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W. D. McCosh

Canadian List of Shipping 1956: W. D. McCosh [C.197918] registered at Ottawa. Built at Owen Sound in 1955. 35'1 x 10' x 4'3; 11 g.t.; 7 n.t.; 165 hp. Owned by The Canadian International Paper Co., Ltd., Montreal. Canadian List of Shipping 1970: Steel tug W. D. McCosh [C.197918] registered at Ottawa. Built at Owen Sound in 1955. 35'; 11 g.t. Canadian List of Ships 1997: Owned by Produits Forestries Timbecs Inc., Temiscamingue, Québec. Transport Canada List 2002. Built by Russel-Hipwell Engine Co., Owen Sound, Ont. Transport Canada List 2003: Owned by Produits Forestries Timbecs Inc., Temiscamingue, Québec. At Oct. 2018 still listed in the VRQS: Details for registered vessel W.D. MCCOSH (O.N. 197918) Registry Date 1955-04-22. Owners Name PRODUITS FORESTIERS TIMBECS INC., LES Address City TEMISCAMINGUE Country CANADA Postal Code J0Z 3R0. RBF Notes: Hull 1062. Sitting at Sault Ste. Marie, ON 2004.

 

W. D. McCosh, Soo Great Tugboat Race 1987. Courtesy Jeannette Cox.

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RBF notes: W.D. McCosh - Reported sold 2005 (Soo, ON July 3, 2004)

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Soo, ON July 3, 2004.

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Pop Dawg, Jan. 1, 2007, photo via boatnerd by Mike Nicholls.
http://www.boatnerd.com/news/newsthumbs/newsthumbs_375.htm

 

W. D. McCosh for sale, $55,000. Aug. 19, 2011. Photo by Ted Vince.

 

W.D. McCosh, Soo, ON, June 23, 2012. Photo by Shaun Vary.

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June 27, 2015. The Great Tug Boat Race started with a parade of the participating tug boats. Sault Ste Marie Ontario Canada. Photo by Brian Pressey.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/brian_pressey/19451834611
https://www.flickr.com/photos/brian_pressey/19441285462

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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

 

kijiji ad from Oct. 2016. Owned by Steve Turmaine (Nov. 2017)

 

Oct. 2018 1955 Russell Brothers Alligator TUG - $45000 USD. 165 Cummins 6 cylinder diesel engine Wet clutch Flat bottom Tug built for pulling log booms 38.6 feet long 11 foot beam draft requirement of 3 feet self contained cooling system all new interior steel floors freshly painted cable steering Asking 65000.00
https://charlotte.craigslist.org/boa/d/1955-russell-brothers/6709819108.html

 

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