Tugfest is a maritime tugboat festival held annually in various coastal towns on Georgian Bay, Lake Huron. This community event implores workboats from around the great lakes to join the parade, compete and celebrate in support of our local charities.
Captain Robert Perrault has been a member of our tugfest site since March 2008. He has sent us some pictures and a brief history of his tugboat “Hercules”.
She is a “ville class” tug built by Russell Brothers in 1944 as the “Listerville” and sent to Halifax as a “boom service” tug (opening and closing anti-submarine nets to [...]
Tugfest is a maritime tugboat festival held annually in various coastal towns on Georgian Bay, Lake Huron. This community event implores workboats from around the great lakes to join the parade, compete and celebrate in support of our local charities.
