Other Boatbuilders in British Columbia

The number of tugs and other small boats built in British Columbia is legion and impossible to document fully. As a result, this table is far from complete and it does not even include several yards, the output of which was in the hundreds of boats, for which tables are still being developed. If anyone has any data to add, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 21 July 2021.

Shipbuilder	Location	Hull #	O.N.	Original Name	Original Owner	Vessel Type	GT	Completed	Disposition
ABC Boats	Vancouver		819473	Queen of Diamonds	Vancouver Cruises	Ferry	392	1997	Active
Allen, H. H.	Vancouver			Achates		Cargo Ship	209	1908
Banks Marine Ind.	Parksville		393934	Donna Maria No.1		Fishing Vessel	55	1980	Now Lasqueti Fisher No.1
Banks Marine Ind.	Parksville		396174	Lasqueti Steeler		Fishing Vessel	77	1980	Active
Breezedale Marine	Port Moody		393879	Proud Venture		Fishing Vessel	62	1980	Active
Breezedale Marine	Port Moody		395583	Providence II		Fishing Vessel	68	1980	Active
British Columbia IW	Vancouver			Iskoot	Klondyke Mining	Cargo Ship	590	1898	Wrecked Grenville Channel 1898
B.C. Yacht & Boat	Victoria		802619	Berens	Coast Guard	Lighthouse Tender	73	1921	Later f/v Lady Marjorie 1958, sank 1974
Brown, A.	New Westminster			Faultless		Tug	145	1907
Brown, R.	Vancouver			Queen City		Schooner	391	1894	Sank off Beaver Cove, Vancouver Is 1920
Bulger, J.M.	Nelson			Slocan	Canadian Pacific	Sternwheel Ferry	600	1897
Bulger, J.M.	Nelson			Ymir	Canadian Pacific	Tug		1899	Scuttled 1929 in Nelson
Bulger, J.M.	Nelson			Procter	Canadian Pacific	Tug		1900	Sank 1926 in Trout Lake City
Bulger, J.M.	Nelson			Valhalla	Canadian Pacific	Tug	153	1901	Burnt 1993
Bulger, J.M.	Nelson			Slocan	Canadian Pacific	Passenger/Cargo	605	1905
Bulger, J.M.	Nelson			Kuskanook	Canadian Pacific	Passenger Ship	1,008	1906	Hulked 1931
Bulger, J.M.	Okanagan Landing			Okanagan	Canadian Pacific	Passenger Ship	1,078	1907	Hulked 1938
Bulger, J.M.	Nelson			What Shan	Canadian Pacific	Cargo Ship	106	1909
Bulger, J.M.	Nelson			Hosmer	Canadian Pacific	Cargo Ship	154	1909	Burnt 1934
Bulger, J.M.	Nakusp			Bonnington	Canadian Pacific	Passenger Ship	1,700	1911	Hulked 1931, sold 1942
Bulger, J.M.	Okanagan Landing			Castlegar	Canadian Pacific	Tug	104	1911
Bursey, Harold	Port Mellon		194215	Harverdor		Yacht	10	1949	Now Crusader
Canadian Pacific	Okanagan Landing			Aberdeen	Canadian Pacific	Passenger Ship	554	Jun-93	Scrapped 1919
Canadian Pacific	Victoria			Otter	Canadian Pacific	Cargo Ship	366	1900	Burnt and laid up at Malksope Inlet, Vancouver Is 1937
Cates, G.E.	Vancouver			Britannia	Terminal S.S.Co	Cargo Ship	326	1902	Scrapped 1926
Cates, G.E.	Vancouver			Cascade		Cargo Ship	119	1902
Cefer Designs	Richmond		820954	Seaborne II	Sturgeon's Dvlpmt.	Ferry	2,371	1985	Active
Central Interior Barging	Prince George		812703	Babine Charger	Babine Forest Prods	Ferry	1,201	1993	Active
Central Interior Barging	Prince George		812712	Williston Transporter	Canadian FP	Ferry	4,252	1994	Active
Centre SY	Victoria		368895	Sun Maiden		Fishing Vessel	148	1974	Active
Centre SY	Victoria		368913	Westerly		Fishing Vessel	50	1975	Active
Centre SY	Victoria		368933	Karibendale C		Fishing Vessel	52	1975	Now Miss Crewe
Cholberg	Victoria			Washington	A/S Wood	Schooner	976	Aug-19	Later Cynthia 1923, Valborg 1923, Margareta 1947, foundered 1950
Cholberg SY	Victoria			Vancouver	A/S Wood	Schooner	988	Oct-19	Later Margaret F. Sterling 1925, Trade Wind 1937, sold 1941 at Tokyo
Conner, Arthur	Ganges		807733	Pacifica		Fishing Vessel	87	1988	Active
Cowichan Welding	Duncan		812608	Royal Fisher		Fishing Vessel	71	1990	Now Lasqueti Titan
Dame	New Westminster			Armac		Cargo Ship	136	Sep-27
Fergusson, O.C.	Vancouver		384011	Vampy No. 1		Fishing Vessel	130	1978	Active
Fergusson, O.C.	Vancouver		809178	Pacific Venture I		Fishing Vessel	51	1987	Active
Fergusson, O.C.	Vancouver		809200	Krista Gail		Fishing Vessel		1987	Closed
Frostad BW	Delta		369209	Carmanah No. 1		Fishing Vessel	83	1974	Active
Frostad BW	Delta		348878	Nucleus		Fishing Vessel	87	1974	Active
Frostad BW	Delta		369500	Karenora		Fishing Vessel	80	1975	Now Ocean Venture
Frostad BW	Delta		369631	R. M. Nelson		Fishing Vessel	58	1975	Now Haida Shadows
Granville I. BY	Vancouver		816799	Destiny I	Accent Cruises	Ferry	196	1993	Active
Halliday Marine	Nanaimo		344912	Strider King		Fishing Vessel	50	1971	Active
Halliday Marine	Nanaimo		346230	Ocean Aggressor		Fishing Vessel	96	1972	Active
Halliday Marine	Nanaimo		347452	Viking Leader		Fishing Vessel	66	1973	Active
Harbour SY	Vancouver			Mermaid II		Trawler	106	1943
Kickham, T.J.	Vancouver			Le Roi		Cargo Ship	196	1905
Kootenay Ferry	Nelson			Osprey 2000		Ferry	1,780	2000
Lasqueti Fishing	Lasqueti I.		811864	Lasqueti Storm		Fishing Vessel	86	1989	Active
Leader Marine	Vancouver		391883	Leader IV		Fishing Vessel	98	1978	Active
Mann, Ronald	Qualicum		383889	Osprey No. 1		Fishing Vessel	78	1978	Now Point Made
Marlin Marine	Vancouver		384100	Steadfast		Fishing Vessel	82	1978	Closed 2000
Marlin Marine	Vancouver		391315	Elora Jane		Fishing Vessel	82	1978	Active
Marlin Marine	Vancouver		391878	Pacific Spray		Fishing Vessel	103	1979	Active
Mayer Steel Boats	Sidney		347783	Twin J		Fishing Vessel
Mayer Steel Boats	Sidney		371687	Jenolet		Fishing Vessel	62	1977	Now Steer Clear
Mayer Steel Boats	Sidney		383375	Rebecca Lor		Fishing Vessel	49	1977	Active
Mayer Steel Boats	Sidney		391731	Pacific Banker		Fishing Vessel	53	1979	Active
Mayer Steel Boats	Sidney		393600	Windjammer		Fishing Vessel	59	1979	Active
Mayer Steel Boats	Sidney		393613	Sanglinay		Fishing Vessel	50	1979	Now Lasqueti Explorer
McAllister	Vancouver			Alexander	McAllister Bros	Tug	332	1976
McAlister, T	Minstrel I		370599	Temujin		Fishing Vessel	24	1976	Active
McAlister, T	Oona River		802673	Far Reach		Fishing Vessel	22	1983	Active
McAlpin & Allen	Vancouver			Thistle	M. Manson	Cargo Ship	384	1890	Burnt off Queen Charlotte Sound, BC 1907
McAlpin & Allen	Vancouver			City of Nanaimo	Mainland & Nanaimo S.N.Co	Passenger Ship	761	1891	Later Bowena 1912, Cheam 1920, scrapped 1926
McAlpine, C.	Vancouver			Stikine Chief	Stikine Nav Co	Cargo Ship	847	1898	Sank in tow North Pacific 1898
McDonald, A.	Vancouver			Haro		Tug	233	1910
McDonald, A.C.	Victoria			Venture	N.P.Shaw	Cargo Ship	812	1902	Burnt at Inverness, Skeena River 1909
McDonald, A.C.	Vancouver			Commodore	BC Mills Timber & Trading	Tug	318	1907	Later Commodore Straits 1949, wrecked Fraser Reef, Welcome Pass BC 1955
McDougall Jenkins	Vancouver			Point Ellice		Cargo Ship	163	1911
McGregor, J. D. & W. L.	Vancouver		157242	Hoaloha	McGregor, J. D. & W. L.	Yacht	21	1932	To US owners 1943 as Marbob (ON 244882), later Eliza, Wild Rose, now Katie Mack
McNair, D.	New Westminster			Active		Tug	172	1889
Menchions SY	Vancouver					Fishing Vessel		1949	Later Western Wind
Moir, J.	New Westminster			Dauntless		Cargo Ship	128	1901
Moscrop, A.	Vancouver			R. F. M.		Tug	103	1922
Moscrop, A.	Vancouver			Sea Swell		Tug	103	1922
Nanaimo SY	Nanaimo		815336	Bad News	Gemini Marine	Fishing Vessel	93	1993	Active
Pacific Whaling	Victoria			W. Grant		Whalecatcher	103	1910
Pardiac, August	Qualicum		331030	Windward Isle		Fishing Vessel	71	1970	Active
Paterson, T.W.	Victoria			Iroquois		Passenger/Cargo	195	1900	Sank off Sidney, BC 1911
Peck, W.	New Westminster			Peerless		Cargo Ship	128	1904
Pelletier Welding	Port Alberni		369486	Windward Star		Fishing Vessel	59	1975	Now Pacific Aggressor
Progressive Marine	New Westminster BC		805649	Researcher	ISE Research	Tug	128	1985	Active
Riley, Ross	Nanaimo		331001	Golden Fleece		Fishing Vessel	67	1968	Now Pacific Adventure
Robertson, C.E.	Vancouver			Sea Lion		Cargo Ship	218	1905
Ross & Murphy	Vancouver			Ophir		Cargo Ship	212	1907
Schneider, Rodney	Powell River		822733	Penrose		Fishing Vessel	11	2000	Active
Scoretz, Thomas	N. Vancouver		313781	Haste		Fishing Vessel	46	1961	Active
Scoretz, Thomas	N. Vancouver		368707	Mr. Wind		Fishing Vessel	107	1974	Active
Scott, David T.	Mitchell I.		190284	Treasure Island		Fishing Vessel	50	1948
Seaton, A.H.	Arrowhead			Adam Hall		Cargo Ship	145	1904
Seaton, A.H.	New Westminster			Westham		Passenger/Cargo	199	1909
Shore Boat	Richmond			Kwawkewlth Producer		Trawler	101	1974
Shore Boat	Richmond		803553	Western Hunter		Fishing Vessel	45	1979	Now Cape George
Shore Boat	Richmond	317		Pacific Destination		Trawler	120	1989
Sikanni Oilfield	Fort Nelson		368376	Arctic Eagle	Arctic Navigation	Tug	45	1975	Now RDV-Gator
Smith, J.M.C.	Victoria			Barbara Boscowitz		Cargo Ship	338	1883	Wrecked Parson's Bay, BC, 1904
Sooke Machine Shop, Ltd.	Sooke		368924	Rebel Isle		Fishing Vessel	65	1975	Active in the US (O.N. AK7148AL)
Streeper Bros.	Fort Nelson		369113	J. S. Keens		Tug	119	1974	Now Coastal Destinations
Sunset SY	Vancouver			Newcastle No. 6		Trawler	102	1918	Later Cape Naden
TD Marine	Port Coquitlam		395563	Dan Mary No. 1		Fishing Vessel	60	1980	Active
Thompson MW	Parksville		369490	Beaufort Sea		Fishing Vessel	68	1975	Active
Thompson MW	Parksville		371899	Discovery Isle		Fishing Vessel	135	1977	Now Argent No. 1
Thompson MW	Parksville		383873	Nimpkish Producer No. 1		Fishing Vessel	120	1978	Active
Trackey, T.H.	Victoria			Czar		Tug	152	1897	Scrapped 1919
Tristar Marine	Port Hammond		383470	Viking Sunrise		Fishing Vessel	91	1977	Active
Tristar Marine	Port Hammond		383500	Ocean Pearl		Fishing Vessel	93	1978	Now La Porsche
Turpel Marine	Victoria			Leebro	Steamer Leebro Ltd	Cargo Ship	323	1908	Later Salvor 1923, Island Prince 1942, M.M.C.S. Beaver 1964, scuttled 1970
Turpel Marine	Victoria		130611	Olive M.	Victoria Lumber	Tug	124	1911	Later Sea King I 1940, wrecked 1997, salvaged and scuttled
Turpel Marine	Victoria			Strath		Tug	116	1926
Unknown	Victoria		347761	Pacific Bandit		Fishing Vessel	69	1973	Sank 1995
Unknown	Victoria		807705	Powak		Fishing Vessel	62	1987
Unknown	Vancouver		329340	Tiro		Fishing Vessel	70	1930
Van's Steel	Vancouver		331241	Bar-Van		Fishing Vessel	147	1969	Later Eastern Phoenix
Victoria Lumber	Chemainus			Chemainus		Cargo Ship	153	1909
Waterbridge Fab.	Prince George		820154	Francois Forester	Waterbridge Eqpmt.	Ferry	861	2004	Active
Watson, A.	Victoria			R. P. Rithet		Passenger Ship	817	1882	Later Baramba 1909
Watson, A.	New Westminster			Transfer		Passenger Ship	264	1893	Scrapped 1910
Watson, A.	Victoria			Port Simpson	Hudson's Bay Co	Passenger/Cargo	607	1908	Scrapped 1922
Westminster MR	New Westminster			Columbia		Cargo Ship	106	1910
Westminster MR	New Westminster			Coaster		Cargo Ship	149	1916
Westminster MR	New Westminster			Queen		Tug	106	1914
Westminster MR	New Westminster			Robert Preston	Preston Mann Towing	Tug		1923	Later Johnstone Straits 1949, Prestige 1954
Westminster MR	New Westminster			D. B. M.		Tug	102	1924
Zenith Steel	Richmond		347981	Delta Eagle	Horizon Marine	Tug	71	1973	Active
Zenith Steel	Richmond		348884	Miller Langley	Inlet Navigation	Tug	140	1974	Now Belleisle Sound
Zenith Steel	Richmond			Betty Coulter		Tug	141	1974

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