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Hike Metal Products, Wheatley ON

Most recent update: October 16, 2011.

Hike Metal Products Ltd. was formed in 1958 and in its early years concentrated on fishing vessels.  It now specializes in high-performance aluminum vessels.  Visit the company at www.hikemetal.com.  The yard is located on the north shore of Lake Erie, 45 miles east of the Windsor/Detroit border.  You should be able to see it from the air on Google here but the picture is blurred.

Hull # O.N. Original Name Original Owner Vessel Type GT Built Disposition
  179558 Miss Marg         Suspended 2008
  311347 Seveno Great Lakes Fish Fishing 34 1963 Now Sina Maria
  314694 Stan Dupont II   Workboat/Tug 29   Now Shark
  318812 Miss Muskoka Lady Muskoka Cruises Passenger 85 1964 Now Kawartha Spirit
  320942 Paula D. Paul's Boat Lines Ferry 109 1964 Active
  311350 Lady Muskoka Lady Muskoka Cruises Passenger 141 1965 Active
  318421 Chief Shingwauk Chief Shingwauk Marine Passenger 109 1965 Active
  323921 Donna F. Great Lakes Fish Fishing 41 1966 Active
  327371 Stewart C   Passenger 35 1966 Now Ste. Marie I
  323922 H. A. Stewart   Fishing 40 1967 Now Isabel Maria
  323924 Brian D. Great Lakes Fish Fishing 43 1967 Active
  188100 Peche Island II   Ferry 110 1968 Now Papoose III
    Friendship ACK Restaurants Passenger 98 1968 Active
  323925 Merri-Gale II   Fishing 117 1968 Active
  323926 Kimmy Sue Four Bros. Fishing Fishing 40 1968 Active
  329721 Papoose IV   Ferry 110 1968 Now Pioneer Queen
  323928 Castricom   Yacht 9 1970 Now Indefatigable
  330306 Niagara Belle   Passenger 195 1970 Now Mariposa Belle
  330308 Maid of the Mist III Maid of the Mist SB Co Passenger   1970 Closed 1998
19 345141 Phyllis Yorke F. M. Yorke & Sons Tug 272 1970 Closed 1996
  345163 Margaret Yorke F. M. Yorke & Sons Tug 272 1970 Closed 1996
  318423 Quastar John Myles Yacht 58 1972 Active
  331089 Miss Parry Sound   Passenger 34 1972 Now Miss Olympia
  346001 Haligonian III Murphy Tours Passenger 110 1972 Active
  314136 Jeanette M. Daniel Minor   31 1973 Active
  346007 R & G. Great Lakes Fish Fishing 51 1973 Active
  369289 Guardian No. 1   Research 38 1974 Now Septentrion
  348354 Maid of the Mist IV Maid of the Mist SB Co Passenger 75 1976 Active
  384187 Sea Prince II Rockport Boat Line Passenger 172 1978 Active
  348590 Elmore M. Misner   Tug 126 1979 Later Offshore Supplier, wrecked Little Cayman 2003
  372581 Cloud Chaser Gerald Stoddard Passenger 62 1979 Active
  391523 R. & L. No. 1   Tug 143 1979 Now Ecosse
  391709 Alexandria III Gregory Beauchamp Yacht 140 1980 Active
  395221 Island Queen V   Passenger 399 1980 Now Empress of Canada
  368780 Francesca Madre Figliomeni & Son Fishing 100 1981 Active
  802347 Maid of the Mist V Maid of the Mist SB Co Passenger 74 1983 Active
  801792 Kristy Lyn II White Fisheries Fishing 65 1985 Active
  809943 Le Petit Lievre   Passenger 13 1985 Now Les Eaux Scintillantes
  826040 Cap Goeland Canadian Coast Guard SAR Lifeboat 17 1985 Active
    Souris Canadian Coast Guard SAR Lifeboat 17 1985 Retired 2004
    Ruhen   Yacht 31 1985 Active
  801793 Walpole Islander Walpole-Algonac Ferry Line Ferry 72 1986 Active
  801796 Teresa Maria   Fishing 121 1987 Active
  810361 J. L. Erskine Min. of Community Safety Patrol Boat 9 1988 Active
  801799 Fan. C. III Causarano Fishery Fishing 108 1989 Active
  806297 Catherine E.         Closed 1999
  806301 Oliva         Closed 1999
  809652 Cuan Law         Closed 2005
  815732 Monitor VI Min. of Environment Yacht 8 1989 Active
  814262 Noskca-J   Fishing 100 1990 Active
  814539 Osprey Toronto Port Authority Workboat/Tug 5 1991 Active
92   Old School   Yacht 12 1991 Active
93 814696 Arrow Post Canadian Coast Guard Research 228 1991 Active
  815413 Niagara Queen II Ontario Power Generation Icebreaker 578 1992 Active
  816906 Great Blue Heron Blue Heron Co Passenger 112 1994 Active
  819269 Clark's Harbour Canadian Coast Guard SAR Lifeboat 43 1995 Active
  819270 Cap-Aux-Meules Canadian Coast Guard SAR Lifeboat 43 1995 Active
  819305 Sambro Canadian Coast Guard SAR Lifeboat 43 1996 Active
  820275 Westport Canadian Coast Guard SAR Lifeboat 43 1996 Active
  820551 Sipu Muin Canadian Coast Guard Hovercraft   1998 Active
  820560 Siyay Canadian Coast Guard Hovercraft   1998 Active
  821248 Jack's Queen   Fishing 84 1998 Active
122   Silver Bullet   Yacht 30 1998 Active
  821242 Saute Moutons 8 Niagara Jet Boating Passenger 12 1999 Active
  822513 Aazhaawe William McCue Ferry 164 1999 Active
  821650 Placentia Pilot Atlantic Pilotage Authority Pilot Boat 53 2000 Now Strait Eagle
  823396 Deer Island Princess II Min. of Transportation Passenger 312 2001 Active
  824460 Great Lakes Guardian Min. of Environment   12 2002 Active
  825542 Vakta Canadian Coast Guard Patrol Boat 34 2002 Active
  825996 Purvis (The)   Fishing 97 2003 Active
145   Vega Harbor Equipment   60 2003 Active
  827453 Waawaatesi City of York   11 2005 Active
  828312 HMS Detroit   Replica     Closed 2008
  830206 TCCA 1 Toronto Port Authority Passenger 219 2005 Active
  830781 Zephyr XII Blue Heron Co Passenger 9 2006 Active
160   Copasetic   Yacht   2006 Active
172 833933 Tribute to the 100th Min. of Community Safety Patrol Boat 9 2007 Active
173 832518 Thomas P Coffin Min. of Community Safety Patrol Boat 9 2007 Active
174   John R. Frazier City of Baltimore Fireboat   2007 Active
175 833907 Grandes Eaux Pilotage des Laurentides Pilot Boat 62 2008 Active
176     Ocean Research Corp. Research 495 2007 Active
177 Export Rachel Carson U. of Maryland Research   2008 Active
178 Export Christopher Wheatley City of Chicago Fireboat   2010 Active
179 830206 TCCA 2 Toronto Port Authority Passenger 270 2009 Now Marilyn Bell I
180 834784 Huron Explorer I Ministry of Nat. Res. Government 112 2010 Active