Russel Brothers Limited OWEN SOUND, ONTARIO Steelcraft Boat Builders
| Cape Crow
Canadian List of Shipping 1956: Cape Crow [C.192828] registered at Montreal; built at Owen Sound in 1951. 37� 4 x 10� 5 x 5�; 14 g.t.; 10 n.t.; 165 hp. Owned by St. Maurice River Drive Co., Ltd., Trois Riviers, Qu�bec. Canadian List of Shipping 1970: Steel tug Cape Crow [C.192828] registered at Montreal; built at Owen Sound in 1951. 38�; 14 g.t. Transport Canada List 2002: Built by Russel-Hipwell Engine Co., Owen Sound, Ont. Transport Canada List 2003: Owned by Enterprise Marissa inc., Beauport, Qu�bec. RBF Notes: Listed for sale on Scruton Marine in 2004. |
YC notes: The Cape Crow, it was used in Trois-Rivi�res and delivered in 1951 at B�cancourt near Trois-Rivi�res, The boat was transfered from a CN Flat car to a barge before transferral to Trois-Rivi�res. The Cape Crow was great looking Tug, but without a winch and a flat bottom, it was not as versatile as the other aligator tugs!.... The shape of the hull was not ideal to jump a boom but I guess it was a bit faster than all the others in clear water.
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National Post
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
13 Sep 1952, Sat Page 48 |
STANDARDIZE on STEELCRAFT. For every kind of log towing job, there's a Steelcraft design ... or enough know-how at Russel-Hipwell to produce one. To be a successful boat it should be tailored for the job, with plenty of power for towing. R-H have over 300 logging craft designs on file.
The "Cape Crow" tows on the St. Maurice river and its 106 h.p. Cummins diese! gives it a bollard pull of over 1 tons on the wheel. IF YOU HAVE A TOWING PROBLEM STANDARDIZE ON STEELCRAFT. |
YC notes: The Crow sitting for winter storage in 1955, Trois Rivieres, QC.
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YC notes: The Crow along a boom in 1955.
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Cape Crow in the St. Maurice River Drive, 1977. Center interuniversitaire d'etudes quebecoises, Rene-Hardy Collection, Fonds Groupe de recherche sur la Mauricie, Forest Series, N60-368.
http://mauricie.cieq.ca/icono_fiche.php?-action=browse&-recid=1148  |
Estacades de l��le St-Christophe. Drave, flottage du bois. 1977. Centre interuniversitaire d��tudes qu�b�coises, Collection Ren�-Hardy, Fonds Groupe de recherche sur la Mauricie, S�rie For�t, N60-79.
http://mauricie.cieq.ca/icono_fiche.php?-action=browse&-recid=838  |
Cape Crow in Montreal, April, 1987. Rene Beauchamp Photo Collection. 
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Cape Crow in Montreal, April, 1987. Rene Beauchamp Photo Collection. 
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Cape Crow in Montreal, July, 1992. Rene Beauchamp Photo Collection. 
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Cape Crow in Qu�bec City, June 15, 2006. Michel Tremblay Photo Collection. 
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Photo by Jean Hemond Sep 10, 2006. Tug Soulanges built 1905 G.T:71.53 Lenght 21.95 m. Along side tug Cape Crow built in 1951 at Russel Hipwell Owen Sound. G.T:14.21 lenght 9.66m.
http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=286123#
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Raymond Hodgson notes: The Cape Crow, 25 of November 2006 in Qu�bec City.
The tug is at dock in the Bassin Louise in the old port. 
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Cape Crow June 22 and 24, 2007. Photos by two happy campers.
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TUGS SOULANGES & CAPE CROW. Jean Hemond photo taken on September 23, 2010.
source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/naturepainter/5018974598 |
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May 15, 2011. CAPE CROW at the Port of Quebec City. Photo by Steve Geronazzo, shipspotting.com.
source: http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=1312238 |
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Jean Hemond photo, taken on July 8, 2012.
Tugs Soulanges et Cape Crow au port de Québec.
source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/naturepainter/11923328983 |
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May 28, 2014. CAPE CROW arriving in the Bassin Louise in the port of Quebec, Quebec, Canada. Photo by Jacques Trempe, shipspotting.com.
source: http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2043517 |
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May 28, 2014. CAPE CROW arriving in the Bassin Louise in the port of Quebec, Quebec, Canada. Photo by Jacques Trempe, shipspotting.com.
source: http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2043516 |
In Winter quarters at Trois-Rivi�res, Winter 2015/2016. Photo Ren� Beauchamp.
In the St. Lawrence Seaway in October 2016. Photo Ren� Beauchamp.
Cape Crow in the Trois-Rivieres Ocean yard, 2019. Photo by Rene Garceau.
For more Russel exhibits visit Owen Sound Marine & Rail Museum 1165 1st Ave West, Owen Sound, ON N4K 4K8
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