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Fun Ship Cambrain:

02/07/2006

Built in 1943, by Gamble Shipyards in Port Dover, Ont. Ca. She was used as a fish tug on Lake Superior by Ronald Legault in Rossport until 1956. She had private owners in Thunder Bay & Sualt Ste Marie between 1956 and 1984. Capt Jack Kennedy purchased her in 1984 and took her to Parry Sound. There has been some renovations over the years but her haul lines have remained the same. At the present time she is used for pleasure as well as the CCGA search and rescue vessel out of Parry Sound harbour. Length 60ft, Beam 18ft, Draft 6ft and is powered by a Caterpillar 97HP engine .

Capt Bob |22:20 EST |Comments (0)

 

 

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