Bell Boatyard

The Bell yard was notable for its dual focus on both experimental and traditional boats and for its employment of large numbers of female boatbuilders.

[2] From the beginning the estate including laboratory facilities and a boathouse which grew in size to match Bell's interests and later wartime needs.

[citation needed] So he switched the boatyard's focus from developing the military applicable HD vessels to building life boats for the Canadian Navy.

The boat yard also produced the 55' yawl Elsie designed by naval architect George Owen and built by Walter Pinaud.

These included a 30 foot high-speed boat using the hydrodrome design ordered by the British racer Marion Carstairs, intended to achieve 115 mph.

One of the last boats made at the yard was Tolka, a 36-foot motor vessel ordered by Baldwin's brother-in-law John Lash for the Muskokas in Ontario.

[9] After production at the boatyard ceased, a large building on the site was used to store boats of the Fairchild family descendants of Mable and Dr. Bell's.