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The Toronto Harbour Commission (THC) tug William Rest was launched at Erieau, Ontario in 1961 and is named for a long-time Commission employee. Bill Rest joined the THC in 1915 and died in 1961 shortly after being appointed to the position of Director of Planning.
Above the growl of the tugboat's Cat 379D, 560 horsepower engine, Capt. Celik, on this steamy Friday, wants the attention of Anthony Restivo, deck hand on the William Rest. Mr. Restivo is standing at the stern, holding a line tied to the bollard of a scow full of muck, to which the tug is lashed, with the aim of hauling said scow (a kind of barge containing a row of huge buckets) out of the Keating Channel and into deepest Lake Ontario.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)tugboat William Rest breaks ice in the Don River to prevent flooding upstream
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) The single-screw icebreaking tugboat William Rest has operated from the Port of Toronto since the early 1960s, but its long tenure is coming to an end. Iron Guppy, a single-screw tug, will replace the venerable vessel in summer 2016.
The William Rest tugboat has been on the fritz. To continue dredging, PortsToronto had to contract out another tugboat. Come June, the contracting will end when the new Iron Guppy tug arrives, with a $3 million price tag, to replace the ailing William Rest.
Ports Toronto's new tug "Iron Guppy" (or perhaps pronounced a more sophisticated "Eeron Goopay") is the most recent in a succession work boats that over the years did yeoman service in and around our harbour.