Hike Metal Products

Hike Metal Products, Wheatley ON

Hike Metal Products Ltd. was formed in 1958 and specializes in high-performance aluminum vessels. Visit the company at www.hikemetalboatshipvesselbuilders.com. The yard is located at 320 Milo Road, in Wheatley, on the north shore of Lake Erie and 45 miles east of the Windsor/Detroit border: see it from the air on Google here. If anyone can add to the table below, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 8 July 2021.

Hull #	O.N.	Original Name	Original Owner	Type	GT	m.	Built	Disposition
	179558	Miss Marg						Closed 2008
				Tanker	17		1960	Retired 2011
	314694	Stan Dupont II		Workboat/Tug	29	16	1963	Later 2010-01, now Shark
1	311347	Seveno	Great Lakes Fish	Fishing	34	18	1963	Now Sina Maria
2	320942	Paula D.	Paul's Boat Lines	Ferry	109	20	1964	Active
3	311350	Lady Muskoka	Lady Muskoka Cruises	Passenger	141	29	1965	Active
4	318421	Chief Shingwauk	Chief Shingwauk Marine	Passenger	109	20	1965	Active
5	327371	Stewart C		Passenger	35	12	1966	Now Ste. Marie I
	318812	Miss Muskoka	Lady Muskoka Cruises	Passenger	85	20	1964	Now Kawartha Spirit
7	323921	Donna F.	Great Lakes Fish	Fishing	41	19	1966	Active
8	323922	H. A. Stewart		Fishing	40	20	1967	Later Isabel Maria, now Lady Salome
9	323924	Brian D.	Great Lakes Fish	Fishing	43	19	1967	Active
10	323926	Kimmy Sue	Four Bros. Fishing	Fishing	40	19	1968	Active
11	323925	Merri-Gale II		Fishing	117	20	1968	Active
	U.S.A.	Friendship	ACK Restaurants	Passenger	78	21	1968	Active (O.N. 649026)
14	188100	Peche Island II	Sirrah Limited	Ferry	110	20	1968	Now Papoose III
15	329721	Peche Island III	Sirrah Limited	Ferry	110	20	1968	Later Papoose IV, now Pioneer Queen
16	329722	Peche Island IV	Sirrah Limited	Ferry	110	20	1968
17	329723	Peche Island V	Sirrah Limited	Ferry	110	20	1968	Now Spirit of the Kawarthas
18	330306	Mariposa Belle		Passenger	195	22	1970	Now Niagara Belle
19	345141	Phyllis Yorke	F. M. Yorke & Sons	Tug	272	30	1970	Closed 1996
20	345163	Margaret Yorke	F. M. Yorke & Sons	Tug	272	30	1970	Closed 1996
	323928	Castricom		Yacht	9		1970	Later Indefatigable, closed 2014
22	346001	Haligonian III	Murphy Tours	Passenger	110	20	1972	Active
23	331089	Miss Parry Sound		Passenger	34	19	1972	Now Miss Olympia
24	330308	Maid of the Mist III	Maid of the Mist SB Co	Passenger	75	22	1970	Sold 1992, closed 1998
26	318423	Quastar	John Myles	Yacht	58	14	1972	Active
27	314136	Jeanette M.	Daniel Minor	Workboat	31	19	1973	Active
28	346007	R & G.	Great Lakes Fish	Fishing	51	19	1973	Active
33	369289	Guardian No. 1		Research	38	16	1974	Now Septentrion
36	348354	Maid of the Mist IV	Maid of the Mist SB Co	Passenger	75	22	1976	Scrapped 2013
37	384187	Sea Prince II	Rockport Boat Line	Passenger	172	25	1978	Active
39	348590	Elmore M. Misner		Tug	126		1979	Later Offshore Supplier, wrecked 2003
40	391523	R. & L. No. 1		Tug	143	23	1979	Now Ecosse
41	395221	Island Queen V		Passenger	399	34	1980	Now Empress of Canada
42	801792	Kristy Lyn II	White Fisheries	Fishing	65	13	1985	Active
43	368780	Francesca Madre	Figliomeni & Son	Fishing	100	19	1981	Active
	372581	Cloud Chaser	Gerald Stoddard	Passenger	62	18	1979	Active
	391709	Alexandria III	Gregory Beauchamp	Yacht	140	23	1980	Active
54	802347	Maid of the Mist V	Maid of the Mist SB Co	Passenger	74	22	1983	Scrapped 2013
55		Souris	Canadian Coast Guard	SAR Lifeboat	17	12	1985	Retired 2004
56	826040	Cap Goeland	Canadian Coast Guard	SAR Lifeboat	17	12	1985	Later Goeland, sold 2004
57	806301	Oliva					1989	Closed 1999
	U.S.A.	Ruhen	Douglas Groff	Yacht	31	13	1985	Active (O.N. 1081855)
59	801793	Walpole Islander	Walpole-Algonac Ferry Line	Ferry	72	17	1986	Active
60	801796	Teresa Maria		Fishing	121	21	1987	Active
61	C13112ON		Harbor Vue Marina	Work Boat	7	9	1985	Active
68	809652	Cuan Law					1988	Closed 2005
71	806297	Catherine E.					1989	Closed 1999
73	810361	J. L. Erskine	Min. of Community Safety	Patrol Boat	9	9	1988	Active
74	C06516AB		Sugloo Marine	Crewboat	7	9	1989	Suspended 2018
75	801799	Fan. C. III	Causarano Fishery	Fishing	108	20	1989	Active
76	C13141ON		Windsor Police	Patrol Boat	5		1989	Closed
78	809943	Le Petit Lievre	Traversiers du Quebec	Ferry	13	11	1989	Now Les Eaux Scintillantes
81	815732	Monitor VI	Hindson Marine	Work Boat	5	8	1989	Later C25511ON, closed 2015
85	C13601ON		Parks Canada	Work Boat	5	7	1992	Active
86	C19474ON		Parks Canada	Work Boat	5	9	1992	Active
87	C21222ON		Toronto Cons. Auth.	Research	4		1993	Suspended
91	814262	Noskca-J		Fishing	100	20	1990	Active
92	U.S.A.	Old School	Michael A. Reesby	Yacht	12	13	1991	Active (O.N. 979880)
93	814696	Arrow Post	Canadian Coast Guard	Research	228	27	1991	Now David Thompson
94	814539	Osprey	Toronto Port Authority	Workboat/Tug	5	8	1991	Active
96	C10390ON		Toronto Island Marina	Passenger	7	9	1992	Active
97	815413	Niagara Queen II	Ontario Power Generation	Icebreaker	578	17	1992	Active
98	C10052ON		Min. of Nat. Res.	Work Boat	7	9	1995	Active
103	C06402NT		R.C.M.P.	Patrol Boat	7	9	1994	Active
106	816906	Great Blue Heron	Blue Heron Co	Passenger	112	20	1994	Active
107	819269	Clark's Harbour	Canadian Coast Guard	SAR Lifeboat	43	16	1995	Active
108	819270	Cap-Aux-Meules	Canadian Coast Guard	SAR Lifeboat	43	16	1995	Active
109	819305	Sambro	Canadian Coast Guard	SAR Lifeboat	43	16	1996	Active
110	820275	Westport	Canadian Coast Guard	SAR Lifeboat	43	16	1996	Active
111	820551	Sipu Muin	Canadian Coast Guard	Hovercraft		28	1998	Active
112	820560	Siyay	Canadian Coast Guard	Hovercraft		28	1998	Active
	842210	Streetgang	Christopher Porth	Jet Boat	5	8	1998	Active
114	C03500ON		Ontario Prov. Police	Patrol Boat	8	10	1997	Active
122	U.S.A.	Silver Bullet		Yacht	30	18	1998	Active (O.N. 1072741)
123	C06676ON		Hamilton Police	Patrol Boat	7	9	1999	Closed
124	821248	Jack's Queen		Fishing	84	21	1998	Now Alessia
125	821242	Saute Moutons 8	Niagara Jet Boating	Passenger	12	13	1999	Active
133	C10376ON	Marine Unit 1	Toronto Police	Patrol Boat	14	12	2000	Active
134	822513	Aazhaawe	William McCue	Ferry	164	30	1999	Active
135	821650	Placentia Pilot	Atlantic Pilotage Authority	Pilot Boat	53	17	2000	Now Strait Eagle
136	828312	HMS Detroit		Replica	471	41	2008	Completed by Senesco as Oliver Hazard Perry (O.N. 1257224)
137	823396	Deer Island Princess II	Min. of Transportation	Passenger	312	40	2001	Active
138	U.S.A.		US National Parks Service	Fisheries Research	9		2001
139	C10377ON	Marine Unit 4	Toronto Police	Patrol Boat	7	9	2000	Active
140	U.S.A.		Vermont State Police	Patrol Boat	8	10	2001
141	C03226ON		Ontario Prov. Police	Patrol Boat	8	10	2002	Active
142	C03227ON		Ontario Prov. Police	Patrol Boat	8	10	2002	Active
143	824460	Great Lakes Guardian	Min. of Environment	Work Boat	12	11	2002	Active
144	U.S.A.		Connecticut Police	Patrol Boat	8		2002
145	U.S.A.	Vega	Harbor Equipment	Pilot Boat	67	20	2003	Active (O.N. 1143436)
146	825542	Vakta	Canadian Coast Guard	Patrol Boat	34	16	2002	Active
147	C14258ON		Niagara Police	Patrol Boat	2		2003	Suspended
148	834887	Julian Fantino	Min. of Justice	Patrol Boat	9	10	2002	Active
149			RCMP	Patrol Boat	4		2001
150	U.S.A.		Miami Dade County	Weed Harvester	5		2003
151
152
153	825996	Purvis (The)		Fishing	97	21	2003	Active
154	835875	Gwen M. Boniface	Min. of Community Safety	Patrol Boat	9	10	2003	Later C04906ON, active
155			Min. of Community Safety	Patrol Boat	9	10	2003	Later C04907ON, active
156	834770	Archie Ferguson II	Min. of Community Safety	Patrol Boat	9	10	2003	Later C04909ON, active
157	U.S.A.	C T Randall	Florida Fish & Wildlife	Patrol Boat	35		2003	Active
158	C10383ON	Marine Unit 7	Toronto Police	Patrol Boat	7	9	2005	Active
159	C06679ON	Marine 1	Durham Police	Patrol Boat	9	10	2004	Active
160		Copasetic	Ocean Research Corp.	Research	495		2006	Now yacht Marcato
161	C26112AB		North American Fleet Co.	Work Boat	10	10	2005	Active
162	827453	Waawaatesi	City of York	Work Boat	11	10	2005	Active
163	830206	TCCA 1	Toronto Port Authority	Passenger	219	29	2005	Now David Hornell VC
164	830781	Zephyr XII	Blue Heron Co	Passenger	9	10	2006	Active
165	U.S.A.	John R. Frazier	City of Baltimore	Fireboat	52		2007	Active
166	C13615ON	Marine 1	Region of Peel	Patrol Boat	9	10	2007	Active
167	U.S.A.		City of New York	Patrol Boat	13		2007	Active
168
169
170
171			Abu Dhabi Shipbuilding	Patrol Boat	9		2007	Active
172	833933	Tribute to the 100th	Min. of Community Safety	Patrol Boat	9	10	2007	Active
173	832518	Thomas P Coffin	Min. of Community Safety	Patrol Boat	9	10	2007	Active
174	834894	Rachel Carson	U. of Maryland	Research	78		2008	Now Ontario Explorer
175	833907	Grandes Eaux	Laurentian Pilotage	Pilot Boat	62	19	2008	Active
176	834784	Huron Explorer I	Min. of Nat. Resources	Research	112	19	2010	Active
177	834894	Ontario Explorer	Min. of Nat. Resources	Research	112	19	2010	Active
178	U.S.A.	Christopher Wheatley	City of Chicago	Fireboat	300		2011	Active
179	834069	TCCA 2	Toronto Port Authority	Passenger	270	29	2009	Now Marilyn Bell I
180	C19325ON	Marine 1	Halton Police	Patrol Boat	12	11	2011	Active
181	C26860AB		North American Fleet Co.	Work Boat	10	10	2005	Active
182	C26861AB		North American Fleet Co.	Work Boat	10	10	2010	Active
183	835824	Flowerpot Express	Blue Heron Co.	Passenger	59	15	2011	Active
184	834887	Julian Fantino	Min. of Community Safety	Patrol Boat	9		2003	Active
185	834784	Taukamaim	Laurentian Pilotage	Pilot Boat	80	22	2012	Active
186	U.S.A.		Miami Dade County	Weed Harvester	5		2012	Active
187	U.S.A.		Miami Dade County	Weed Harvester	5		2012	Active
188	U.S.A.		Miami Dade County	Weed Harvester	5		2012	Active
189	U.S.A.		Miami Dade County	Weed Harvester	5		2012	Active
190	837637	Naawij	City of York	Work Boat	9	12	2013	Active
191
192	837992	Niagara Wonder	Hornblower Canada	Passenger	185	25	2014	Active
193	837993	Niagara Thunder	Hornblower Canada	Passenger	185	25	2014	Active
194		Breaker 1	Syncrude	Ice Breaker	20		2014	Active
195		Breaker 2	Syncrude	Ice Breaker	20		2014	Active
196			Syncrude	Pond Support	8		2013	Active
197			Syncrude	Pond Support	8		2013	Active
198	838768	Chris Jackson	Min. of Environment	Workboat	6	9	2013	Active
199		Birch	C.N.R.L.	Workboat			2016	Active (O.N. 345168)
200		Buckton	C.N.R.L.	Workboat			2016	Active
201	U.S.A.	Marine 3	City of San Diego	Fireboat			2015	Active
202
203	C24424ON		Ministry of Nat. Res.	Patrol Boat	15	10	2015	Active
204	840066	Iron Guppy	Toronto Ports Authority	Tug	87	20	2016	Active
205	841103	Pennant Bay	Canadian Coast Guard	SAR Boat	82	20	2016	Active
206	842018	McIntyre Bay	Canadian Coast Guard	SAR Boat	82	20	2017	Active
207	842740	Sacred Bay	Canadian Coast Guard	SAR Boat	82	20	2019	Active
208	843977	Florencia Bay	Canadian Coast Guard	SAR Boat	82	20	2020	Active
209			Canadian Coast Guard	SAR Boat	82	20		Building
210			Canadian Coast Guard	SAR Boat	82	20		Building
211
212	C29357AB		Imperial Oil	Work Boat	15	14	2019	Active
213			Canadian Coast Guard	SAR Boat	82	20		Building
214			Canadian Coast Guard	SAR Boat	82	20		Building
215			Canadian Coast Guard	SAR Boat	82	20		Building
216			Canadian Coast Guard	SAR Boat	82	20		Building
217	843634	Savior I	Hike Metal Products	Work Boat	5	8	2019	Active
Other Small Vessels Built by Hike Metal Products
	C02429QC							Suspended
	C03072ON							Closed
	C03073ON							Closed
	C03074ON							Closed
	C03739ON		Parks Canada	Work Boat	7	9		Active
	C05941ON							Closed
	C07179ON		Nordcap Steel Docks	Work Boat	9	10		Active
	C07194ON		Min. of Nat. Res.	Work Boat	7	9		Active
	C07699ON		Dept. of Fisheries	Work Boat	14	12		Active
	C11196ON		Min. of Nat. Res.	Work Boat	6	9		Active
	C11503ON							Closed
	C12498ON							Closed
	C12625ON							Suspended
	C13189ON		Dept. of Fisheries	Work Boat	11			Suspended
	C14060ON							Closed
	C17290ON		Golder Associates	Research	5	8		Active
	C18976NB		R.C.M.P.	Patrol Boat	3	8		Active
	C20710ON		Purdy Fisheries	Fishing	9			Suspended
	C23456ON							Closed

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