Riverton Boats

Riverton Boats, Riverton MB

Ken and Chris Thorsteinson owned and operated Riverton Boat Works for over 40 years and the boats they built were remarkably complex, especially considering that Riverton is such a tiny place - population 600 - in such a remote location. If anyone can add to the table below, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 18 July 2021.

O.N.	Original Name	Original Owner	Type	GT	Built	Disposition
157173	Husk		Fishing Vessel	16	1926	Closed
193284	Diane H.		Cargo	43	1951	Active
193286	Twenty-One		Yacht	22	1951	Closed 2005
194382	Mareca	Dept. of Fisheries	Patrol Boat	15	1951	Later Theanne
190128	James A. Ryan		Tug	30	1952	Closed 2005
193254	Kaye-Tee	Kucher Trefiak	Cargo	48	1952	Abandoned in Hay River NWT
193255	Alaskan	Alaska Fisheries	Fishing Vessel	18	1952	Closed 2008
193288	Solitude					Closed 2002
193297	Hecla Island Ferry	Manitoba DPW	Ferry	13	1953	Closed 2002
188250	Hecla Island Ferry II	Manitoba DPW	Ferry	110	1958	Now Edgar Wood
313268	Shippegan		Tug	7	1961	Closed 2008
313868	Kathy S.		Fishing Vessel	31	1961	Closed 2002
313871	Mundi J. II		Fishing Vessel	57	1962	Active
313872	Keystone		Fishing Vessel	175	1963	Now Mukutawa
322523	Chemahaw		Fishing Vessel	27	1964	Active
322526	Dundas		Barge	660	1965	Active
372119	The Greenwing		Tug	14	1965	Suspended 2008
828469	Fenton		Passenger	26	1965	Active
312400	Nighthawk Charters		Cargo	38	1966	Now Sharryn D II
322530	Spoonbill		Tug	14	1966	Active
328003	Rushoon		Tug	8	1967	Now T.A.1
331311	Uno Por Rio II		Recreational	21	1967	Now Superior Princess
322534	Kinoosao		Fishing Vessel	22	1968	Active
815416	M-10		Pilot Boat	18	1968	Later Nauti-Boy, closed 2005
322538	Gods Laker		Fishing Vessel	12	1969	Suspended 2003
322539	Lady Selkirk		Passenger	205	1969	Later Lady Northland, now M.S. Kenora
331156	Tar Island		Tug	7	1969	Closed 2009
828466	Cecil		Passenger	35	1969	Active
828755	Rosevear Ferry		Ferry	30	1969	Active
331314	Treesbank Ferry II	City of Winnipeg	Ferry	13	1970	Closed 1999
344934	H. Broadhead		Cargo Ship	143	1971	Later Arctic Bear 1988, closed 2008
331316	Lady Frances		Fishing Vessel	38	1972	Closed 2001
331317	Seabird V		Tug	32	1972	Active
827637	Siggi Einar		Fishing Vessel	23	1972	Active
331321	Javlyn		Fishing Vessel	34	1973	Active
344933	Norweta		Passenger	286	1973	Active
197728	McBeth		Recreational	15	1973	Active
331330	Siggi Oliver		Research Vessel	25	1974	Closed 2006
395641	Wollaston Lake Barge		Cargo	35	1974	Active
826482	Ruby E		Fishing Vessel	27	1974	Active
347524	Namao	Dept. of Fisheries	Buoy Tender	328	1975	Later 1998-06 1998, sold 2005 as Namao, active
808181	Dallas - Faye		Cargo	19	1976	Active
808184	Haley Lynn					Closed 1995
372102	Joe Keeper		Ferry	168	1977	Active
372103	James Apetagon		Ferry	94	1977	Active
372104	Thomas A. McIvor		Ferry	94	1977	Now C. F. Ingemar Carlson II
371491	Tamiko Lee-Ann		Fishing Vessel	20	1979	Suspended 2003
372115	Alfred Settee Sr.		Ferry	94	1982	Active
801096	Le Cormoran		Tug	8	1982	Now T.3
828694	Tannis Dayne		Fishing Vessel	24	1982	Active
827795	Amik II		Passenger	29	1984	Active
808174	H. M. Wilson		Tug	171	1986	Active
808175	Treesbank Ferry III	City of Winnipeg	Ferry	22	1987	Active
803827	Mandi Ross		Recreational	18	1990	Now Sabina
827761	Playgreen II		Cargo	56	1994	Active

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