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In 1968 Shirley Chisholm became the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress. In 1972 she launched a campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, breaking another political barrier.
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 Theodore Too next to the ocean liner Queen Mary 2 in Halifax Harbour on September 25, 2004. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Canada | |
| Name | Theodore Too |
| Builder | Snyder's Shipyard, Dayspring, Nova Scotia |
| Launched | April 19, 2000 |
| Identification | |
| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Tour boat |
| Tonnage | 105 tons[1][2][3] |
| Length | 65 ft (20 m) |
| Beam | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
| Draft | 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) |
| Propulsion | 400 hp (300 kW) CAT 3406 turbocharged diesel engine.[1][2] |
Theodore Too is a large-scale imitation tugboat built in Dayspring, Nova Scotia in 2000 based on the fictional television tugboat character Theodore Tugboat.[1][4] Theodore Too was located in Bedford, Nova Scotia but arrived in Hamilton, Ontario, its new home, on July 18, 2021.
Theodore Too was commissioned by Cochran Entertainment, Inc.,[2] the now-defunct production company. Andrew Cochran, the creator of Theodore Tugboat,[1][5] had told his son bedtime stories about the boats in the big harbour and how they interacted with everyone. This later became the basis for the TV series. Theodore became so popular, the company constructed a life-size model of him for marketing and promoting water safety.[2][4] The boat is unusual, as it is a full-size replica of a scale model. The original model which was used to film the series and inspired Theodore Too can be seen at Halifax, Nova Scotia's Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.[6] Theodore Too was built at Snyder's Shipyard in Dayspring, Nova Scotia and launched on April 19, 2000. After sea trials out of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, the vessel made its first port call to Halifax on May 6, 2000.[7]
The ocean-going boat made a 50-city tour down the eastern seaboard to Tampa Bay, Florida, and back again through the Great Lakes to Chicago, Illinois. Theodore Too became the Ambassador of the U.S. National Safe Boating Council and mascot to the U.S. Coast Guard, participating in several tall ship events.[4] For most of its time touring the eastern seaboard and Great Lakes, Theodore Too had a full-time three-person crew, headed by Captain Bill Stewart, a 25-year veteran tugboat captain, who also had an additional nine years as a 44-foot (13 m) motor lifeboat coxswain in the Canadian Coast Guard. After Cochran Entertainment went out of business, the boat was purchased by a Halifax tour boat company, Murphys on the Water. The vessel provided tours of Halifax Harbour in the summer months, operating from the Cable Wharf in downtown Halifax. In 2014, Murphy's businesses were purchased by Ambassatours Gray Line, a sale that included the acquisition of Theodore Too.[8]
On July 16, 2020, Ambassatours announced plans to sell Theodore Too.[9][10][11] In 2021,Theodore Too was sold to Blair McKeil of McKeil Marine of Burlington, Ontario.[12] The tug was expected to collaborate with Swim Drink Fish, a water education and conservation advocacy group, and promote sustainability and preservation of the Great Lakes. After 21 years, the tug departed the waters off of the Halifax Harbour in early June en route to its new home at the Hamilton Harbour. On July 18, 2021, the tug arrived in Hamilton.
On December 17, 2024, many St. Catharines, Ontario locals noticed that Theodore Too was sitting low in the water, while moored at the Port Weller Dry Docks. Later in the day, others noted that Theodore Too had been mostly submerged. The owner later made an announcement, that the tug had been partially sunk.[13] The boat was subsequently righted and refloated on December 19.[14]
The boat was designed by Fred Allen and naval architect Marius Lengkeek of Lengkeek Vessel Engineering, and was built by Snyder's Shipyard in Dayspring, Nova Scotia, on the Lahave River, not far from Bridgewater, Nova Scotia.[1][2][15]
The hull and wheelhouse are made entirely of wood, with a fibreglass hat and smokestack.[1] It has a 'face' on the wheelhouse, with large realistic hydraulic eyes which are no longer operational.[2] The boat displays a number of prop details such as winches and towing bitts inspired from real tugs but operates as a tour boat, not a real tug boat.[1]
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Theodore Too is a large-scale imitation tugboat built in Dayspring, Nova Scotia in 2000 based on the fictional television tugboat character Theodore Tugboat. Theodore Too was located in Bedford, Nova Scotia but arrived in Hamilton, Ontario, its new home, on July 18, 2021.
The Halifax Waterfront Boardwalk is a public footpath located on the Halifax Harbour waterfront in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Constructed of durable heavy timber, the Halifax boardwalk is open to the public 24 hours a day. The boardwalk also includes shops at Bishop's Landing and the Historic Properties buildings as well as the "Cable Wharf", a former cable ship terminal now used as a tour boat base for several vessels formerly including Theodore Too. A fleet of tugboats operated from the tug wharves at the foot of Salter Street for over a hundred years, including the famous tug Foundation Franklin but in 2010 the last tugs such as Point Chebucto were transferred to Port Hawkesbury. The final working vessels to regularly operate from the waterfront were pilot boats which were based at a small pier at the foot of Sackville Street, but in late 2020 their base moved to a wharf in Dartmouth near the foot of the Macdonald Bridge. The former tug and pilotage wharves have since been partially demolished and refurbished to make way for new public amenities. The boardwalk's southern terminus is at Halifax Seaport. It stretches northwards along the coast for approximately 3 km (2 mi) before it terminates in front of Casino Nova Scotia at its northern terminus. Three notable museums are located on the waterfront. The Pier 21 immigration museum is located at the southern terminus. The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic at the boardwalk's centre and includes the museum ship CSS Acadia. Just south of Acadia is the summer home of the museum ship HMCS Sackville. The waterfront boardwalk is administered by Build Nova Scotia, a provincial crown corporation, which has an office at the Cable Wharf.
Snyder's Shipyard Ltd. is a boatbuilding company located in Dayspring, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia. The company is known to have built and repaired over 220 boats and vessels, most notable being the Bluenose II schooner and Theodore Too.
Dayspring is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located on the banks of the Lahave River in the Lunenburg Municipal District in Lunenburg County. It is home to the traditional wooden shipyard, Snyder's Shipyard, builders of Theodore Too, among many other vessels, as well as The Riverview Enhanced Living Centre, Miller's Point Peace Park, the Municipal Activity and Recreation Complex and the Bridgewater/Dayspring Airpark.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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