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Canadian List of Shipping 1970: Steel tug Quyon [C.188705] registered at Ottawa. Built at Owen Sound in 1956. 27'; 4 g.t. Canadian List of Ships 1997: Owned by Robert Bowes, Renfrew, Ontario. Transport Canada List 2002: Quyon [C.188705] Registered at Ottawa 1957/02/77. Built in 1956. Built by Russel-Hipwell Engine Co., Owen Sound, Ont. Owned by Ronny Bowes, Renfrew, Ontario. Transport Canada List 2003: Owned by Ronny Bowes, Renfrew, Ontario. Hull 1139.

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Photos by Dan McKay, Mar. 1, 2008, Gracefield, QC. Click to enlarge. Hull 1139.
RBF notes (Mar. 8, 2008): Quyon sits at the School House Musem near Deep River, ON, a few miles down the road from the Moor Lake hull. Quyon is confirmed as former Quyon Tg that was owned by Ronny Bowes and donated to the museum.

 

July 2012 source: http://schoolhousemuseum.ca/

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June 2015 source: http://schoolhousemuseum.ca/

 

Quyon near Deep River, ON, at the Schoolhouse Museum. Photos by Shawn MacDonald, Jan. 2019.

 

Ronny Bowes was a well known local a bush pilot.
Here are two biographical sites:

http://ottawavalley.ca/ov14her/herronnyb.html

http://www.canaero.ca/subpages/Article%20content/ottawavalleyflyinglegendp.html

 

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