Other Boatbuilders in Nova Scotia

Over the centuries, there have been countless wooden boatbuilders in Nova Scotia, a region that has always been closely involved with the sea. As a result, this table is far from complete. In particular, there have been several boatbuilders in Shelburne, although it is not clear who operated where. If anyone has any data to add to the table below, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 21 July 2021.

Shipbuilder	Location	Hull #	O.N.	Original Name	Original Owner	Vessel Type	GT	Year	Disposition
Annapolis Shipping	Annapolis NS			Mapleland	F. A. Pickles	Schooner	665	1918	Later Primero 1919, Indomito 1922, deleted 1930
Atlantic Lunenburg	Lunenburg NS			P .J. Lawrence		Trawler	233	1964
Atlantic Mahone	Mahone Bay NS	10		Judith R.		Cargo Ship	210	1965
Balcom, J. A.	Annapolis NS			Ruby L. II		Cargo Ship	201	1921
Balcom, J. A.	Margaretville NS			Ruby L.		Cargo Ship	119	1907
Balcom, J. A.	Margaretville NS			Margaretville		Cargo Ship	107	1910
Belliveau Boatbuilding	Lower E. Pubnico NS			L'Acadie 2000		Trawler	139	2001
Belliveau Boatbuilding	Lower E. Pubnico NS		836355	Let It Ride I	Gilcam Fisheries	Trawler	65	2012
Boehnes Bros	West La Have NS			Jutland	J. E. Backman & Co	Schooner	334	1918	Missing off Nova Scotia 1920
Burgoyne, F. S.	Mahone Bay NS			Dominion Shipper		Cargo Ship	339	1925	Scrapped 1948-9
Burns & Kellcher	Shad Bay NS			Edmund Donald		Cargo Ship	848	1919	Scrapped 1932
Burrell Johnson	Shelburne			Bear River		Cargo Ship	104	1905
Burrell Johnson	Shelburne			Dartmouth	Dartmouth Ferry Comm.	Ferry	311	1889	Hulked 1933
Burrell Johnson	Shelburne			Saint Pierre		Cargo Ship	496	1884	Foundered North Atlantic 1896
New Burrell Johnson	Shelburne			Enterprise		Cargo Ship	211	1907
New Burrell Johnson	Shelburne			Robert G. Cann		Cargo Ship	265	1911
New Burrell Johnson	Shelburne			Canso		Tug	225	1910
New Burrell Johnson	Shelburne			Harland	New Burrell Johnson Co	Passenger	352	1908	Hulked 1936
Canadian Concrete	Sydney NS			Permanencia		Cargo Ship	320	1920	Wrecked off St Pierre 1921
Churchill, G. W.	Hantsport NS			Havana	Pickford & Black	Whalecatcher	471	1891	In collision in Halifax outer harbour 1906
Cochrane, G. M.	Port Greville NS			Doane	G. M. Cochrane	Schooner	352	1913	Wrecked Tampico 1920
Cox	Shelburne			Beverley Faye		Trawler	142	1964
Dartmouth Marine	Dartmouth NS			Jonathan Robert		Trawler	116	1988	Later Cape Chelsea
Deep Sea Trawlers	Lunenburg NS			L. J. Penny		Trawler	332	1982	Later Anne S. Pierce 1985
Dominion Steel	Halifax NS		326075	Cape Rouge		Fishing Vessel	358	1967	Now Ryan Atlantic II
Duffy Blinn	Saulnierville NS			J. Duffy		Cargo Ship	115	1919
Gardner, G. H. N.	Liverpool NS			Help		Cargo Ship	146	1903
Gardner, J. S.	Liverpool NS			Bianca	Bowring Bros Ltd	Schooner	408	1917	Foundered mid-Atlantic 1919
Gardner, J. S.	Liverpool NS			Associate		Cargo Ship	135	1912
Gardner, J. S.	Liverpool NS			Standard Coaster		Cargo Ship	184	1927
Gardner, J. S.	Liverpool NS			Ada M.		Cargo Ship	226	1929
Graham, L. E.	Port Greville NS			Neptune		Cargo Ship	118	1911
Halifax Metal Works	Dartmouth NS			Joshua Slocum		Ferry	240	1973
Halifax Metal Works	Dartmouth NS		345441	John E. Rigby	NB Dept. of Tptn.	Ferry	232	1976
Hendry	Liverpool NS			Valinda		Cargo Ship	117	1911
Hendry, A. W.	Liverpool NS			Gilbert Islands	A. W. Hendry	Cargo Ship	302	1915	Wrecked Likuri 1919
Howes, R. H.	Meteghan River NS			Alma R.	R. H. Howes Const.	Schooner	482	1918	Wrecked Concepcion Is 1932
Huntley, D. A.	Parrsboro' NS			Huntley	W. H. Hebb	Schooner	607	1919	Wrecked off Cape Spear NL 1921
Huntley, W. R.	Parrsboro' NS			Whiteway	Forester Nav Co	Schooner	458	1919	Wrecked Seal Island 1934
K.& S.Co	Yarmouth NS			Patrick & Michael		Trawler	193	1920
Kustom Fiberglass	Clark's Hbr NS			Glace Bay Lady		Trawler	103	1991
Kustom Fiberglass	Clark's Hbr NS	2		Morey'S Pride		Trawler	115	1992
Joseph B. LeBlanc	Church Point NS		310214	J.C.N. 2		Fishing			Closed
Joseph B. LeBlanc	Church Point NS		310240	Jacquot		Fishing			Closed
Joseph B. LeBlanc	Church Point NS		310992	Rejean Cyr		Fishing			Closed
Joseph B. LeBlanc	Church Point NS		314446	C.D.P. 45		Fishing			Closed
Joseph B. LeBlanc	Church Point NS		314447	C.D.P. 46		Fishing			Closed
Joseph B. LeBlanc	Church Point NS		318602	Brian & Guy		Fishing			Suspended
Joseph B. LeBlanc	Church Point NS		319196	C.D.P. 47		Fishing			Closed
Joseph B. LeBlanc	Church Point NS		319217	Laurent A.		Fishing			Closed
Joseph B. LeBlanc	Church Point NS		319227	Jeannot C.		Fishing			Closed
Joseph B. LeBlanc	Church Point NS		320007	Little Alf		Fishing			Closed
Joseph B. LeBlanc	Church Point NS		320716	Rejeanne A.		Fishing			Closed
Joseph B. LeBlanc	Church Point NS		320719	Jeannot B.		Fishing			Closed
Joseph B. LeBlanc	Church Point NS		323154	Early Boy		Fishing	7	1964	Registered
Joseph B. LeBlanc	Church Point NS		323187	Margie Anne		Fishing			Suspended
Joseph B. LeBlanc	Church Point NS		323641	Danny M.		Fishing			Closed
Lunenburg Foundry	Lunenburg NS		811040	Lady Eileen		Fishing Vessel	138	1989	Active
Matheson	New Glasgow NS	8		James William	Carmichael Ship Co	Schooner	512	1908	Wrecked off St Charles de Caplan, Bonaventure 1934
Matheson, I.	New Glasgow NS			Mulgrave	Govt of Canada	Cargo Ship	485	1893	Wrecked Marmot Rock, Beaver Harbor NS 1919
McGill, J.	Shelburne			Magdalen		Cargo Ship	135	1906
McGill, J.	Shelburne			Messenger		Cargo Ship	112	1901
McGill, J.	Shelburne			Harbinger		Cargo Ship	109	1901
McGill, J.	Shelburne			Dufferin		Cargo Ship	211	1905
McGill, J.	Shelburne			Samson		Cargo Ship	111	1907
McGill, J.	Shelburne			Granville		Cargo Ship	140	1909
McGill, J.	Shelburne			Rotundus		Cargo Ship	123	1910
McGill, J.	Shelburne			Aspy		Cargo Ship	215	1910
McGill, J.	Shelburne			Stadium		Cargo Ship	118	1912
McGowan, J. A.	Shelburne			Westport III		Cargo Ship	140	1903
McGowan, J. A.	Shelburne			Granville		Cargo Ship	134	1904
McGowan, W. J. A.	Shelburne			D. D. Mann		Cargo Ship	130	1907
McKay	Shelburne			Hansen		Trawler	147	1961	Burnt off Nova Scotia 1982
McKay	Shelburne			Cathy And Susie		Trawler	161	1966
McKay, W. C.	Shelburne			Good Luck		Cargo Ship	118	1926
McKay, W. C.	Shelburne			Werra II		Cargo Ship	141	1929	Later Accuracy
McKay, W. C.	Shelburne			Casafil		Trawler	107	1946	Wrecked in Liscomb Harbour 1951
McKay, W. C.	Shelburne			Fort Hearne	Hudson's Bay Co	Cargo Ship	382	1949	Crushed in ice 1961
Melanson, B. N.	Gilberts Cove NS			Edith M. Green		Cargo Ship	225	1917
Melanson, B. N.	Gilberts Cove NS			M. Sigogne		Cargo Ship	276	1917
Melanson, B. N.	Gilbert's Cove NS			R. W. Hendry		Cargo Ship	479	1921
Meteghan Marine	Meteghan NS			D. J. Purdy 1		Psgr/Cargo	582	1924	Burnt Gondola Point NB 1948
Mulhall, D. C.	Liverpool NS			Grand Manan	Grand Manan Steamboat	Passenger	363	1911	Scrapped 1930
Noel SB	Windsor NS			Samuel Courtney	Samuel Courtney Sh'g	Schooner	531	1918	Burnt Gibraltar Bay 1920
Nova Scotia SB	Liverpool NS			Ruby W.	W. B. Grieve	Schooner	375	1918	Foundered 100nm S Cape Race 1921
Nova Scotia SB	Liverpool NS			James G. Joy	Job Bros & Co	Schooner	454	1918	Later Zetta 1919, Elias 1929, deleted 1961
Nova Scotia SB	Liverpool NS			Ocean Maid		Cargo Ship	202	1920
Putnam, C.	Maitland NS			Mauna Loa	C. Putnam	Barque	1086	1881	Later Angela Casanova 1898, Nicalaos 1908, Tris Ierarchai 1914, Inagzi 1921, foundered 1924
Robichau, J. B.	Meteghan NS			Bernardo		Cargo Ship	122	1929
Routledge, R.	Sheet Harbour NS			Margaret		Cargo Ship	195	1907
Routledge, R.	Sheet Harbour NS			Gordon C.		Cargo Ship	255	1917
Snyder	Bridgewater NS			Abigail Grace	Jonathan & Amy Fish	Trawler	217	2004
Snyder	Dayspring NS			Eastern Fisher		Trawler	149	1992
Snyder	Dayspring NS			Blue Dawn		Trawler	154	1962
Snyder	Dayspring NS			Annette Marie		Trawler	163	1963
Spicer, J.	Spencer's Island NS			J. A. Mumford		Cargo Ship	115	1903
Steel & Engine Prods	Liverpool NS		322837	Mersey Seafoods		Fishing Vessel	1861	1965	Active
Sweeney, W. L.	Yarmouth NS			Gladys E. Sweeney		Cargo Ship	422	1947	Foundered off St Shots Cove NL 1952
Sweeney, W. L.	Yarmouth NS			W. D. Sweeney	W. D. Sweeney Co	Cargo Ship	392	1942	Later General Drury 1944, foundered 50nm NE Grand Turk 1953
Sydney Eng.	Sydney NS		395531	Lady Lisa II		Fishing Vessel	279	1980	Active
Tuck, F.	Sydney NS			Richmond		Cargo Ship	162	1905
Unknown	Lunenburg NS			Red Diamond II		Trawler	171	1954	Sank 1965
Wedgeport Boats	Wedgeport NS			Foley Brothers		Trawler	138	2003
Wedgeport Boats	Wedgeport NS	446	837265	Le Jean-Sebastien		Trawler	81	2013	Active
Wedgeport Tptn	Wedgeport NS			Noreg I	Wedgeport Tptn Co	Cargo Ship	333	1917	Wrecked off St Shotts NL 1917
Weingart, J. A.	Shelburne			Jean Revillon		Cargo Ship	117	1923	Later Fort James

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