Davie Brothers Ltd.

Levis QC

Most recent update: July 17, 2021.

Allison Davie was an English master mariner who, in 1832, in partnership with his father-in-law, George Taylor, started a shipyard in Levis. After the founders' deaths, Davie's sons, Allison and George T., took over and in 1887, they bought land in Lauzon for a second shipyard, designed to handle larger, steel ships. That yard subsequently became the yard now known as Davie Canada and later spawned the neighboring George T. Davie shipyard. This page deals with the original yard in Levis, known as Davie Brothers, which was primarily a repair facility for smaller, wooden ships, under the management of the third generation, Allison C. Davie and George D. Davie. The last of the Davies died in 1951 but the yard continued under the management of its accountant, Paul Gourdeau, who began building fishing boats. In 1976, it was sold to Logistec Corporation, a coastal shipping operator, and in 1977, after Loi 101 made French the official language of Quebec, the name was changed to Industries A. C. Davie. In 1987 it was sold to Equimer, a French marine equipment manufacturer, but closed in 1989. The yard was just north of the ferry terminal and is now a museum/park: visit the museum here and see it from the air on Google here.

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O/N Name Customer Type GT Built Notes
Built by Davie Brothers, Ltd.
134138 La Grande Hermine 1913 suspended
134531 P.W.D. No. 51 Dept. of Public Works work boat 244 1913 later MCNCO No. 15
134532 P.W.D. No. 52 Dept. of Public Works barge 260 1913 closed
134533 P.W.D. No. 53 Dept. of Public Works barge 260 1913
134534 P.W.D. No. 54 Dept. of Public Works barge 260 1913 closed
134535 P.W.D. No. 55 Dept. of Public Works barge 260 1913 closed
134536 P.W.D. No. 56 Dept. of Public Works barge 260 1914 later MCNCO No. 15
154447 Pitts No. 5 1928 suspended
192847 Gillis 1951 suspended
197527 Sercona 1954 suspended
197528 1955 closed
197529 Kecarpoui 1955 closed
197530 Tabatiere 1955 closed
198456 S. 1 scow 1955 closed
198457 S. 2 scow 1955 closed
198458 S. 3 scow 1955 suspended
198459 S. 4 scow 1955 suspended
198461 Le Pecheur d'Etoile fishing boat 1955 closed
198467 S. P. Gaspe Sud fishing boat 1955 suspended
104 198471 La Gaspesienne No. 1 Jos. Poirier fishing boat 15 1956 closed
105 198472 La Gaspesienne No. 2 Florent Savage fishing boat 15 1956 suspended
106 198473 La Gaspesienne No. 3 Roger Packwood fishing boat 15 1956 suspended
107 198474 La Gaspesienne No. 4 Firmin Fournier fishing boat 15 1956 closed
108 198475 La Gaspesienne No. 5 Cleophas Monger fishing boat 15 1956 closed
109 198479 La Gaspesienne No. 6 Emery Lemieux fishing boat 15 1956 suspended
110 188991 La Gaspesienne No. 7 Maurice Couillard fishing boat 15 1956 closed
111 188992 La Gaspesienne No. 8 Leonard Denis fishing boat 15 1956 closed
116 188998 La Gaspesienne No. 9 Gerard Roussel fishing boat 15 1957 closed
117 188999 La Gaspesienne No. 10 Adriien Lagace fishing boat 15 1957 suspended
118 189000 La Gaspesienne No. 11 Arsene Allain fishing boat 15 1957 suspended
119 189001 La Gaspesienne No. 12 Oscar Marcoux fishing boat 15 1957
120 189006 La Gaspesienne No. 13 Deriasse Monger fishing boat 15 1957 closed
121 189007 La Gaspesienne No. 14 Gabriel Guillemette fishing boat 15 1957
122 189008 La Gaspesienne No. 15 Wallace Syvrain fishing boat 15 1957 suspended
123 189009 La Gaspesienne No. 16 Eugene Beaudin fishing boat 15 1957 suspended
124 310474 La Gaspesienne No. 17 Julien Blais fishing boat 15 1958 suspended
125 310475 La Gaspesienne No. 18 Chesley Gallichon fishing boat 15 1958
126 310476 La Gaspesienne No. 19 David Blais fishing boat 15 1958 scrapped 2015
127 310477 La Gaspesienne No. 20 Thomas Boucher fishing boat 15 1958 closed
128 310481 La Gaspesienne No. 21 Wilfrid Bisson fishing boat 15 1958 suspended
129 310482 La Gaspesienne No. 22 Adem Couillard fishing boat 15 1958 later La-Noe
130 310484 La Gaspesienne No. 23 Gerard Roussy fishing boat 15 1958 closed
131 310485 La Gaspesienne No. 24 Maurice Albert fishing boat 15 1958 suspended
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133 310486 La Gaspesienne No. 25 Claude Huard fishing boat 15 1959 closed
134 310487 La Gaspesienne No. 26 Paul Lelievre fishing boat 15 1958 closed
135 310488 La Gaspesienne No. 27 Francis Delarosbil fishing boat 15 1958 closed
136 310489 La Gaspesienne No. 28 Antonio Cassivi fishing boat 15 1958
312453 La Gaspesienne No. 29 fishing boat 15 1959 built by CN Forillon, suspended 2008
312454 La Gaspesienne No. 30 fishing boat 15 1959 built by CN Forillon, closed 2002
312455 La Gaspesienne No. 31 fishing boat 15 1959 built by CN Forillon, Denis Ludger
137 310491 La Gaspesienne No. 32 Amedee Monger fishing boat 15 1959 closed
138 310492 La Gaspesienne No. 33 Lionel Monger fishing boat 15 1959
139 310493 La Gaspesienne No. 34 Alexandre Nadeau fishing boat 15 1959
140 310494 La Gaspesienne No. 35 Percy Bobbitt fishing boat 15 1959 closed
141 310495 La Gaspesienne No. 36 Benoit Boulay fishing boat 15 1959 closed
142 310496 La Gaspesienne No. 37 Ronald Girard fishing boat 15 1959 closed
143 310497 La Gaspesienne No. 38 Raoul Bourget fishing boat 15 1959 suspended
144 310498 La Gaspesienne No. 39 Donat Parise fishing boat 15 1959
145 312459 La Gaspesienne No. 40 Edgar Cyr fishing boat 15 1959 closed
146 312460 La Gaspesienne No. 41 Benoit Whittey fishing boat 15 1959 suspended
147 312461 La Gaspesienne No. 42 Alfred Chapados fishing boat 15 1959 suspended
148 312462 La Gaspesienne No. 43 Louis Syvrais fishing boat 15 1959 closed
149 312468 La Gaspesienne No. 44 Leopold Paradis fishing boat 15 1959
150 312472 La Gaspesienne No. 45 Hyacinthe Dupuis fishing boat 15 1960 closed
151 312471 La Gaspesienne No. 46 Emmanuel Dunn fishing boat 15 1960 closed
312473
312474 Line C 1959 closed
312475 Pleasant Bay 1959 closed
155 313932 La Gaspesienne No. 47 Honorius Robinson fishing boat 15 1960 closed
156 313934 La Gaspesienne No. 48 Paul-Emile Mainville fishing boat 15 1960 closed
157 313935 La Gaspesienne No. 49 Richard Gagne fishing boat 15 1960 suspended
158 313933 La Gaspesienne No. 50 Clement Soucy fishing boat 15 1960 suspended
313941 Ghislain Martin 1962 closed
313945 Flamingo 1962 suspended
313946 Renald-Albain 1962 suspended
313947 Jean Rene 1962 closed
313952 Fleur du Golfe 1962 closed
313954 Cap Bon-Desir 1962 closed
313961 K. N. C. 1962 closed
313962 Topaze II 1962 closed
313964 Jocelin B. N. 1962 closed
313965 Marie Helene 1962 closed
314784 Kaisun II 1962 suspended
318539 Rally passenger 136 1962 later Marine Coaster
322995 Roma L 1964 closed
323028 Marie Claude 1964 closed
329341 Marie Paul 1965 suspended
329390 Nadine H 1965 closed
391443 Lison C Marcel Lebreux fishing boat 12 1966
323040 S. P. Bonaventure G.G.R. Cyr Transports passenger 29 1968
329348 Vezina No. 2 Location Ocean passenger 21 1968
393293 G. K. Aubut 1968 suspended
393294 Kurun 1968 suspended
813955 Ahora Catherine Gosselin recreation 8 1968
319620 Yucca Maryse Drouin recreation 8 1969
823504 Alegria IV Anthony Cote recreation 10 1970
346800 Tikia II Wolfram Rozel recreation 9 1971
826801 Macapa 1972 closed
836503 Mundaca II Lucie Govaerts recreation 5 1972
329387 Vezina No. 3 Urgence Marine tender 73 1973
368311 Renardville Les Bateaux de Verre fishing boat 46 1974
368317 Le Rudy L 1974 suspended
368322 Le Mecatina 1974 suspended
368332 St. Malo No. 1 1974 closed
368338 Aquarius VII 1974 closed
368346 S. P. Saint Laurent Rex Philpott recreation 43 1977
Built by Industries A. C. Davie, Ltee.
391534 Piloup Pecheries J.A.S. fishing boat 60 1978
395303 Aldo M 1980 closed
395788 Nutashkuaniss fishing boat 69 1980 later Isaac Lane
395331 Frederic C Claude Stevens fishing boat 48 1981
801108 Karine II fishing boat 78 1982
801119 Monikaroline S. fishing boat 82 1982
801126 Annie Claude Pecheries Duguay fishing boat 69 1982
823661 Mede Location Ocean barge 11 1982
802607 Domega fishing boat 99 1983 later Migmawei Domega
808474 Musashi I 1984 closed
806129 Manic V YMB Navigation fishing boat 82 1985
806141 Yohan Mirja Pecheries Desbois fishing boat 94 1986
806171 Jean Mathieu Pecheries Vilo fishing boat 99 1986
808086 Anticosti fishing boat 99 1986 later Samakwan
808096 Manon Yvon Pecheries Lero fishing boat 96 1987
809907 Jimmy S fishing boat 83 1988 later Amalecite II
809908 Samourai fishing boat 83 1988 later J. Anne-Frederic
809915 L'Horizon II fishing boat 87 1988 later Amelie Zoe II

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