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Shipbuilder

Shipbuilder

1985 · Movie · 6m

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"What would drive a man to spend 10 years of his life building a ship in the middle of the prairie 17 miles (27 km) from the nearest body of water?"

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This film recreates the true story of Tom Sukanen, an eccentric Finnish immigrant who homesteaded in Saskatchewan in the 1920s and 1930s. Sukanen spent ten years building and moving overland a huge iron ship that was to carry him back to his native Finland. The ship never reached water.

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immigrantcanadamental illnessfarmingsaskatchewanprairieseccentric mantransporting boat