Nellie Bly was a steam-powered tugboat that served a number of roles in Ontario, Canada. She was operated in Toronto, performing regular harbour duties, and also serving as a fireboat.She played a role in fighting an important fire in 1906. Later she was owned by a series of timber companies, that used her to tow logs and scows of logging byproducts on the Magnetawan River and its tributaries. She ran aground and was holed on a rock on , but was quickly repaired. The Nellie Bly was 52 feet (16 m) long, and her single cylinder steam engine propelled her with a 5 feet (1.5 m) propeller.
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