Cates Towing

CATES TOWING, formally C.H. Cates and Sons Ltd, is a major tugboat company founded on the waterfront in N VANCOUVER by Charles Henry Cates (1859–1938). Cates arrived in VANCOUVER during the 1880s and built a wharf on the north shore of BURRARD INLET. He used his fleet of tugboats to haul stone from quarries at GIBSONS and SQUAMISH. After Vancouver was destroyed by fire in 1886, Cates's tugboats transported the construction materials needed to rebuild the city. He incorporated the tug company...

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