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Melvin Swartout II (Mission boat)
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The Melvin Swartout II was purchased by the Board of Home Missions in 1951 for use on the West coast of Vancouver Island. It was stationed in Alert Bay, under the Alert Bay Marine Mission until 1953, when it was moved to Bamfield, doing the same work. It remained stationed there until it was sold in 1963. Ministers who served on the ship include Roy Rodgers, 1951-1956, Bill Howie, 1956-1959, John Philip Romeril, 1959-1962, and Wayne Oliver Mackenzie, 1962-1963.