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 |