Russel Brothers Limited OWEN SOUND, ONTARIO Steelcraft Boat Builders
| Kwe
Transport Canada List 2004: Steel Passenger Vessel Kwe [C.825058] registered at Thunder Bay, ON May 16, 2003. Built by Russel Brothers in 1940. Rebuilt 2002. 12.13m x 3.72m x 1.91m; 26.81 g.t.; 20.11 n.t.; 157 hp. Owned by Anishinabek/Ontario Fisheries Resource Centre., North Bay, ON. RBF Notes: Stern added onto in winter of 2003/2004 while in Nipigon, ON. |
RBF notes: former ministry fish tug, now pleasure boat.
(Nipigon ON, July 13, 2003).
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RBF notes: former ministry fish tug, now pleasure boat.
(Thunder Bay, ON, July 18, 2004).
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2006:
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MacDiarmid, Ontario, April 23rd, 2007
RBF notes: The Kwe has been bought by the Natives in MacDairmid and was trucked up to Lake Nipigon. She sports a new 8 foot section welded onto her stern.
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May 14, 2018: FOR SALE: Fishing Tug Boat
https://www.aofrc.org/aofrc/2018/05/for-sale-fishing-tug-boat.html
The A/OFRC (Anishinabek/Ontario Fisheries Resource Centre) is accepting offers for the sale of the KWE, a steel hull fishing vessel.
The sale of the KWE is on an AS IS, WHERE IS basis - she is currently situated on private property on Orient Bay on Lake Nipigon.
The KWE was constructed as a fishing vessel by Russel Brothers in 1940, rebuilt in 2002, and registered as a commercial vessel in 2007. She was used as a research vessel by the A/OFRC.
Details:
- Steel Hull
- Length: 12.13 m (40 ft)
- Breadth: 3.72 m
- Depth: 1.91 m
- Gross tonnage: 26.81
- Cummins 6BT-5.9 Diesel engine (rated 210 hp @ 2600 RPM)
- Ovatek liferaft
For further information, contact Peter Meisenheimer at 1-705-472-7888 ext. 1 or pmeisenheimer@aofrc.org.
Submit offers to:
MAIL: KWE sale
c/o AOFRC
755 Wallace Road
Unit 5
North Bay, ON
P1A 0E7
FAX: 705-472-6333
EMAIL: pmeisenheimer@aofrc.org
SUBJECT: KWE sale
Deadline for offers: June 1, 2018 (subject to acceptable offers being received)
For more Russel exhibits visit Owen Sound Marine & Rail Museum 1165 1st Ave West, Owen Sound, ON N4K 4K8
(519) 371-3333  http://marinerail.com |
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