Tugboats, the semi's of the ocean. They pass Powell River pulling logbooms, construction barges, scows of hogfuel and chips for the local paper mill, train barges, barges loaded with
semi-trailers and chemical tankers and more. And I take their pictures as they pass.

Here you will find some of the photos I have taken of those tugboats as they pull their tows up and down Malaspina Strait and the surrounding waters. Big ones and little ones, good looking tugs and some not so.
I like them all, and if you like tugs - including tugs converted to other uses - I invite you to have a look.

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Sechelt Chief

Sechelt Chief - 2011-05-23

The converted tug Sechelt Chief - she was built in 1938 by Westcoast Salvage, in Vancouver, as the Joan I. She became the Robin Ann, then the Sechelt Chief, before being converted to a pleasure craft named Clive some time in the early '90's. Her latest owners went back a step and re-named her the Sechelt Chief. A very nice looking old wooden ex-tug that I like so much I'm showing a whole series of pictures of her entering the South Harbour.

Length: 14.94m Breadth: 4.63m Draft: 2.26m Power: 340 BHP Year Built: 1938

Sechelt Chief - 2011-05-23

Sechelt Chief - 2011-05-23

Sechelt Chief - 2011-05-23

Sechelt Chief - 2011-05-23

Sechelt Chief - 2012-09-13


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