Hull 560, is on display in the municipality of Val-des-Bois QC, on Route 309.
  • W. D. Sutherland may be on display in the Centre Nautique de la Lievre in Gatineau, QC.

 

Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, QC. Russel winch boat in a Roadside park off Route 309. Note the mesh on the windows, and the rear deck air scoops. Photo by Sebastien Pelletier, Sept. 2019, Google Maps.

 

Screen shots from Google Maps.

 

 

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