2006/08/19
That Ship Makes One Big Cottage
August 17 to August 19
We left the Kawarthas and drove west to Midland where we are staying for a week. The campground is right in Midland — only a 20 minute walk to the downtown and harbour area.
About 5 minutes drive from the campground is the Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre. During our hike through the park we spotted a couple of snakes and many frogs but unfortunately not the trumpeter swans — maybe next time.
The town of Penetanguishene is less than 10 minutes drive from Midland so we decided to check it out. At the harbour we walked along the pier and started chatting with some folks on a boat moored there. This wasn’t just any boat — it was the boat used in the television series “Adventure Inc.” that was filmed in Toronto. The boat was built as a ice breaker/research vessel for the Canadian Coastguard in 1959 and is now owned by a family and used as a “cottage”.
Ed spend some time down in the engine room looking at a problem with the diesel electric drive system, as well as taking a good look around the inside of the ship.
Some details of the boat are:
The Cutter “Still Watch”
134 ft long, 28 ft beam, Draft 10 ft, 390 Tons
Cat. 2 Ice breaker/Research and survey ship
Power: Two Fairbanks 640 HP diesel engines with twin 500 HP electric motors driving the props
Burns 80 L/hr of diesel fuel, at 8 kts. (max speed 11.2 kts)
History
1959 Built by Russel Brothers, Owen sound
1960-1984 Canadian Coast Guard “Ville Marie”
1984-1995 owned by a religious organization and named “Heavenbound”
1995- present registered as “Still Watch” by current owners; Tom and Ann Marshal
2002-2003 temporarily named “Vast Explorer” for TV series ‘Adventure Inc.”
more photos and info
http://www.boatnerd.com/Shiphotos/for-sale/misc/still-watch.htm
Downtown Midland
One of the murals you can see in downtown Midland.
Miss Midland --- she offers cruises around the 30,000 islands
Another mural.
A Northern Water Snake at the Wye Marsh
Some of the boardwalk at the marsh.
An interesting colletion fungus
Zaph says he's never seen a TeePee like this.
The harbour at Penetanguishene
Still Watch
A collage of the past lives of Still Watch.
Zaph visiting with Captain Tom, Anne and Justin
The Bridge
Ed leaving Still Watch after his tour of the ship.
Ed and Zaph
We left the Kawarthas and drove west to Midland where we are staying for a week. The campground is right in Midland — only a 20 minute walk to the downtown and harbour area.
About 5 minutes drive from the campground is the Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre. During our hike through the park we spotted a couple of snakes and many frogs but unfortunately not the trumpeter swans — maybe next time.
The town of Penetanguishene is less than 10 minutes drive from Midland so we decided to check it out. At the harbour we walked along the pier and started chatting with some folks on a boat moored there. This wasn’t just any boat — it was the boat used in the television series “Adventure Inc.” that was filmed in Toronto. The boat was built as a ice breaker/research vessel for the Canadian Coastguard in 1959 and is now owned by a family and used as a “cottage”.
Ed spend some time down in the engine room looking at a problem with the diesel electric drive system, as well as taking a good look around the inside of the ship.
Some details of the boat are:
The Cutter “Still Watch”
134 ft long, 28 ft beam, Draft 10 ft, 390 Tons
Cat. 2 Ice breaker/Research and survey ship
Power: Two Fairbanks 640 HP diesel engines with twin 500 HP electric motors driving the props
Burns 80 L/hr of diesel fuel, at 8 kts. (max speed 11.2 kts)
History
1959 Built by Russel Brothers, Owen sound
1960-1984 Canadian Coast Guard “Ville Marie”
1984-1995 owned by a religious organization and named “Heavenbound”
1995- present registered as “Still Watch” by current owners; Tom and Ann Marshal
2002-2003 temporarily named “Vast Explorer” for TV series ‘Adventure Inc.”
more photos and info
http://www.boatnerd.com/Shiphotos/for-sale/misc/still-watch.htm
Downtown Midland
One of the murals you can see in downtown Midland.
Miss Midland --- she offers cruises around the 30,000 islands
Another mural.
A Northern Water Snake at the Wye Marsh
Some of the boardwalk at the marsh.
An interesting colletion fungus
Zaph says he's never seen a TeePee like this.
The harbour at Penetanguishene
Still Watch
A collage of the past lives of Still Watch.
Zaph visiting with Captain Tom, Anne and Justin
The Bridge
Ed leaving Still Watch after his tour of the ship.
Ed and Zaph
