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[Marine] Point Hope Shipyard
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, Oct 27 2011 06:50 AM
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Posted 14 June 2025 - 05:40 AM
On any given day, dozens of curious passersby on Harbour Road stop and peer through the chain-link fence at the hustle and bustle of Point Hope Maritime shipyard.
It’s a chance to see just about any kind of ship out of the water and sitting on blocks — hulls and massive propellers exposed — as tradesmen and women work along webs of scaffolding.
There are navy ships, tugboats, barges, ferries, fishing vessels — even wooden boats.
“It’s an education … there’s something new here every day it seems,” said a man at the fence watching a hive of activity on a massive tugboat named Point Valiant this week. The 24-metre Vancouver-based tug was bristling with electricians, welders, pipefitters and other specialists working on light towers, the wide underbelly and the big brass, 360-degree propellers during its biannual refit.
On Sunday, you don’t have to hang off the fence for a closer look.
The Point Hope shipyard will open the gates for its annual Father’s Day open house, and everyone is welcome to go inside to look at the boats, the turntable that pulls them from the Upper Harbour and spins them around, and the spur rail lines that guide them to various parts of the 12-acre property for repairs.
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It’s a chance to see just about any kind of ship out of the water and sitting on blocks — hulls and massive propellers exposed — as tradesmen and women work along webs of scaffolding.
There are navy ships, tugboats, barges, ferries, fishing vessels — even wooden boats.
“It’s an education … there’s something new here every day it seems,” said a man at the fence watching a hive of activity on a massive tugboat named Point Valiant this week. The 24-metre Vancouver-based tug was bristling with electricians, welders, pipefitters and other specialists working on light towers, the wide underbelly and the big brass, 360-degree propellers during its biannual refit.
On Sunday, you don’t have to hang off the fence for a closer look.
The Point Hope shipyard will open the gates for its annual Father’s Day open house, and everyone is welcome to go inside to look at the boats, the turntable that pulls them from the Upper Harbour and spins them around, and the spur rail lines that guide them to various parts of the 12-acre property for repairs.
https://www.timescol...siness-10807484
Edited by Victoria Watcher, 14 June 2025 - 05:40 AM.
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