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Ownership was transferred to Canada Steamship Lines in 1921 as part of the final winding up of the Montreal Transportation Co. fleet and she was operated by Reid Towing & Wrecking of Sarnia Ontario in 1922. She was transferred to Dominion Towing and Salvage of Port Arthur Ontario in 1925. That firm became part of Sin-Mac tugs in 1929. She was taken off the register in 1936 or 1937. H.F. Bronson (1817-1889) was a prominent American lumberman who operated in New York State, the Ottawa Valley and California. He was a promoter of the Upper Ottawa Steamship Co. in 1868. Note that in addition to this one owned by Montreal Transportation Co., the Upper Ottawa Improvement Co. also named a tug after him (1895-1917). J. Gaskin letterbook 1884-86; Montreal Transportation Co. Annual Directors' Reports 1903, 1906, 1908, 1910 and 1912-20; Montreal Transportation Co. Cash Book H.F. Bronson October 1919; Montreal Transportation Co. Charter (1917) Schedule A; Montreal Transportation Co. Directors Minutes 11 November 1921; Montreal Transportation Co. Engineer's Log Oatland 3 Sept 1917-3 June 1918; Montreal Transportation Co. Fleet List 1921; Montreal Transportation Co. Ships' Logs Glide 2 May-15 Dec 1919 and Mary 4 May 1917-8 Oct 1918; Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; American Bureau of Shipping Great Lakes Register 1919; Association of Canadian Lake Underwriters Lake Vessel Register 1874; Bascom and Gillham Early Ships of Canada Steamship Lines; Board of Lake Underwriters Lake Vessel Register 1878; Canada List of Shipping 1877, 1895, 1918, 1925, 1927, 1930, 1933 and 1935; Dictionary of Canadian Biography; Directory of the Marine Interests of the Great Lakes 1884; Inland Lloyd's Vessel Register Canadian Hulls 1890 and 1897; Lloyd's Register 1920 and 1921; Mercantile Navy List 1923 and 1925; Milwaukee Public Library Great Lakes Marine Collection; Miramar Ship Index; New Mills List; British Whig 8 and 11 September 1880, 1 April 1887, 17 April, 2 and 4 November, 3 and 9 December 1890; Canadian Railway & Marine World June 1922; Detroit Marine Historian February 1952; Kingston Daily News 6 September 1871 and 31 August 1876. HALL see JESSIE HALL or MARY P. HALL HELENA steel tug (C 133758) (Signal letters VYNR). 1907. 264 tons gross, 179 net. By 1947 was 299 gross and 204 net, 108.8' (between perpendiculars), 115' (overall). Launched by Collingwood Shipbuilding on 11 April 1907. Yard #12. Electric light. Triple expansion = 116 rated horsepower. 1956-74= 900 brake horsepower. Post 1974 = 1,300 brake horsepower. Although ordered by Montreal Transportation Co., this tug was sold to the Dominion Department of Public Works before entering service. The government based her in Halifax Nova Scotia and Saint John New Brunswick for many years. She was taken over by the Royal Canadian Navy 1940-45, even `though chartered to Dominion Steel and Coal for most of that time. She was not formally commissioned in the navy until 1945. Dominion Shipping Co. was her commercial operator later in 1945. By 1947 she was owned by F.H. Ellis of Hamilton Ontario. Her 1954-56 owner was the Helena Shipping. Co. Ltd. of Hamilton, which was owned by F.H. Ellis. In 1956 she capsized at 48