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Updated January 8, 2009
| Name | Date Built | Where builit | Builder | Length | Type | Original Owner | Notes | Official No. | Port of Registry |
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| M. J. (became Soubrette) | 1919 | Hunts Inlet, Porcher Island | 30.5x10.0x4.1 | 1953 owner (M.J.): Martin Johnson 1963 owner ( M.J.): Hans Roschke, Vancouver |
179568 | Prince Rupert | |||
| M. Lewis (became Buddy) | 1924 | Metlakatla | 42.6 x 10.6 x 4.0 | Source: 1930 List of Shipping 1953 listed as Buddy, with note: Formerly M. Lewis and foreign name Leader 1953 owner: Nelson Brothers. |
153152 | Prince Rupert | |||
| M. W. | 1945 | Seal Cove | McLean Shipyards | 40.0x12.0x5.8 | Magnus Hveding, Vancouver | Chrysler 115 hp. PRDN Mar. 30, 1946; WF May46:16 1953 owner (Vancouver reg.): Charles Edwards, Vancouver 1985 owner: G. Green, Campbell River 2006 owners: Shawnigan Lake |
176081 | Vancouver / Nanaimo | |
| MacGill | 1927 | Greenville | 33.5x9.6x3.4 | BC Packers | 1927 owner: BC Fishing and Packing Co. Source: 1927 List of Shipping |
154520 | Prince Rupert | ||
| Mae West (ex Terken or Ternen) | 1924 | Lewis Island | Rosang, E.? Andrew Rosong (sic) | 34.0x11.0x6.0 | On-line registry says builder was Andrew Rosang, Lewis Island. 1953 list says former name Ternen; on-line list says Terken Not on V. Garrison list. 1942: Capt. O. J. Hansen; had Mae West up at Bensons for new deck and overhaul (WF Nov 1942: 11) 1953 owner: BC Packers 1963 owner: Nels Jensen, Vancouver 1969: lengthened by 8 at Wahls, Prince Rupert (Wahl:114) 1985, 2007 owner: R. Anderson, Powell River |
150857 | Prince Rupert | ||
| Malen / Melina? | Oona River | Group, John | 35 | ||||||
| Marble Isle | 1951 | Queen Charlotte Citty | 39.1x12.4x4.5 | halibut | Frederick Roberts | 1953, 1963 owner: Frederick Roberts, Queen Charlotte City 1954 Roberts Bros. using it for logging (WF Feb 54:26); later out on halibut (WF Jy54:12) |
193627 | Prince Rupert | |
| Margaret S. (became JR II) | 1947 | Port Alice | 30 | 1963 owner: John Veness, Vancouver 1985 owner: Doris Johnson, Parksville |
195791 | Victoria | |||
| Marisa | 1933 | Prince Rupert | Suehiro, Y. | 37.9x10.4x4.5 | 1953 owner: Iver Wick, Prince Rupert 1963 owner: Andrew Dybhaven, Prince Rupert 1985 owner: 268232 BC Ltd. Prince Rupert 2006 owner: Prince Rupert |
158251 | Prince Rupert | ||
| Marius P. | David Parnell, Masset | gasboat PRDN Sept 11, 1924 | |||||||
| Markwell | 1918 | Sea Island | 35.9 x 10.5 x 4.5 | John and James Martin | owner by 1930: Heber L. Clifton, Hartley Bay Jack and James Martin of the fishing boat Markwell PRDN Mar. 12, 1919 PRDN Feb 24, Dec. 8, 1923. PRDN Ap 5 1924. visit to Kitkatla. PRDN Jan 24, 1925 |
138708 | Vancouver | ||
| Marlene Ann | 1953? | Kitkatla | Bolton, Chester | gillnetter | Chester Bolton, Kitkatla | had Lathrop gas engine, and a Troller radio phone. WF December 1953:44 | |||
| Marlene J. (ex Stanley A. ) | 1942 | Prince Rupert | Matsumoto | 34.4x10.4x5.0 | troller | See Iver Johanson interviewhttp://www.livinglandscapes.bc.ca/northwest/boatbuilding/ivar.html 1953 owner (Marlene J.): Iver Johanson 1954: Ivar Johansen has changed the name of his troller from Stanley A to Marlene J. (WF Jy 1954:11) Mention in WF Aug(?) 1954: 32. Trolling is improving but is still not what it was expected to be. 1963 owner: Karle Giske, Prince Rupert 1985 owner: G. Bajkov, Lanztville Registration closed April 17, 1996 |
173501 | Prince Rupert | |
| Mary Ann III | 1942 | Ocean Falls | 35.0x10.8x3.9 | 1953 owner: Joseph Wright, Vancouver 1963 owner: George Burr, Vancouver |
195859 | Vancouver | |||
| Mary D. | troller | Capt. Fred Dudoward, Port Simpson | mentioned PRDN Sept 22, Oct 27, 1923. 1946: At Cow Bay wharf, Prince Rupert we met Skipper R. A. Dudoward, who with his wife, Mary, has been trolling around Port Simpson for 36 years. They have just installed a new Crown engine on their 36 troller Mary D. WF June46:43 See WF June 1946:46 |
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| Mary Louise W. | 1927 | Prince Rupert | 40.2x12.2x5.3 | William Woods, Sandspit | Source: 1930 List of Shipping 1953, 1963 owner: Nelson Bros. Rebuilt 1973. 1985 owner: C. Skinner, Houston |
154507 | Prince Rupert | ||
| Mary Roberta / Welcome Spirit | 1974 | Prince Rupert | Prince Rupert Boatyard Ltd Wahl | 50 | 1985 owner: Ramsay Fishing Co. Prince Rupert 2008 owners in Richmond |
348044 | Prince Rupert | ||
| Masset Maid | 1948 | Masset | 50.0x14x6.6.8 | 1953 owner: Ernest Yeltatzie, Massett |
179564 | Prince Rupert | |||
| Maud J. |
1939 | Osland | Jonsson, Jon | 40.0x11.4x4.8 | halibut | Jon Johnsson | Built by Jon Jonsson, his father Gisli Jonsson and his wife Margaret Jonsson. It took 2 winters to build. Much of the wood came from the area. Bow was yellow cedar from a tree growing at an angle; he adzed it to fit. Built without power tools. [but story re skirt caught in table saw?] P. 48 & 49, Memories of Osland. (pic of shed & boat in Memories of Osland, P. 48.) 1947: Johnnson moved to Lulu Island. Had Swann Machine Shop overhaul engine in Maude J. (WF April 1947:48) 1953 owner: Jon Jonsson, Osland 1963 owner: Russell Jonsson, Cloverdale 1985 owner: R. Liehr, Vancouver 2008 owners in Ladysmith Richmond Archives image links here and here. |
172023 |
Prince Rupert |
| Mauna Loa No. 1 | 1951 | Port Edward | Tasaka, Jack | 28.6x8.3x3.9 | Registered 1963 04 19 1964, 1985 owner: Cassiar Packing Co. 2007 owner in Richmond |
319458 |
Vancouver | ||
| Mavis B. | 1957 | Prince Rupert | 1963 owner: Cassiar Packing Co. | ||||||
| May H. | 1949 | Prince Rupert | 29.6x8.8x3.5 | 1953 owner: Cassiar Packing Co. (A new boat of same name built 1962) |
190087 | Prince Rupert | |||
| May Queen | 1952 | Bella Bella | Robert Hillyard | 34.7x11.0x4.1 | tug | 1963 owner: John Ostrom, Bamfield 2008 owner in Victoria |
312073 |
Vancouver | |
| Mayflower | Jud Thruber | Mayflower is being lengthened by 6 feet and the engine is being thoroughly cleaned. [doesnt say where] PR Daily News Dec 2, 1921. | |||||||
| Mazpah | 1957 | Quatsino | 34.2 | 1963 owner: Otto Botel, Quatsino | 189954 | Vancouver | |||
| McLean No. 1 | 1948 | Seal Cove | McLean Shipyard | 33.2x11.8x4.0 | workboat | 1953, 2006 owners: Seal Cove Marine Works | 179565 | Prince Rupert | |
| McR | 1930 | Sandspit | 47.6x12.2x5.3 | 1953 owner: Duncan McRae, Vancouver | 156893 | Vancouver | |||
| Me Too II | 1938 | Bella Bella | 26.1x8.8x2.5 | 1953 owner: John Gregg, East Bay 1963 owner: Raymond Herbert, Vancouver 1985 owner: A. Milligan, Nanaimo Closed March 3, 1992 |
175150 | Nanaimo | |||
| Melba II | 1927 | Oona River | Group, John | 34.8x10.5x4.2 | Tory Axelson | 1947: A.T. Axelson, Oona River BC owns the 36 x 9 Melba II, powered with a Universal 90. He has been on fishery patrol from 1936 to 1946 and at present is a mail courier. WF Nov 1947:24 1953 owner: Douglas Rutherford, Oona River 1963 owner: Fred Holden, Prince Rupert 1985 owner: H. Gray, Prince Rupert Registration closed March 14, 2001 |
174915 | Prince Rupert | |
| Melina | |||||||||
| Melville | 1928 | Prince Rupert | Dry Dock | 580x14.7x6.9 | halibut | John Iverson | One of a pair of boats. Lauched March 6, 1928 at the same time as her sister ship Covenant. 75 hp Fairbanks-Morse diesel. PR Daily News, Feb 11, Mar 10, Apr 28, 1928. chartered by International Fisheries Commission. (DN Mar 15/30) 1953, 1963 owner: Ragnar Michaelson, Vancouver 1985 owner: R. Michaelson, Vancouver. reg. length 53 Closed December 27, 2002 Richmond Archives image links here and here and here. |
154711 | Prince Rupert |
| Mernie Belle | 1953 | Prince Rupert | 31.5x9.5x4.6 | 1953 owner: Douglas Brown, Prince Rupert | 194989 | Prince Rupert | |||
| Merrymac (ex Togo No. 1) | 1940 | Sunnyside | Eyaki, T. | 36 | 1963, 1985 owner (Merrymac) Charles Macfarlane, Vancouver | 172029 | Vancouver | ||
| Midas Touch | 1960 | Port Hardy | 35 | 1985 owner: A. Lemke, Youbou | 313657 | Vancouver | |||
| Midcoast Fisher | 1975 | Ocean Falls | 28 | Fb | 1985 owner: J. McDowell, Sointula | 369609 | Vancouver | ||
| Midori | 1929 | Port Essington | 38.3 x 10.4 x 4.4 | Tazo Nakagawa, Inverness | Source: 1930 List of Shipping 1946: Capt. Josh Mckay and his son Perry McKay, Port Simpson, will be packing again this season for JH Todd & Sons Ltd cannery at Inverness withe their 38 packer Midori. WF June 1946:46 1948 skipper: Joshua McKay, Port Simpson. (Native Voice, Nov. 1948) 1953 owner: Joshua McKay 1963 owners: John Dignard and Kore Hugstedt |
155176 | Prince Rupert | ||
| Midway | 1927 | Prince Rupert | Suga, S. | 32.6x10.5x4.7 | 1953 owner (Van reg.): Mimi Johnson, Vancouver 1963 owner: Allan Bjork, Surrey 1985 owner: Midway Fishing Ltd, Delta 2006 owner: Campbell River |
172027 | Vancouver / Nanaimo | ||
| Milart (renamed Rebel Wind) | 1940 | Oona River | Group, John | 31 | 1963 owner: Arthur Himmelman, Vancouver 1985 owner: D. Ratcliffe, Tofino 2008 owners in Shawnigan Lake |
310345 |
Vancouver | ||
| Mina No. 1 | 1947 | Oona River | Group, John | 29 | 1963 owner: Stanley Hill, Kitkatla 1985 owner: Robert Green, Prince Rupert Registration closed Oct. 8, 1986 |
311897 | Prince Rupert | ||
| Minnie V | 1916 | Prince Rupert | 31.2x8.4x3.1 | 1953 owner: Alfred Benson, Prince Rupert 1963 owner: John Moran, Vancouver Became The Quota. Registration closed April 9, 2001. (Vessel registry online) |
155159 | Prince Rupert | |||
| Miss April No. 1 | 1972 | Prince Rupert | Prince Rupert Boatyard Ltd Wahl | 32 | Fb | 1985 owner: H. Hale, Prince Rupert 2006 owner: Bamfield |
344764 | Prince Rupert | |
| Miss Babs | 1953 | Masset | 48 | Robert Wylie, Massett | 1953, 1963 owner: Robert Wylie, Massett 1985 owner: Tomco Fishing Registry closed, March 4, 2002 |
194990 | Prince Rupert | ||
| Miss Cassiar | 1959 | Prince Rupert | Wahl | 29 | Registered July 2, 1959 1963, 1985 owner: Cassiar Packing Co. 2003 owner: Kitwanga Richmond Archives image links here and here. |
311884 | Prince Rupert | ||
| Miss Delphine | 1958 | Haida (Masset) | 39.4x13.9x5.2 | 1963 owner: Babcock Fisheries Richmond Archives image link here. |
311893 | Prince Rupert | |||
| Miss Denise (ex White Oak) | 1951 | Prince Rupert | Deane, W.J.H. | 41.7x13.6x5.7 | 1953 owner: William Deane, Prince Rupert 1963 owner (Miss Denise): Robert Wylie, Massett 1985, 2008 owner: Queen Charlotte Canners, Masset |
193628 |
Prince Rupert | ||
| Miss Donna | 1967 | Prince Rupert | Wahl | 44 | Registered 1967 05 19 1985 owner: David Huson Inc, Victoria 2006: registered as pleasure boat. Owner in Quathiaski Cove. |
327133 | Prince Rupert | ||
| Miss Dundas | 1965 | Prince Rupert | Wahl | 29 | Registered 1965 06 10 1985 owner: Herbert Bryant, Prince Rupert (also 2006) |
368973 | Prince Rupert | ||
| Miss Frances D. | 1949 | Prince Rupert | Crawley Didricksen Cow Bay Boatworks | 35 | 1963, 1985 owner: Alfred Doane, Prince Rupert Registration closed May 8, 2001 |
313077 | Prince Rupert | ||
| Miss Georgina | 1954 | Dollarton, North Vancouver | Matsumoto | 54.5x17.4x6.54 |
seiner |
1963 owner: Doris Brajcich |
197694 | Vancouver | |
| Miss Glenda | 1965 | Prince Rupert | Wahl boat Yard Ltd. | 28 | 1985 owner: Ambrose Hall, Kitimat (also 2006) | 320922 | Prince Rupert | ||
| Miss Janine | 1964 | Prince Rupert | Prince Rupert Boatyard Ltd (Iver Wahl) | 36 | John Reinhard, Nanaimo | 1985 owner: Prince Rupert Closed July 5, 1999 |
322067 | Nanaimo | |
| Miss Kim | 1959 | Prince Rupert | Wahl | 29 | 1963 owner: Takao Yada, Vancouver 1985 owner: S. Steer, Delta Registration closed February 4, 1985 |
311900 | Prince Rupert | ||
| Miss Kristina | 1965 | Queen Charlotte | 32 | Karl Bergman, Oona River | 344781 | Prince Rupert | |||
| Miss Lonnie | 1978 | Prince Rupert | Okabe | 30 | Fb | 1985 owner: Russell Mather, Port Simpson | 372364 | Prince Rupert | |
| Miss Lori | 1970 | Port Edward | Tasaka Boatworks | 30 | 1985 owner: Albert White, Port Simpson Registration closed: April 10, 1990 |
330299 | Prince Rupert | ||
| Miss Mary Beth (ex Charles Todd) | 1914, 1946 | Vancouver, Bella Bella |
W. R. Menchions | 45.3x17.9x4.1 | 1953 owner: Pacifc Mills Ltd. (Ocean Falls) 1953 List of Shipping says rebuilt 1946 in Bella Bella. 1963 owner (Miss Mary Beth): Thomas Hood, Vancouver 2007 (Eljac) owner in New Westminster. Eljac picture link http://www.richmond.ca/asp/archives_search/SingleImage.asp?Image=1999-0006-00622.jpg |
134087 | Vancouver | ||
| Miss Pacific (renamed Miss Pacific No. I) | 1962 | Prince Rupert | Prince Rupert Boatyard Ltd Wahl | 37 | Peter Peterson, Prince Rupert | 1963 owner: Peter Peterson, Prince Rupert 1985 owner: Davies Marine, Sooke 2006 owner: Surrey Richmond Archives image link 1982 |
318984 | Nanaimo | |
| Miss Rita No. 1 | 1955 | Prince Rupert | 28.6x8.2x3.8 | 1963 owner: Cassiar Packing Co. | 198567 | Prince Rupert | |||
| Miss Rupert II | 1925 | Prince Rupert | Frizzell, Bob | 15 [?] | pleasure | Bob Frizzell | speed boat. 90 hp Emmerson. PRDN July 4, 1925. | ||
| Miss T. J. | 1979 | Prince Rupert | Dodge Cove Boatyards (Alec Spiller, Iver Wahl) | 1985 owner: Cealex Enterprises, Victoria 2006 owner: Cealex Enterpises, Sooke Richmond Archives image link 1982 |
372372 | Prince Rupert | |||
| Miss Tina | 1965 | Prince Rupert | Prince Rupert Boatyard Ltd (Wahl) | 41 | 1985 owner: Henshall Enterprises, Campbell River 2006 owner: Madeira Park Richmon Archives image link 1974 and 1976 |
320911 | Prince Rupert | ||
| Miss Valerie | 1969 | Prince Rupert | Wahl | 31 | Registered 1969 12 11 1985 owner: W. Spence Fishing Ltd. Prince Rupert 2003 owner: Nanaimo |
330282 | Prince Rupert | ||
| Mission Creek | 1968 | Port Edward | Tasaka Boatworks | 31 | 1985 owner: Larry Angus, Kincolith Registration closed August 31, 2000 |
372362 | Prince Rupert | ||
| Misty | 1927 | Cow Bay | 38 | halibut | Mr. Garlick and son | original power: 20 h.p. Vivian. (PR Daily News, Apr 2, 1927) Engine had a cracked cylinder and had to be sent back to factory. This is hard luck for these new Prince Rupert fishermen. Daily News, May 7, 1927. |
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| Misty (became Francis Sean Two) | 1942 | Bella Bella | Larsen, Walter | 34.3x10.5x4.5 | troller |
1953 owner: T.Hansen, Vancouver 1963 owner: William Paulson, Winter Harbour 1985 owner: J. Westman, Vancouver 2007 owner in Port Coquitlam • Richmond Archives image link 1972 |
197378 | Vancouver | |
| Misty Morn | 1960 | Prince Rupert | 61.2x17.5x6.3 | 1963 owner: William Deane, Prince Rupert 1985 owner: Callisto Trading Corp. Prince Rupert Registration closed October 2002 • Richmond Archives image link 1977 |
313051 | Prince Rupert | |||
| Mitchell Bay | 1937 | Alert Bay | Sharne, James | 51 | 1985 owner: R. Botkin, Delta | 170409 | Vancouver | ||
| Mitkof ex Pair of Jacks | 1918 | Prince Rupert | 46.2x12.0x6.3 | 1953 owner: Henry Robins and Norman Nelson, Vancouver 1963 owner: Nelson Bros. |
141273 | Prince Rupert | |||
| Miyajima | 1920 | Rivers Inlet | 32.8 x 8.8 x 3.6 | 1930 owner: Nootka Packing Co. Source: 1930 List of Shipping 1953, 1963 owner: Alex Amos, Hesquiat |
150269 | Vancouver | |||
| Mohawk | 1955 | Prince Rupert | Wahl, E. | 37.7x12.7x5.4 | 1963 owner: H Bell-Irving (ABC Packing) 1985, 2008 owner in Comox Richmon Archives image link 1978 |
198933 |
Vancouver | ||
| Mollie May (became Western Rover) | 1918 | Prince Rupert | 45x13x6 | 1927 owners: Ole Johnson et al, New Westminster Source: 1927 List of Shipping 1953, 1963 owner (Western Rover): Nelson Bros. Fisheries. 1953 size: 50.5x13.3x6.3 |
138678 | Vancouver | |||
| Moose | Oona River | Johnson, Ed | 37 | Ed Oona River Johnson | Source: Jan Lemon notes | ||||
| Morena | 1966 | Prince Rupert | Wahl | 35 | Registered 1967 02 01 1985 owner: Arne Arneson, Prince Rupert 2003 owner: Saltspring Island. |
327122 | Prince Rupert | ||
| Moresby | Phillip Douglas, Kitkatla | left for Lowe Inlet to engage in seining for that cannery. PRDN July 19 1924. in port from Kitkatla for repairs. PRDN Dec 6, 1924. |
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| Mother II | 1935 | Prince Rupert | Matsumoto | 3232.9x10.9x4.3 | 1953 owner: H. Johnson, Victoria 1963 owner: Sigfred Johnson, Victoria 1985 owner: M. Sanderson, Comox Registrtion closed March 19, 2001 |
158256 | Victoria | ||
| Mother III | 1939, 1957 | Prince Rupert | 39.8x12.6x4.7 | 1953, 1963 owner; Linas Antonsen, Prince Rupert Rebuilt 1957, Prince Rupert • Richmond Archives image links 1972 (as longliner) and 1973 and 1974 (as seiner) |
172024 | Prince Rupert | |||
| Muchacha | 1952 | Prince Rupert | 19.3x6.3x2.0 | 1953, 1963 owner: Charles Hallan, Prince Rupert | 194288 | Prince Rupert | |||
| My Fair Lady III | 1969 | Kemano | 35 | Fb | 1985 owner: P. Docking, Kemano | 369710 | Prince Rupert | ||
| My Other Lady (renamed Sharilee III) | 1959 | Prince Rupert | Wahl | 29 | 1963 owner (My Other Lady): Minoru Hamano, Prince Rupert 1985 owner: R. Fisher, Port Edward 2006 owner: Terrace BC |
311882 | Prince Rupert | ||
| Mylor | 1940 | Prince Rupert | Wahl, Edward | 37.3x11.0x4.9 | ABC Packing (Bell-Irving) | Registered Aug. 5, 1942 1953, 1963 owner:H. Bell-Irving Ltd. 1985 owner: Canadian Fishing Co. (also 2006) Registry closed December, 2006 |
172479 | Prince Rupert | |
| Myra S. | Dodge Cove | Whals | gillnetter | J. Snellman | J. Snellman owns the 328 x 85 gillnetter Myra S, powered with a 15-18 Easthope and fishing out of Prince Rupert.. I have been fishing on the Skeena since childhood. My boat was built at Ed Wahl, Dodge Cove, Digby Island and I am well pleased with it. WF Dec 1947:44 | ||||
| Myra S. (renamed Gillian) | 1958 | Port Edward | Tasaka, Jack | 31 | 1963 owner (Myra S.) Andrew Snellman, Prince Rupert 1985 owner: 268232 BC Ltd Prince Rupert |
189628 | Prince Rupert | ||
Myrtle M.![]() |
Nass River? | John Morven? | gillnetter | John Morven built his modern gillnetter Myrtle M, powered with a 40 hp Red Wing. John Morven operates a general store at Aiyansh, Nass River, also owns the gillnetter Myrtle M powered with a 40 hp Red Wing. Johnny was seen in Prince Rupert loading supplies for the fishing season. WF June 1946:32, 34. |
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| Mystic Isle | 1972 | Boat Harbour | Murray, L. C. | 37 | 1985 owner: W. Dalzell Enterprises, Nanaimo | 347441 | Nanaimo |