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Name Date Built Where builit Builder Length Original Owner Notes Official No. Port of Registry
D.S. 1950 Prince Rupert Wahl, Edward 29
Registered Jan 19, 1951
1985 owner: A. Williams, Kitimat (also 2006)
192089 Prince Rupert
Daisy Leaf 1927 Arrandale
28’ Arrandale Cannery (ABC Packing) Built at Arrandale at the mouth of the Nass R. over the winter. Brought to PR drydock in May to have 100 hp Hall-Scott motor installed. PR Dailly News, May 7, 1927.

Danzig 1959 Prince Rupert Ringholm, Ernest 32
1985 owner: A. Garcia, Merville 311895 Victoria
David O. 1951 Prince Rupert Olson, Lawrence 32
1985 owner: W. March, Courtenay 195775 Nanaimo
Debbie J. 1966 Prince Rupert Wahl Boat Yard Ltd. 38
1985 owner: Debbie J. Holdings, Victoria
2006 owners: Smithers
320920 Prince Rupert
Deena R. 1966 Prince Rupert Wahl 34
1985 owner: N. mark, masset
Registration closed November 20, 2000.
320923 Prince Rupert
Defiance II 1941 Masset
33
1985 owner: J. Offerein, Ucluelet 176651 Victoria
Del Rio 1961 Prince Rupert Wahl Boat Yard Ltd. 33
1985 owner: Z. Radman, Prince Rupert (also 2006) 330294 Prince Rupert
Delkatla 1927 Cow Bay McLeans 48 x 12 Langara Cannery, Masset 30 hp Imperial

Delores K. 1946 Refuge Cove
35
1985 owner: Penland Fishing, Delta 179403 Victoria
Delphinium




Royal Fish Co.’s service boat
•chartered to Pacific Salvage for a month or so; delivered logs from Billmor to Brown’s MIll.


Demerara 1975 Prince Rupert Wahl Boat Yard Ltd. 29
Registered 1981 11 23
1985 owner: Winged Isle Yacht Ent. Victoria
2006 owners: Quesnel
369701 Victoria
Depend
Oona River Group, John? 32 Emil Quist, Oona River Registration closed December 5, 1984
(search comes up for Quist as builder on Vessel reg. web)


Diamentina [Diamantina ] 1970 Oona River Letts / Roald De Champ 40
Oona list: East-coast style halibut and crab boat with east coast style wheelhouse. De Champ well-known Nova Scotia boatbuilder came west to build hull.

1985 owner: K. Deinstadt, Terrace. BB says 36’ built in Terrace. Owners place of residence must have become confused with place built.
344755 Prince Rupert
Diamond B. 1948 Masset Wylie, Alexander 42
1985 owner: Diamond B. Fishin Co. Nanaimo 190081 Prince Rupert
Diane B. ex Napes 1960 Quatsino
38
1985 owner: Tri-Kev Fishing Co. Prince Rupert 188312 Vancouver
Dicky Boy 1926 Metlakatla Leighton, Petter [?] 38 Peter Leighton 1985 owner: D. Zroback, Powell River 194987 Prince Rupert
Distant Drummer II 1979 Oona River Clark, Martyn 30
Not on Oona River list.
1985 owner: Colin Gordon, Prince Rupert
392906 Prince Rupert
Dolphin



H. Gordon, Kitkatla In PR from Kitkatla for engine repairs. PRDN Jan 31, 1925

Dolso 1945 Sointula
1945
1985 owner: V. McArthur, Union Bay 192518 Vancouver
Don Jose 1958 Prince Rupert Wahl Boatyard Ltd. 31
Registered July 17, 1959
1985 owner: Cassiar Pacing Co.
2006 owner: Kitwanga
311894 Prince Rupert
Don Q

Suga
Klemtu The Don Q form Klemtu has been in for extansive repairs at the Suga yards. PRDN Jy 18, 1931

Dorcas
Osland Sakamoto
Andy Erlendson, Osland pic. page 56, Memories of Osland.

Doreen II



Kitkatla repaired at Suga yards. PRDN May 23 1924.

Doris II 1934 Prince Rupert Wahl 31
1985 owner: Lyco Fish Ltd. Prince Rupert
Closed April 10, 2003
170923 Prince Rupert
Dual / Elsa Mary 1946 Prince Rupert Wahl, Edward 36
1985 owner: J. Winslow, North Vancouver
2006 owner: Vancouver
176241 Victoria
Duchess II 1941 Cascade harbour Cholberg, Chris 32
1985 owner: M. Laukkanen, Victoria 178869 Nanaimo
Dungeness 1952 Masset
56
1985 owner: Noel Stewart-Burton, Masset 194977 Prince Rupert
Dvina 1948 Prince Rupert Crawley Didricksen Cow Bay Boatworks 37
1985 owner: R. Krause, Prince Rupert
Registration closed February 27, 2004
178304 Prince Rupert
E. H. Cameron 1961 Heriot Bay
37
1985 owner: R. Harry, Campbell River 314781 Vancouver
E. Lipsett 1922 Cow Bay McLeans
John Peterson PR Daily News, Ja 7, Ja 28, Feb 4, 1922

Eagle 1923
McLeans overhaul
Red Pierce “thoroughly overhauled and recaulked” PRDN Dec. 22, 1923

Early Spring 1941 Sointula Peterson, Edwin 32
1985 owner: J. Hunsberger, Parksville 173407 Vancouver
Eden Lake 1976 Queen Charlotte Christensen, Harold 36
1985 owner: Acquiline Investments, Comox 369705 Prince Rupert
Edenshaw



Capt. Henry Edenshaw, Masset In PR to have electrical work done. PRDN Oct. 11, 1924.
Seineboat and packer. PRDNSept. 12, 1931.


Edgewater 1972 Oona River Letts / Roald De Champ

Oona list: East-coast style halibut and crab boat. De Champ well-known Nova Scotia boatbuilder came west to build hull. Similar to Diamentina but with western wheelhouse. (Oona River list)

Edith L. / Jacinto Isle 1958 Masset Smith, Richard Otto 38
1985 owner: R. Weatherell, Chemainus 189631 Nanaimo
Edward Wahl / Panda No. 2 1945 Dodge Cove Wahls 40 H. E. Henry Wahl Chrysler 11 [sic. prob s/b 110 hp] PRDN Mar 30, 1946
1985 owner: K. Farrington, Haney
175460 Victoria
Eesti 1947 Oona River
1947
1985 owner: Harry Martin, Skidegate
not on Oona list
Closed April 20, 1999
189616 Prince Rupert
Eider
Oona River Quist, Emil

30-32’ double-ender

El Alamein / Merlida II 1945 Sointula Jarvis, Laurie 39
1985 owner: W. Dunan, Victoria 175719 Victoria
El Nino 1974 Oona River Hanson / Roald De Champ 44 Cliff Acker 45’ east-coast style. Oak ribs, mahognay planking, 18’ beam and topped with a west coast wheelhouse. Last boat to come from Hanson shed.
Oona River list says 1973.
1985 owner: Jamaica Fishing Co. Prince Rupert
348046 Prince Rupert
Eldo / Northern Gale 1948 Port Hardy
35
1985 owner: P. Mason, Bella Bella 190579 Vancouver
Elfie 1961 Kitimat
32
1985 owner: S. Knott, Victoria 322457 Vancouver
Elida 1919, 1956 Prince Rupert Orwig 31
rebuilt 1956. 1985 owner: C. Lindman, Terrace (also 2006) 174916 Prince Rupert
Elk Falls 1950 Quathiaski Cove
34
1985 owner: J. Townsend, Heriot Bay 322061 Nanaimo
Emblem I 1927 Prince Rupert Dry dock 54’ Haaton Lund to have 45 hp Fairbanks-Morse semi-diesel. PR Daily News, Ap 16, June 25, 1927.


Emerald 1926 Lewis Island Rosang 30
1985 owner: A. Wilkins, Port Hardy.
Registration closed Oct 15, 1996
195774 Prince Rupert
Emil C. 1947 Prince Rupert Carlson, John Emil 32
1985 owner: W. Charles, Masset 177977 Prince Rupert
Equinox 1968 Oona River Hanson 40’ Mike Lemon, Oona River Frames from Jan Michele used but stern changed to a stave type, planked with yellow cedar.
1985 registered length: 36’
327156 Prince Rupert
Escapade 1960 Prince Rupert Wahl Boatyard Ltd. 44
1985 owner: D. Larden, Richmond
2006 owner: Escapade Fishing, Delta
313045 Vancouver
Eskimo 1941 Prince Rupert Matsumoto 44
1985 owner: BC Packers
2006 owner: Hagensborg
173608 Vancouver
Esquire 1942 Prince Rupert
32
1985 owner: J. Morgan, Union Bay
Closed Jy 23, 2001
173509 Nanaimo
Essington 1931 Prince Rupert Dry Dock 120 x 30 Government of Canada New snag scow to replace Bobolink launched at dry dock Ap. 4/31. PRDN April 4, 1931

Esther D. 1947 Port Alice
37
1985 owner: R. Robertson, Vancouver 178222 Vancouver
Evelyn May 1940 Cascade Harbour Cholberg, C 31
1985 owner: P. Ullman, Victoria 172332 Port Alberni
Eveready
Oona River Group, John 29 Freestad