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This storyline details the history of tug boating in Port Moody. The main tug boat company was the Baird Tugs .
Bill Baird was a satin smith by trade who came to Port Moody from Sarnia, Ontario, in 1911. He worked at the Ioco refinery as a pipeman during its construction in 1913/1915. In 1920 he bought, 'Lloyd's Towing.' The Baird tug boats worked mainly with the Flavelle Cedar Mill, towing logs for the company and even breaking ice in the inlet in the cold winters of the1940's. The Baird family tug boats were called, 'The Best,' 'Our Best,' 'Myn Best,' 'Duz Best,' and later the, 'Service IX.' The Baird family lived in a houseboat at the end of the Queen Street wharf, which came included with the purchase of, 'Lloyd's Towing,' They later, circa 1926, moved into town on St. John's Street in the house that Perry Rowe had built in 1910.

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'The Queen'
1920s
Port Moody, Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Port Moody Station Museum - Acc. # 1979.029.001 (g)

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Bill Baird (Sitting) and Group on the Moody Wharf
1920s
Queen St. Wharf, Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Port Moody Station Museum - Acc. # 1979.029.001 (au)

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Jean Baird and Bill Baird Jr.
1920s
Queen St. Wharf, Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Port Moody Station Museum - Acc. # 1979.029.001 (ah)

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Bill Baird Sr.'s Daughter, Jean Baird, at the Imperial Oil Refinery in Ioco
1920s
Ioco, Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Port Moody Station Museum - Acc. # 1979.029.001 (bk)

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The Baird Houseboat
1920-1940
Port Moody, Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Port Moody Station Museum - Acc. # 1979.029.001 (bl)

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The Baird Houseboat
1920-1940
Port Moody, Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Port Moody Station Museum - Acc. # 1979.029.001 (bl)

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Terry Docker Remembers the Albert and Bill Selling the Company
21st Century, Circa 2010
Port Moody, Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Port Moody Station Museum - Acc. # 2010.057.001

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Two Men on the, 'Our Best'
1930s-1950s
Port Moody, Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Port Moody Station Museum - Acc. # 1009.006.016

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Baird Tugs Docked at Port Moody
1930s-1950s
Port Moody, Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Port Moody Station Museum - Acc. # 1009.006.018

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A Crane Lifts One of the Baird Tugs
1930s
Port Moody, Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Port Moody Station Museum - Acc # 1009.006.011

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A Baird Tug Being Built
1930s
Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Port Moody Station Museum - Acc. # 1009.006.021

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A Baird Tug Being Built
1930s
Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Port Moody Station Museum - Acc. # 1009.006.022

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Terry Docker Remembers Working for the Bairds
21st Century, Circa 2010
Port Moody, Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Port Moody Station Museum - Acc. # 2010.057.001