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 |