Dredges Built in Canada Since WWII
Most recent update: August 28, 2017.
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Builder | Location | O/N | Name | Customer | GT | Built | Notes | |
Allied SB | N. Vancouver BC | 28 | 197443 | P.W.D. No. 324 | Dept. of Public Works | 155 | 1954 | later D 224 |
Allied SB | N. Vancouver BC | 51 | 189250 | Pitt Polder No. 1 | 39 | 1956 | later Sagra 2 | |
Allied SB | N. Vancouver BC | 71 | 311167 | P.W.D. No. 253 | Dept. of Public Works | 131 | 1957 | later D 253 |
Allied SB | N. Vancouver BC | 83 | 311266 | Halcyon Bay | Dept. of Public Works | 14 | 1958 | later Beaver Delta II |
Burrard DD | N. Vancouver BC | 312 | 313905 | Fort Langley | Dept. of Public Works | 1,788 | 1961 | retired 1998 |
Canadian Vickers | Montreal QC | 240 | 310822 | Sandpiper | Standard Oil of New Jersey | 1,902 | 1950 | later Swellmaster 1960, scrapped 1984 |
Canadian Vickers | Montreal QC | 249 | 193605 | P.W.D. No. 400 | Dept. of Public Works | 446 | 1950 | later D.P.W. No. 400 1966, BMD No. 400 1988 |
Canadian Vickers | Montreal QC | 266 | 197991 | Miki | St Lawrence Dredging Co Ltd. | 281 | 1955 | later Mercedes III, retired 1999 |
Collingwood SB | Collingwood ON | 216 | 383606 | Canadian Argosy | Pitts Engineering Construction | 951 | 1978 | |
Davie SB | Lauzon QC | 602 | 311476 | Fleur de Lys No. 1 | Construction Aggregate Corp. | 680 | 1954 | later William Oxby, retired 1999 |
Davie SB | Lauzon QC | 695 | Cameroon | Youpwe | Ports du Cameroon | 1,808 | 1978 | |
George T. Davie | Lauzon QC | 59 | 197517 | P.W.D. No. 401 | Dept. of Public Works | 512 | 1953 | later Rene Brazeau |
George T. Davie | Lauzon QC | 70 | Fundy | J. P. Porter Co. ltd.. | 1,014 | 1957 | ||
George T. Davie | Lauzon QC | 74 | 313395 | P.W.D. No. 12 | Dept. of Public Works | 251 | 1960 | later D.A.2 |
Erieau SB | Erieau ON | 322314 | St. Mathias | 43 | 1966 | |||
Ferguson Industries | Pictou NS | 103 | 192307 | P.W.D. No. 120 | Dept. of Public Works | 383 | 1950 | later Nova Scotia, scrapped |
Ferguson Industries | Pictou NS | 106 | 197095 | P.W.D. No. 22 | Dept. of Public Works | 532 | 1954 | |
Ferguson Industries | Pictou NS | 122 | Barbara W | L. E. Wellner Jr. | 28 | 1955 | lost 1955 | |
Ferguson Industries | Pictou NS | 123 | 188503 | Rebecca W | Maritime Dredging | 23 | 1956 | |
Ferguson Industries | Pictou NS | 144 | 313951 | P.W.D. No. 125 | Dept of Public Works | 45 | 1962 | later D.3 |
Halifax SY | Halifax NS | 24 | 326467 | P.W.D. No. 141 | Dept. of Public Works | 21 | 1959 | |
Halifax SY | Halifax NS | 26 | 312719 | P.W.D. No. 16 | Dept. of Public Works | 69 | 1960 | later Mighty Master |
Kingston SB | Kingston ON | 61 | Pitts Merrit | C. A. Pitts Contractors | 883 | 1957 | lost off Newfoundland 1977 | |
Kingston SB | Kingston ON | 67 | 189868 | William B. Dilly | McNamara Construction | 473 | 1957 | |
John Manly Ltd. | New Westminster BC | 198170 | Keluk | 31 | 1955 | |||
Marine Industries | Tracy QC | 182 | 190502 | P.W.D. No. 128 | Dept. of Public Works | 100 | 1948 | later D.7 |
Marine Industries | Tracy QC | 183 | 190503 | P.W.D. No. 129 | Dept. of Public Works | 100 | 1948 | later D.8 |
Marine Industries | Tracy QC | 199 | 194535 | Hydro Quebec | Beauharnois Light, Heat & Power | 1,141 | 1952 | |
Marine Industries | Tracy QC | 225 | 188039 | Manseau No. 102 | Marine Industries Ltd. | 1,334 | 1956 | |
McKenzie barge | N. Vancouver BC | 320305 | King Edward | JJM Construction | 510 | 1953 | ||
Port Arthur DD | Thunder Bay ON | 115 | 322235 | Clarence B. Randall | Caland Ore Company | 1,088 | 1954 | later Canadian |
Port Arthur DD | Thunder Bay ON | 116 | Joseph L. Block | Caland Ore Company | 1,088 | 1954 | scrapped | |
Port Arthur DD | Thunder Bay ON | 804429 | Beaver St. Lawrence | Beaver Dredging Co. Ltd. | 154 | 1984 | retired 2008 | |
Port Weller DD | St. Catherines ON | 26 | Sir Andrew | Russell Construction | 258 | 1957 | later Le Heron, retired | |
Port Weller DD | St. Catherines ON | 27 | 189887 | Andrew B | Russell Construction | 388 | 1958 | retired 1996 |
Port Weller SY | St. Catherines ON | 348352 | Merganser | 23 | 1958 | closed | ||
Russel Brothers | Owen Sound ON | 329241 | La Maria Chapdelaine | Allains Sales & Service | 43 | 1967 | ||
Russel Brothers | Owen Sound ON | 175569 | P.W.D. No. 209 | Dept. of Public Works | 389 | 1949 | later D.P.W. No. 205 | |
Russel Brothers | Owen Sound ON | 313266 | P.W.D. No. 30 | Dept. of Public Works | 34 | 1961 | later D.5 | |
Russel Brothers | Owen Sound ON | 318750 | INCO Dredge No. 1 | International Nickel | 29 | 1962 | closed 1998 | |
Saint John SB | East Saint John NB | 27 | Provincial No. 2 | Saint John Dredging | 130 | 1949 | ||
Saint John SB | East Saint John NB | 29 | 195001 | P.W.D. No. 21 | Dept. of Public Works | 714 | 1952 | later J.P.P. No. 530, Rosaire |
Saint John SB | East Saint John NB | 36 | steam scow No. 1 | Saint John Dry Dock | 333 | 1954 | ||
Saint John SB | East Saint John NB | 41 | Beaver Dredging | |||||
Saint John SB | East Saint John NB | 75 | Irving Beaver | J. D. Irving Ltd | 58 | 1965 | laid up 2013 | |
Saint John SB | East Saint John NB | 126 | 369850 | Shovelmaster | Irving Group | 592 | 1980 | |
Star SY | New Westminster BC | 323573 | Sceptre Columbia | Graymar Equipment | 789 | 1965 | ||
Star SY | New Westminster BC | 323610 | Sceptre Fraser | Graymar Equipment | 777 | 1966 | ||
Western Bridge | Vancouver BC | 218 | 194645 | P.W.D. No. 252 | Dept. of Public Works | 76 | 1951 | later D-252, closed |
Western Bridge | Vancouver BC | 227 | Sylvia | Northern Transportation Co Ltd. | 98 | 1951 | deleted | |
Yarrows | Esquimalt BC | 130 | 197923 | P.W.D. No. 322 | Dept. of Public Works | 836 | 1955 | later D.4 |