Riverton Boat Works

Riverton MB

Ken and Chris Thorsteinson owned and operated Riverton Boat Works for over 40 years and the boats they built were remarkably complex, especially considering that Riverton is such a tiny place - population 600 - in such a remote location.

O/N Name Customer Type GT Built Notes
157173 Husk trawler 16 1926 closed
193284 Diane H. freighter 43 1951
193286 Twenty-One yacht 22 1951 closed 2005
194382 Mareca Dept. of Fisheries patrol boat 15 1951 later Theanne
190128 James A. Ryan tugboat 30 1952 closed 2005
193254 Kaye-Tee Kucher Trefiak freighter 48 1952 abandoned in Hay River NWT
193255 Alaskan Alaska Fisheries trawler 18 1952 closed 2008
193288 Solitude closed 2002
193297 Hecla Island ferry Manitoba DPW ferry 13 1953 closed 2002
188250 Hecla Island Ferry II Manitoba DPW ferry 110 1958 later Edgar Wood
313268 Shippegan tugboat 7 1961 closed 2008
313868 Kathy S. trawler 31 1961 closed 2002
313871 Mundi J. II trawler 57 1962
313872 Keystone trawler 175 1963 later Mukutawa
322523 Chemahaw trawler 27 1964
322526 Dundas barge 660 1965
372119 The Greenwing tugboat 14 1965 suspended 2008
828469 Fenton passenger 26 1965
312400 Nighthawk Charters freighter 38 1966 later Sharryn D II
322530 Spoonbill tugboat 14 1966
328003 Rushoon tugboat 8 1967 later T.A.1
331311 Uno Por Rio II recreational 21 1967 later Superior Princess
322534 Kinoosao trawler 22 1968
815416 M-10 pilot boat 18 1968 later Nauti-Boy, closed 2005
322538 Gods Laker trawler 12 1969 suspended 2003
322539 Lady Selkirk passenger 205 1969 later Lady Northland, M.S. Kenora
331156 Tar Island tugboat 7 1969 closed 2009
828466 Cecil passenger 35 1969
828755 Rosevear ferry ferry 30 1969
331314 Treesbank Ferry II City of Winnipeg ferry 13 1970 closed 1999
344934 H. Broadhead freighter 143 1971 later Arctic Bear 1988, closed 2008
331316 Lady Frances trawler 38 1972 closed 2001
331317 Seabird V tugboat 32 1972
827637 Siggi Einar trawler 23 1972
331321 Javlyn trawler 34 1973
344933 Norweta passenger 286 1973
197728 McBeth recreational 15 1973
331330 Siggi Oliver research 25 1974 closed 2006
395641 Wollaston Lake barge freighter 35 1974
826482 Ruby E trawler 27 1974
347524 Namao Dept. of Fisheries buoy tender 328 1975 later 1998-06 1998, sold 2005 as Namao
808181 Dallas - Faye freighter 19 1976
808184 Haley Lynn closed 1995
372102 Joe Keeper ferry 168 1977
372103 James Apetagon ferry 94 1977
372104 Thomas A. McIvor ferry 94 1977 later C. F. Ingemar Carlson II
371491 Tamiko Lee-Ann trawler 20 1979 suspended 2003
372115 Alfred Settee Sr. ferry 94 1982
801096 Le Cormoran tugboat 8 1982 later T.3
828694 Tannis Dayne trawler 24 1982
827795 Amik II passenger 29 1984
808174 H. M. Wilson tugboat 171 1986
808175 Treesbank Ferry III City of Winnipeg ferry 22 1987
803827 Mandi Ross recreational 18 1990 later Sabina
827761 Playgreen II freighter 56 1994

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