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Le Missinaibi

“Mis en service en 1952, le Missinaibi, dont le nom amérindien signifie «empreintes laissées par l'eau», faisait 14 mètres de long et pesait environ 14 tonneaux. Il était muni d’un moteur diesel Cummins de six cylindres qui générait 330 chevaux. Le remorqueur, construit par la compagnie Russel-Hipwell Engines Ltd. d’Owen Sound en Ontario a d'abord été acheté par la Pineland Timber Company et a été vendu en 1956 à la Canadian International Paper Company, qui devint plus tard, la CIP.

Le Missinaibi a servi à convoyer des billes de bois sur la rivière des Outaouais jusqu'au début des années 1970. La photo qui le rendit mémorable a été prise des berges de Hull, sur le site du Musée des civilisations par le célèbre photographe Malak en 1963. Sur l'illustration qu'on en a tirée du dollar canadien de la série 1973-87, on aperçoit le Missinaibi voguant à travers les billots sur la rivière des Outaouais, avec, en arrière-plan, le parlement canadien qui domine.

The Missinaibi

Built in 1952, the Missinaibi, whose name means "traces left by the water", is a 14-ton tugboat measuring 14 metres long driven by a six-cylinder Cummins diesel engine that generated 330 horsepowers. The tugboat built by the Russel-Hipwell Engines Ltd. of Owen Sound, Ontario, was first purchased by the Pineland Timber Company, and was sold in 1956 to the Gatineau-based Canadian International Paper Company, which later became the CIP.

The Missinaibi was used to convey logs on the Ottawa River until the early 1970s. The photo that made it memorable was taken from the banks of Hull, on the site of the Museum of Civilization, by renowned photographer Malak in 1963. In the illustration, the reverse of the Canadian dollar bill 1973-87 series, you can see the Missinaibi advancing through the logs on the Ottawa River with the Parliament Buildings in the background."

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Is there a tour: There is a tour of the museum, but it is not necessary to take the tour to see the tugboat as it is located outside next to a pedestrian / biking path. If boat is a garden what was planted in it: Not listed

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