Breton Industrial & Marine
Point Tupper NS
Most recent update: July 16, 2021.
The Strait of Canso Marine Railway Co., just Canso Marine Railway Co., was a repair yard that was in operation at least as early as 1866. It was acquired by Murray Osborne in 1970 and renamed Breton Industrial & Marine Ltd. Osborne added a dry-dock and the fabrication capacity required to build ships and operated the yard until at least 1988. See the site from the air on Google here: it is now occupied by McNally International, the marine construction company that was purchased by Weeks Marine in 2011.
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| O/N | Name | Customer | Type | GT | LOA | Built | Notes | |
| Built by Canso Marine Railway Co. | ||||||||
| 313471 | Patsy Leb. | 1951 | closed 1984 | |||||
| 326738 | Breton No. 1 | 1961 | suspended 2008 | |||||
| Built by Breton Industrial & Marine | ||||||||
| 346536 | Gulf Canso | tank barge | 264 | 91 | 1973 | suspended 2009 | ||
| 368950 | A. P. A. No. 18 | Atlantic Pilotage Auth. | pilot boat | 51 | 62 | 1974 | ||
| 368954 | A. P. A. No. 20 | Atlantic Pilotage Auth. | pilot boat | 51 | 62 | 1974 | ||
| 368999 | A. P. A. No. 1 | Atlantic Pilotage Auth. | pilot boat | 51 | 62 | 1976 | ||
| 5 | 370575 | Cape Harrison | Canadian Coast Guard | patrol boat | 322 | 124 | 1976 | later Louis M. Lauzier, 2014-03 |
| 6 | 371740 | Louisbourg | Canadian Coast Guard | patrol boat | 295 | 124 | 1977 | later 2013-03 |
| 383324 | Marinus | fishing boat | 122 | 62 | 1977 | later Cape Chelsea Enterprise, Aqua Enterprise | ||
| 391614 | Rose Croix | closed 1996 | ||||||
| 393018 | Don Cadegan | fishing boat | 110 | 62 | 1979 | |||
| 393019 | Helen M. Cadegan | fishing boat | 110 | 62 | 1980 | |||
| 14 | Bahamas Ranger | landing craft | 271 | 1980 | later Bahama Ranger, Princess Samiah (Panama) | |||
| 395542 | Point Henry | Canadian Coast Guard | patrol boat | 77 | 66 | 1980 | sold 2012 | |
| 395543 | Isle Rouge | Canadian Coast Guard | patrol boat | 77 | 66 | 1980 | later Never on Time | |
| 800702 | Breton Drydock No. 1 | Breton Industries | drydock | 1,559 | 218 | 1981 | ||
| 800747 | Point Race | Canadian Coast Guard | patrol boat | 77 | 66 | 1982 | later 2011-04 | |
| 800748 | Cape Hurd | Canadian Coast Guard | patrol boat | 77 | 66 | 1982 | later 2014-01 | |
| 19 | Cavalier I | landing craft | 371 | 160 | 1983 | later Hydra I 2003, Highland Breeze (Honduras) | ||
| 803138 | Tootsie | closed 2010 | ||||||
| 21 | 806303 | Partridge Island | Canadian Coast Guard | buoy tender | 92 | 75 | 1985 | later 2005-07, sold 2009 to McNally Ind. |
| 22 | 806304 | Ile des Barques | Canadian Coast Guard | buoy tender | 92 | 75 | 1985 | later 2008-02, sold 2009 as P'tit Saint-Pierre |
| 23 | 806305 | Ile Saint-Ours | Canadian Coast Guard | buoy tender | 92 | 75 | 1986 | |
| 24 | 806306 | Caribou Isle | Canadian Coast Guard | buoy tender | 92 | 75 | 1985 | |
| 808706 | Marjorie Ralph | fishing boat | 26 | 35 | 1987 | later Christa Gail II | ||
| 813617 | Breton II | fishing boat | 31 | 42 | 1986 | later Alert II | ||
| 819050 | T. K. L. No. I | barge | 97 | 68 | 1988 | |||