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The ''William Rest'' was a
The ''William Rest'' was a tugboat
A tugboat or tug is a marine vessel that manoeuvres other vessels by pushing or pulling them, with direct contact or a tow line. These boats typically tug ships in circumstances where they cannot or should not move under their own power, su ...
built for the Toronto Harbour Commission
The Toronto Harbour Commission (THC) was a joint federal-municipal government agency based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The agency managed Toronto Harbour as well as being responsible for major works along the Toronto waterfront. It built both ...
in 1961 for $150,000 CAD
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She was built in Erieau, Ontario by the Erieau Shipbuilding and Drydock Limited.
She displaced 61 gross tons
Gross tonnage (GT, G.T. or gt) is a nonlinear measure of a ship's overall internal volume. Gross tonnage is different from gross register tonnage. Neither gross tonnage nor gross register tonnage should be confused with measures of mass or weig ...
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She was named after the commission's recently deceased director of planning.
Rest had worked for the Commission for 46 years.
She was powered by a Caterpillar 379D which could supply .
In 1975 the tugs ''William Rest'', the ''Lac Como'', the '' G.W. Rogers'' and the ''Bagotville'' tried to free the lake freighter
Lake freighters, or lakers, are bulk carrier vessels that operate on the Great Lakes of North America. These vessels are traditionally called boats, although classified as ships.
Since the late 19th century, lakers have carried bulk cargoes of m ...
'' George M. Carl''.
The Toronto Harbour Commission occasionally employs the William Rest to break ice on the lower Don River
The Don ( rus, Дон, p=don) is the fifth-longest river in Europe. Flowing from Central Russia to the Sea of Azov in Southern Russia, it is one of Russia's largest rivers and played an important role for traders from the Byzantine Empire.
Its ...
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Port authorities retired the ''William Rest'' when they commissioned its replacement, the '' Iron Guppy'', in the summer of 2016. William Rest was acquired by Galcon Marine Limited, but it has not been in active use since 2016.
In November 2022, the tug was seen being torn up for scrap on the Galcon Marine premises.
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