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Other Boatbuilders in Ontario

The number of small ships and boats built in Ontario is impossible to document fully: as a result, this table is far from complete.

Builder Location O/N Name Customer Type GT Built Notes
Abbey Port Robinson City of St. Catharines T.Bullivant passenger 606 1874 later Otego 1883, burned on the Great Lakes 1895
Abitibi Power Twin Falls F. H. Anson freighter 112 1922
Bastine, Gerald Port Colborne 800694 Bastien Bros. trawler 36 1983
Berry, M H Port Stanley 329727 Mi-Mar-Lynne trawler 95 1971
Chisholm & Simpson Chatham D. R. Van Allen T.H.Taylor freighter 318 1874 scrapped 1920
Chisholm, H. Meaford Favourite Meaford Tptn Co passenger freighter 491 1889 later City of Parry Sound 1893, burned Collingwood 1900
Davis DD Kingston Sea Gull freighter 150 1906
Davis DD Kingston Glen Allan freighter 276 1912
Dovercraft Marine Port Dover 348587 Jay Vee H passenger 47 1979 later Strait Pilot
Dovercraft Marine Port Dover 392630 Yankee Lady II passenger 68 1980 later Escape To
Dovercraft Marine Port Dover 394137 Phantom IV 1980 closed
Dovercraft Marine Port Dover 800691 Nancy A. Siddall trawler 98 1981
Dovercraft Marine Port Dover 800698 G. W. Siddall trawler 98 1984
Dovercraft Marine Port Dover 803519 F. G. Bravener trawler 98 1984 later Miss Melissa II
Dovercraft Marine Port Dover 803530 Charlie James recreational 25 1985
Dovercraft Marine Nanticoke 821278 Kaliutik tugboat 83 1998
Dovercraft Marine Nanticoke 822814 Dover I 1999 closed
Dovercraft Marine Nanticoke 825180 Seadona recreational 37 2002
Dovercraft Marine Nanticoke 835134 P. H. Coupe 52 recreational 45 2002
Dovercraft Marine Nanticoke 836211 P. H. Coupe 42 recreational 27 2002
Duratug SY Port Dover Indian Maiden ferry 128 1987
Duratug SY Port Dover 808400 Stella Borealis Mac Makarchuk ferry 356 1989
Dyble, J. Sarnia Monarch Northwest Tptn Co passenger 2,017 1890 wrecked 2nm W Blake's Pt, Isle Royale 1906
Folger Kingston America St Lawrence River Steamboat Co passenger 553 1895 later Midland City 1922, stripped and burned at Midland ON 1955
Fox, E.S. Niagara Falls 391201 S/VM TP 1 Smit Harbor Towing tugboat 361 1979 later Smit Skeena
Fox, E.S. Niagara Falls 391202 S/VM TP 2 Smit Harbor Towing tugboat 361 1979 later Smit Nass
Fraser & Assoc. Port Colbourne 813437 Island Queen V 30,000 Island Cruises ferry 536 1990
Galactica 001 Ent. Toronto 821209 Enterprise 2000 Olympia Cruises ferry 370 1997
Gamble, George Port Dover 158132 Almidart trawler 24 1932 later at Port Dover Harbour Museum
Gamble, George Port Dover 170675 Trimac tanker 27 1938
Gamble, George Port Dover 172013 Sharilyn II trawler 43 1943 later Lady of Dover
Gamble, George Port Dover 172019 J. H. Misner trawler 18 1944
Gamble, George Port Dover 178694 Alex B. trawler 19 1946
Gamble, George Port Dover 178692 Long Time trawler 20 1946
Gamble, George Port Dover 178691 H. H. Misner tugboat 27 1946
Gamble, George Port Dover 190042 Burwell Clipper trawler 100 1948 later Ironfish
Gamble, George Port Dover 190049 Playfair II trawler 30 1949
Gamble, George Port Dover 190048 Ilda C II trawler 29 1950 later Attiwandaron
Gamble, George Port Dover 195704 John D. Gamble, George tugboat 37 1954
Gamble, George Port Dover 348581 G. H. Simmons trawler 113 1974
Gamble, Harry Port Dover 170680 South Side trawler 59 1942
Gamble, Harry Port Dover 176056 Ingram trawler 73 1946 later Laura D
Gananoque Boat Line Gananoque 348015 Thousand Islander III Gananoque Boat Line ferry 376 1975
Gananoque Boat Line Gananoque 348020 Thousand Islander IV Gananoque Boat Line ferry 347 1976
Gordon's Welding Sarnia 803286 Gordon's I tugboat 40 1987
Haikala, Elmer Wheatley 188095 Henry J. III trawler 25 1959
Hamilton Bridge Hamilton 1 Arabian J.B.Fairgrieve freighter 1,073 1892 barge 1933, scrapped 1947
Hamilton Bridge Hamilton 2 Chippewa Niagara Nav Co passenger 1,544 1893 scrapped 1939
Hamilton Bridge Hamilton 4 Hamilton Montreal Tptn Co barge 996 1901 scrapped 1937
Harley, Ralph Port Burwell 394131 Last Time trawler 141 1981
Hepburn, A.W. Picton Argyle Lake Ontario Nav Co passenger 579 1899 later Frontier 1912, foundered Chatham ON 1916
Hopper Fisheries Port Stanley 368778 Janice H. X trawler 72 1981 later Erie Explorer
Huntsville Lake Huntsville Algonquin Huntsville, Lake of Bays & Lake Simcoe Nav Co passenger freighter 305 1906 scrapped 1955
Huntsville Lake Huntsville Algoma Huntsville, Lake of Bays & Lake Simcoe Nav Co passenger freighter 305 1906
Hurley, L & R Port Burwell 178699 George H trawler 95 1947 later A. R. Getty
Hurley, L & R Port Burwell 134555 James D. trawler 91 1957
Hurley, L & R Port Burwell 346005 Doretta L trawler 45 1972
Hurley, L & R Port Burwell 346006 Mar-Vel-Ann trawler 59 1973
Jenking Wallaceburg J. W. Steinhoff J.W.Steinhoff freighter 312 1874 later Queen City 1896, Canada 1901, scrapped 1909
Kanter YC Port Stanley 394139 L. R. Jackson trawler 147 1982
Kolbe & Co. Port Dover 190041 Vary Brothers trawler 33 1945
Kolbe & Co. Port Dover 178695 Billie K. trawler 26 1947
Liddle Bros. Wheatley 192677 Liddle Bros. trawler 120 1958 later J. & A. Baptista
Liddle Bros. Wheatley 323929 Liddle Lady V trawler 100 1971
Liddle Bros. Wheatley 346008 Linda Jane II trawler 146 1974
Liddle Bros. Wheatley 368772 Mi-Mark trawler 40 1977
Liddle Bros. Wheatley 368776 Josh II trawler 91 1980
Magee Port Colborne 6 Belvoir freighter 2,296 1955 later Nazca 1970, Belvoir 1974, hit object and sank 1974
Marlin Yacht Gananoque Thousand Islander ferry 200 1972
Marlin Yacht Gananoque Thousand Islander II ferry 200 1973
Marlin Yacht Gananoque Miss Midland ferry 119 1974
Marlton, W. Goderich Manitou Dominion Fish Co passenger 470 1903 hulked 1939, scrapped 1945
Marlton, W. Goderich Caribou Dominion Fish Co passenger 597 1904 hulked 1947
Mathiesen BW Goderich 122619 Casalinho trawler 104 1951 later T James T
Mathiesen BW Goderich 195684 J. A. C. trawler 22 1952
Mathiesen BW Goderich 194968 Marpaulo trawler 94 1953 later Jo-Anna I
McMurchy, D. Toronto Island Queen ferry 129 1905
McNally Construction Belleville 823618 Wenonah II Muskoka Hist. Soc. ferry 447 2000
McNamara Marine Toronto 318726 Joyce B. Gardiner tugboat 71 1962 later W. J. Isaac Purvis
Miller, Bruce Port Stanley 803518 B. B. Miller trawler 98 1984
Miller, J.R. Cardinal Scout freighter 176 1900
Misner, J & G Port Dover 392627 Leonard S. trawler 69 1979
Morill, R.J. Collingwood A. F. Bowman tugboat 112 1906 scrapped 1941
Mummery, Donald Port Dover 314128 Leola Charles trawler 95 1968 later Mr. Minor
Mummery, Donald Port Dover 314138 Mummery Bros. fish tugboat 33 1973
Palmer & Palmer 806696 Spirit of 2010 Forum Investments ferry 202 1985 later Golden Mystique
Playfair, J. Midland Magnolia J.Playfair tugboat 367 1898 later Luckport 1919, scrapped 1934
Pontbriand Co Temagami Belle of Temagami passenger 169 1906
Powell SY Dunnville 190047 Cosley Bros trawler 94 1949
Powell SY Dunnville 192675 Evalina trawler 107 1953
Powell SY Dunnville 192579 Pelee Clipper trawler 80 1955
Powell SY Dunnville 188231 Mummery trawler 17 1956
Powell SY Dunnville 188239 Weaver Bros. trawler 79 1956
Powell SY Dunnville 188238 Maclin trawler 89 1957
Powell SY Dunnville 807952 Lincoln-R trawler 80 1958
Powell SY Dunnville 314124 G. W. Jackson trawler 99 1964
Powell SY Port Maitland 808401 Lashero trawler 80 1989
Powell SY Port Maitland 807959 Lynsey Lenore trawler 100 1992
Powell SY Dunnville 807960 Susan Michelle tugboat 89 1995
Purdy, R. T. Point Edward 173218 L & R trawler 80 1947
Purdy's Fish Market Grand Bend 808139 M & A trawler 102 1987 later Lee Marie
Powers Kingston Cuba Montreal & Chicago Merchants Sg Co passenger freighter 931 1875 barge 1910
Rathbone, E. W. Mill Point Empress of India A. W. Hepburn freighter 579 1876 later Argyle 1899
Rathbun Deseronto Cibola Niagara Nav Co passenger 961 1888 burned at Lewiston NY 1895
Rathbun Bros Deseronto Resolute freighter 336 1883 scuttled 1929
Redway, B. Toronto Garden City St Catherine's, Grimsby & Toronto Nav Co passenger 637 1892 scrapped 1936
Richardson BW Meaford 311186 Aggie May trawler 34 1956 Cl;osed
Robertson, A. M. Hamilton Celtic A.D.Mackay freighter 698 1874 collision off Rondeau Point, Lake Erie 1892
Robertson, A.M. Hamilton Saint Magnus A.M.Robertson freighter 853 1881 burned in Port Dalhousie drydock 1895
Robertson, A.M. Hamilton Myles freighter 1,211 1882 later Cataract 1906, barge 1926, Therese T 1939, hulked 1949
Robinson, W. Kingston John Randall freighter 166 1905
Rody, J. Saugeen Lillie Smith G.E.Smith freighter 302 1888 later Mary Battle 1914, wrecked Jersey Cove, near Cape Rosier 1922
Sandy Marine Orient Bay 395503 Nipigon Queen trawler 47 1981
Schickluna, J. St Catherines Erin J.& T.Coulon freighter 651 1881 collision in the St Clair River 1906
Schickluna, J. St Catherines Sir S. L. Tilley passenger freighter 1,178 1883 later Advance 1900, abandoned near Cornwall ON 1935
Servais, J. Port Arthur St. Joe freighter 118 1902
Shaw, C.O. Huntsville Iroquois Huntsville, Lake of Bays & Lake Simcoe Nav Co passenger 307 1907 discarded 1948
Simpson, J. Chatham Ontario J.H.Beatty freighter 1,338 1874 wrecked at Rossport ON 1899
Simpson, J. Chatham Quebec J.H.Beatty freighter 1,404 1874 later F. E. Spinner 1885, Helen C 1902, foundered in Thunder Bay 1922
Simpson, J. Owen Sound City of Owen Sound Canada Lake Superior Transit Co passenger 732 1875 later Saturn 1896, foundered near Southampton ON 1901
Simpson, J. Owen Sound City of Midland North Shore Nav Co passenger 748 1890 burned at Collingwood 1916
Simpson, J. Owen Sound City of Collingwood North Shore Nav Co passenger 1,387 1893 burned at Collingwood 1905
Simpson, J. Owen Sound City of Toronto North Shore Nav Co passenger 782 1895 burned in dock at Cornwall ON 1914
Simpson, M. St Catherines Clinton J.T.Matthews freighter 430 1874 scrapped about 1907
Simpson, M. St Catherines Niagara M.Simpson freighter 468 1875 foundered near Long Point, Lake Erie 1899
Simpson, M. Hamilton Greyhound H.A.Simpson passenger 337 1888 later Lincoln 1899, Premier 1906, burned at Bruce Mines ON 1920
Tessier, N. Ottawa & Hull Scotsman freighter 265 1903
Tug Weld Mfg. Leamington 806292 Crystal Blue I trawler 87 1987
Watson, R.J. Burks Falls Armour passenger freighter 191 1906
737912 Ontario Ltd. Blenheim 801797 Jean-Jordannie True North Salmon trawler 97 1989 later Aqua Leader

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