Russel Brothers Limited OWEN SOUND, ONTARIO Steelcraft Boat Builders
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Melba Croft Notes from Particulars of Canadian War Vessels Building & Projected: Glenmont [C.N. 533] launched 27/10/1943. Canadian Transportation, July 1947, page 418: W.A.C. Ship Sales in April: 1 tug Glenmont - Department of Public Works, St. John's, Nfld. Canadian List of Shipping 1956. Glenmont [C.178534] registered at St. John's, Nfld.; built at Owen Sound in 1943. 75�9 x 20�1 x 7�6; 102 g.t.; 34 n.t.; 320 hp. Owned by The Minister of Public Works for the Province of Newfoundland, St. John's, Nfld. Steel tug Glenmont [C.178534] was built by Russel Bros. Ltd., at Owen Sound, Ontario in 1943. Launched on October 27, 1943. Registered at St. John's, Nfld. She measures 76'; 102 gross tons. Canadian List of Ships 1997: Owned by Shepherd Boats Ltd. Rexdale, Ontario. Transport Canada List 2003: Owned by Shepherd Boats Ltd. GAO Notes: Owned by John Jones, Toronto 1994 - 2000. Sold to Mac Mokerchuk and John Winney. Renamed b] Carolina Borealis in 2002 and registered as a new build. Registry info as of Nov. 2017: (O.N. 824441) Owners listed as JOHN WILLIAM WINNEY, 35 BASIN STREET, TORONTO, CANADA, M4M 1A1 and
PATRICIA ANNE WINNEY, 310 ALBANY STREET, FORT ERIE, CANADA
PL2A 1L9.
Commissioner for Public Utilities 1949 - 1950
Minister of Public Works for the Province of Newfoundland 1950 - 1968
National Harbours Board 1968 - ?
Shepherd Boats Ltd. Rexdale, Ontario
John Jones, Toronto 1994 - 2002
Mac Mokerchuk and John Winney 2002 - present.
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From Nauticapedia: "Glenmont Vessel image Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo HS-0050-117_DHH. Owner(s) She was a Canadian Naval Tug, Glen Class, in Royal Canadian Navy service 1943-1945. In 1947 she was sold to the Province of Newfoundland's Ministry of Public Works. In 1969 title was transferred to The National Harbours Board, Ottawa, ON. In 1997 owned by Shepherd Boats Ltd. Rexdale, Ontario. She was sold, rebuilt as a charter ship. (Sort of).
Anecdotes: She was launched 27 October 1943 and employed as a harbour tug at Halifax NS."
Photo source http://nauticapedia.ca/dbase/Query/Shiplist5.php?id=56613
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The Windsor Star, Windsor, Ontario, 20 Nov 1952, Thu Page 10
Freighter Reaches Port
Towed to Safety After Being Aground
ST. JOHNS, Nfld. (CP) A Norwegian freighter, with bunkers empty and crew weary from a 10-day battle with the storm-tossed Atlantic, was towed into port last night after skirting disaster at the end of her long haul. The 1,500-ton Bencas was pulled free from Pancake Rock where she grounded within sight of the calm waters of this landlocked eastern harbor. The St. John's tug Glenmont sped to the stricken freighter's side after the Bencas, without steerage, sheered from her course and piled onto the submerged crag. |
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The Gazette
Montreal, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
20 Nov 1952, Thu Page 1 Freighter Saved
St John's. Nfld, Nov. 19. A Norwegian freighter, with bunkers empty and crew weary from a 10-day battle with the storm-tossed Atlantic, was towed into port tonight after skirting disaster at the end of her long haul.
The 1,500-ton Bencas was pulled free from Pancake Rock where she grounded within sight of the calm waters of this landlocked eastern harbor.
The St. John's tug Glenmont sped to the stricken freighter's side after the Bencas, without steerage, sheared from her course and piled onto the submerged crag. The Glenmont teamed up with the Foundation Lillian which had towed the Bencas from 400 miles out in the Atlantic, to refloat her. It was not believed the vessel was damaged in the grounding but divers will make a check tomorrow. |
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Calgary Herald (Calgary, Alberta, Canada), 30 Sep 1977, Fri Page 3
LEFT TO BURN. The Portuguese trawler Vasco d'Orey is pulled by the tug Glenmont out of Newfoundland's St. John's Harbor Thursday after firemen were unable to quench a blaze that apparently started in the engine-room. Port authorities decided the burning vessel should be towed out to sea because of the danger posed to the waterfront. One of the 11 fishermen injured died in hospital early today bringing the death toll to two. Four of the injured remain in critical condition. |
Nov. 9th, 1982, St. John's NFLD. Photo courtesy Mac Mackay.
Oct. 9th, 1983, St. John's NFLD. Photo courtesy Mac Mackay.
Oct. 8, 1983. Photo courtesy Mac Mackay.
Glenmont returns to the dock after a day's work in St.John's.
source: http://tugfaxblogspotcom.blogspot.ca/2013/05/first-generation-glen-class-tugs-of-rcn.html
GLENMONT in Montreal Sept. 1988 taking a rest of a few days before resuming her trip to Toronto from St.John's, Nfld. Delivery trip to new owners Shepherd Boats. It entered the Seaway on Sept. 28.
Photo by Rene Beauchamp.
SV notes: A rather forlorn looking Glenmont winters in Toronto
prior to her conversion to "Carolina Borealis".
Glenmont, Toronto, 1994.  |
c. mid 90's from Roger Read's photo album.
Rebuilding of the Glenmont
By Gerry Ouderkirk - Click to enlarge.
Source: http://boatnerd.com/pictures/tug/glenmont.htm
Work on the Glenmont started in the summer of 2000. Details for registered vessel CAROLINA BOREALIS (O.N. 824441) Year Built 2001. Builder Name BOREALIS CRUISES Address City TORONTO. Authorized Representative Name JOHN WILLIAM WINNEY Address 12 CARLAW AVE City TORONTO Country CANADA Postal Code M4M 2R7.
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 c. 1980's |
 1994 |
 Sept. 2nd, 1995 |
 June 22, 1999 |
 Apr. 1st, 2000 |
 Aug. 29, 2000 |
 June 4, 2000 |
 June 10, 2000 |
 June 30, 2000 |
 Feb. 21, 2001 |
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 April 23, 2001 |
 April 23, 2001 |
 July 31, 2001 |
 July 31, 2001 |
 July 31, 2001 |
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RBF notes: Rebuilt as Charter boat, reregistered as new built Carolina Borealis (Toronto, ON July 29, 2002). See http://boatnerd.com/pictures/tug/glenmont.htm
Carolina Borealis Toronto Harbour 2012-03-30. Photo by Eira Voth. Click to enlarge.
3/23/16, image found online, photographer unknown.
Carolina Borealis April 24, 2017. She was still in the Cherry Street slip (Toronto),
but she has been moved since then.
Carolina Borealis on Google Streetview, saved Jan. 10, 2020.
For more Russel exhibits visit Owen Sound Marine & Rail Museum 1165 1st Ave West, Owen Sound, ON N4K 4K8
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