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Ian B.

Ian B. - Canadian List of Shipping 1956: Ian B. [C.179134] registered at Port Arthur; built at Owen Sound in 1946. 37' 8 x 10' 6 x 4' 8; 13 g.t.; 9 n.t; 93 hp. Owned by The Great Lakes Paper Co. Ltd., Toronto. Great Lakes Paper Co. Newsletter, Aug. - Sept. 1952: Our Tugs - Tough and Tireless. Great Lakes Fleet Does Vital Work. Alligator Ian B. Built 1947 by Russel Brothers, Owen Sound, steel construction, 40 feet long, 10 feet 6 inches beam and is powered by a 95 hp. Cummins engine. Two drum winch carrying 1 mile of 5/16 cable. It is used with the Seymour W. to take wood from Great Lakes Paper Mill to storage up the Kam River. [No photo with article, which is filed in Empire Sandy clipping file.]

Ian B with another tug on the Kam River, Fort William, ON. Thunder Bay museum photo courtesy Rob Farrow.

 

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