Vessels Built by Hinton Electric Co.

compiled by John M. MacFarlane and Christopher J. Cole 2017

They had various storefront locations starting in 1900 on Government street over the years where they sold toasters, vibrators and gas launch engines. Their shipyard seems to have been on Bay Street somewhere, they were in liquidation from 1914 to 1916 and all assets were sold. They operated a launch that did trips to the Gorge Waterway.

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Advertisement for Hinton Electric Co. (Image from the Colonist newspaper.)

25 matches. 1 page. Max 50 records per page.
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Name Registration Vessel Type Year Built
Aggasiz Pride 133772 (Canada) Tug 1913
Allen S. 133766 (Canada) Patrol vessel 1913
Altair (III) 133771 (Canada) (nk) 1913
Bamberton (I) 133761 (Canada) Freighter 1913
Beatrice R. 133765 (Canada) Patrol Vessel 1913
Coaster (I) 133766 (Canada) Patrol vessel 1913
Cohoe Bay 153387 (Canada) Patrol vessel 1913
College Widow 126519 (Canada) Work Boat 1910
D.M.K. 134273 (Canada) (nk) 1912
Escalante (I) 126519 (Canada) Work Boat 1910
Euclataw 134022 (Canada) Patrol Vessel 1913
Eunice B. 133772 (Canada) Tug 1913
Eva R. 133766 (Canada) Patrol vessel 1913
Evelyn No. 1 141616 (Canada) Work Boat 1910
Geraldine R. 133767 (Canada) Work Boat 1913
Harp of Ireland II 133766 (Canada) Patrol vessel 1913
Latona II 141616 (Canada) Work Boat 1910
Leila R. 133770 (Canada) Work Boat 1913
Macard 133770 (Canada) Work Boat 1913
P.R.B.H. 28 133770 (Canada) Work Boat 1913
Salucan I 141616 (Canada) Work Boat 1910
Scotch Fir (I) 133761 (Canada) Freighter 1913
Snowland 126519 (Canada) Work Boat 1910
Tamara R 141616 (Canada) Work Boat 1910
Wabash (I) 126247 (Canada) Tug 1909

Author’s Note: This is a partial list (work in progress).

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Note to Reader: Vessel names containing Roman numerals in parentheses (e.g. Floater (II)) indicates more than one vessel in the database with the same name. The numerals in parentheses are NOT part of the vessel name but are used to distinguish one vessel from another in the database.


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