Russel Bros."ALLIGATOR" type WINCH TUG Ancaster O W E N S O U N D M A R I N E & R A I L M U S E U M
The 1973 issue Canadian Dollar bill featured the Ancaster (the smaller boat) and the Missinaibi (larger boat) as originally captured in a black & white 1963 photograph by Malak Karsh (Ottawa) entitled "Paper & Politics". The photos depicts the two Russel Brothers, Owen Sound built lumber tugs cleaning up a log boom break which flooded the Ottawa river just below the Parliament Buildings. |
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