W.R. Menchions was one of the best-known wooden boat builders in Canada. Born in 1871 in Bay Robert, Newfoundland, Menchions found employment as a boat builder and a fisherman there. In 1896 he came to Vancouver where he soon established what became one of the port’s leading boatyards.
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Menchions Shipyard Boat Pages
5 records found.
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Norsal, 1921-1990 |
1921 | 132' | Non-Member |
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Argonaut II |
1922 | 73' | Non-Member |
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Sundown |
1924 | 62' | Non-Member |
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Townley Isle |
Robert Allan | 1930 | 36' | Canadian |
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Meander |
Robert Allan | 1934 | 67' | Non-Member |
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