Canadian List of Shipping 1956: P. P. M. 32 [C.177964] registered at Toronto; built at Owen Sound in 1946. 42'9 x 12' x 3'4; 19 g.t.; 7 n.t.; 93 hp. Owned by Abitibi Power & Paper Co. Ltd., Toronto. Canadian List of Shipping 1970: Steel tug P. P. M. 32 [C.177964] registered at Toronto. Built at Owen Sound in 1946. 43'; 19 g.t. Owned by Abitibi Pulp & Paper, Toronto. Canadian List of Ships 1997: Owned by minister of Highways and Transportation, Winnipeg, Manitoba. RBF Notes: PPM 32, Hull 591 sitting in Selkirk, MB in a field summer 2003. Owner Mike Maloney, Selkirk, MB 204-785-1080. For sale for $25,000 Cdn, 175 cummins diesel engine, Galley, sleeps 4, 3-1 reduction gears. prop 39�, Hydraulic Steering, 3� shaft. Cabin rebuilt 1977. Transport Canada List 2004: Registry closed January 24, 2000. Put up for auction on eBay January 2005. High bid was $4550.00 US won by Dan McKay of Sault Ste. Marie, ON January 26, 2005.
RBF notes: PPM 32 - Sold on eBay for $5500 US in 2004. Still waiting to be moved to the Soo, ON (Selkirk, MB May 18, 2003)
Builder's plate. Boat #591, 1946. Photo by Dan MacKay Dec. 17, 2017.
PPM32 moves from Selkirk MB to Soo ON, 2006-03-23. Photo by Dan MacKay.
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PPM32 moves from Selkirk MB to Soo ON, 2006-03-23. Photo by Dan MacKay.
PPM32 moves from Selkirk MB to Soo ON, 2006-03-23. Photo by Dan MacKay.
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New paint, new name. RBF notes: PPM 32 has received an unofficial name change to Mikayla, after Dan McKay's daughter. Photo by Ted Vince of the Soo, Aug. 2006.
Jul 1, 2015: LOCAL2 cameras were on the scene as 16 vessels took part in the 34th annual Great Tugboat Race, held Saturday afternoon on the St. Marys River in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. This four minute video features short interviews with Adam Lyons of Whitney III, Roy Wilson of Queensville, and Annette Currie of Mikayla. Also Marc Mousseau. Also footage of Boomalong, Scottish Thistle, Cobra and (briefly) W.D. McCosh. source: https://www.sootoday.com/videos/news/tugging-along-the-st-marys-river-11509
Scottish Thistle, Mikayla & Decelles. Taken on January 9, 2018 by Rick McCutcheon. Ice-locked tugboats, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. This is a study in patience. I saw this as a possible image six days ago. Six days in a row I went out with my gear waiting for the light to come in with the sun going down, the pinkish sky behind, the yellow of the tugs lit by evening sun, and no intrusions. Each night until this evening I was foiled by one thing or another, and even on this evening I waited two hours to get this image.
This evening I went with only old school manual focus lenses, many 30 or more years old. This is the much acclaimed 135mm, f/2.8 AI-S lens, mounted on one of Nikon's newest bodies, sitting on a tripod of course.
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