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Canadian List of Shipping 1956: Dryden 3 [C.171056] registered at Kenora, built at Owen Sound in 1947. 35'1 -x l0�1 x 4'3; 10 g.t.; 7 n.t.; 93 hp. Owned by Dryden Paper Co. Ltd., Montreal. Canadian List of Shipping 1970: Steel tug Dryden 3 [C.171056] registered at Kenora, ON. Built at Owen Sound 1947. 35�; 11 g.t. RBF Notes: Hull 749. Sitting in Thunder Bay, ON as of 2004. Owned by Jeff Nelson of Thunder Bay, ON. Dec. 2018 currently owned by Sandy Smith at Garden Lake Timber, Thunder Bay.

 


Image source: http://forum.trailersailor.com/post.php?id=1398228

 

Dryden Paper Co. Ltd. Wages Nov. 1, 1953. Courtesy Dave Debney. Dave Debney comments (7 Dec 2014): "A bunch of us from work that are all retired have been going for coffee every Wednesday morning for the last six years. A couple of weeks ago, we somehow got started on a discussion of where our tugboats from the Pulp and Paper Mill in Dryden ended up. Hauling log booms on the lake and river had ended in 1981. We knew most had been sold between 1981 and 1984 but had no idea where they went or what became of them. There were five tugs, the Anglo Duchess, Dryden 2, Dryden 3, Dryden 4 and the Pine Bay. The Duchess was the largest and actually replaced the three Dryden tugs for hauling booms on the lake. Dryden 2, 3 and 4 were mainly used on the river after Duchess's arrival. Pine Bay, which no one seems to have any information on, now sits on the river bank in front of the mill as a monument." source: http://forum.trailersailor.com/post.php?id=1398228

 

37'6" x 10'. Built 1947. Sitting at Mount Baldy Rd., Thunder Bay, ON. Photo by Robert B. Farrow, April 28th, 2002.

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RBF notes: Dryden 3 Hull, May 1st, 2003.

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RBF notes: Hull sitting on the outskirts of Thunder Bay, and the cabin was sitting in a rail yard, but has recently been moved to an unknown location.
(Thunder Bay ON, May 1st, 2003).

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Dryden 3 photos by Rod Morrison, c. 2005. Click to enlarge.

 

RBF notes: Dryden 3 Hull, Jan. 21, 2006.

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RBF notes: Dryden 3 Cabin, April 25th, 2006.

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Dryden 3 hull still in the bush Dec. 2016. Matthew Carlson photos.
Click here for a 49 Facebook photo album of hull 749 by Matthew Carlson.

 

Winter 2017/2018 and April 29, 2018. Photos by David Siczkar.
Cabin reinstalled on the boat in fall 2017.

 

Dryden 3 sitting at Mount Baldy Rd., Thunder Bay, ON June 3, 2018. Photos by Matthew Carlson. Harris Bay (hull 642) in green, Dryden 3 (hull 749) in blue.

 

Video by Rob Farrow, Published on 17 Feb 2019. The 1946 Winch Boat called Harris Bay (hull 642), and the 1947 37' Warping Tug Dryden 3 (hull 749).

 

 

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