What a view Toronto offers from the lake!! no matter the time . . . day or . . .
night or day. Here Salvage Monarch heads out.
Hope takes a spud barge out to the job.
In the Port Lands, this unnamed vessel all decked out in camouflage paint waits.
Maybe someone can help with more names too. . .
Or stories . . . ?
Iron Guppy wins my prize for most colorful name. Bravo to the school kids who dubbed it such.
And here’s the story that links Iron Guppy with William Rest.
All photos by Will Van Dorp.
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September 12, 2019 at 11:10 am
tugboathunter
Photo 4: Menier Consol, a former coastal freighter turned floating drydock. You can see there is a tug on the blocks, can’t tell who though.
Photo 5: W.N. Twolan https://gltugs.wordpress.com/w-n-twolan/
Photo 7: Fred Scandrett https://gltugs.wordpress.com/fred-scandrett/
September 12, 2019 at 1:23 pm
tugster
Thx, tbhunter . . .
September 12, 2019 at 11:35 am
William Lafferty
The “camouflaged” craft is the former goélette Menier Consol, now Toronto Dry Dock, since that is what it now is. If you look closely you’ll see a tug inside it. Built 1962 at Lauzon by Davie and so converted in 1989. Below that is the workhorse W. N. Twolan built the same place and year as the Menier Consol for the National Harbours Board, stationed at Churchill, Manitoba, before coming south. I believe the Iroquois is the former tug J. G. Fleck, built 1946 by Northern Marine & Engine Co., Ltd., at Brone for Booth Lumber, Ltd., of Tee Lake, Québec, The forlorn-looking craft I have no idea, but I can make inquiries. The bottom photograph shows the William Rest, built 1961 at Erieau by Erieau Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Ltd., now owned by Galcon Marine, Ltd., of Toronto.
September 12, 2019 at 11:40 am
Jan van der Doe
William,
The rustbucket is the former “Fred Scandrett”
September 12, 2019 at 1:23 pm
tugster
Thx, Jan
September 12, 2019 at 1:21 pm
tugster
Thx, William. Here’s the Menier Consol: http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=1059939
September 12, 2019 at 10:29 pm
George Schneider
I also want to express my thanks to Jan for identifying that little rustytug. A friend photographed her, and also a strange passenger ship conversion (maybe 35 meters long) at Toronto in 2015, and I’ve had them on my “watch’ list ever since. One solved, one to go.
September 15, 2019 at 5:03 pm
tugboathunter
The passenger ship conversion you saw there is the “Carolina Borealis”, and was a strange conversion from the former Royal Canadian Navy tug Glenmont that I believe was never completed. http://www.boatnerd.com/pictures/tug/glenmont.htm
http://stevebriggs.netfirms.com/osmrm/xglenmont.html
September 12, 2019 at 10:33 pm
Anonymous
I’m George Schneider’s friend with an image of the mystery rust bucket. Thanks for identifying her for me!
September 6, 2020 at 9:35 am
tugster
Belated thx to all for identifying these boats.