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  • Great "A" Fleet: Schooner Days LXXXVI. (86)
    Great "A" Fleet: Schooner Days LXXXVI. (86)
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 6 May 1933     Great "A" Fleet Schooner Days LXXXVI. (86) All the vessels built by the Muir Brothers at Port Dalhousie on their own account had names beginning with "A." The only exceptions in the Muir fleet were the Niagara, which they built in the ...
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 6 May 1933   Great "A" Fleet Schooner Days LXXXVI. (86) All the vessels built by the Muir Brothers at Port Dalhousie on their own account had names beginning with "A." The only exceptions …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • The ARK: Schooner Days LXXXVII (87)
    The ARK: Schooner Days LXXXVII (87)
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 13 May 1933     The ARK Schooner Days LXXXVII (87) There is a story with whiskers on it that a certain sea captain once picked up a turtle swimming in the sea off the Galapagos, and on the turtle's back was a cuneiform inscription, translated by the ...
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 13 May 1933   The ARK Schooner Days LXXXVII (87) There is a story with whiskers on it that a certain sea captain once picked up a turtle swimming in the sea off the …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • More About Muirs': Schooner Days LXXXVIII (88)
    More About Muirs': Schooner Days LXXXVIII (88)
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 20 May 1933     More About Muirs' SCHOONER DAYS LXXXVIII (88) Continuing the tale of the dynamic Alexander and his sturdy brethren, who made Port Dalhousie famous by their shipyard and drydock, we come upon their barque Advance and her ...
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 20 May 1933   More About Muirs' SCHOONER DAYS LXXXVIII (88) Continuing the tale of the dynamic Alexander and his sturdy brethren, who made Port Dalhousie famous by their shipyard and drydock, we come …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • "Blue Banner of the Covenant": Schooner Days XCII (92)
    "Blue Banner of the Covenant": Schooner Days XCII (92)
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 17 Jun 1933     "Blue Banner of the Covenant" Schooner Days XCII (92) How its faraway influence worked out in the operation of the famous Muir Brothers' drydock at Port Dalhousie. ALL the Muirs were ...
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 17 Jun 1933   "Blue Banner of the Covenant" Schooner Days XCII (92) How its faraway influence worked out in the operation of the famous Muir Brothers' drydock at Port Dalhousie. ALL the Muirs …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Pirates in Chains and St. Catharines Slaver Alexander Muir Saw:  Schooner Days LXXX. (80)
    Pirates in Chains and St. Catharines Slaver Alexander Muir Saw: Schooner Days LXXX. (80)
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 18 Mar 1933     PIRATES IN CHAINS AND ST. CATHARINES SLAVER ALEXANDER MUIR SAW Schooner Days LXXX. (80) First drydock to be built on the Welland Canal, and now the last of eight which have flourished on that Great Lakes highway, Muir ...
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 18 Mar 1933   PIRATES IN CHAINS AND ST. CATHARINES SLAVER ALEXANDER MUIR SAW Schooner Days LXXX. (80) First drydock to be built on the Welland Canal, and now the last of eight which …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Northumberland
    Northumberland
    Image       Photograph of NORTHUMBERLAND on the east side of Port Dalhousie harbour.
    Image     Photograph of NORTHUMBERLAND on the east side of Port Dalhousie harbour.
    Toronto Marine Historical Society
  • REDHEAD (1930, Barge)
    REDHEAD (1930, Barge)
    Ship       Other Names: BLUE CROSS; LAKE TRANSPORT; CONGAR; ONG; WINOC; Official No.: 154909; Dimensions (LBD): 254.7' x 43.7' x 19' ; 1930 Owned Red Barge Line Ltd 1934 Owned Blue Line Motorships Ltd; installation of 2 oil, 5 cylinder engines, 12" x 15", built by Fairbanks, Morse & Co; renamed BLUE …
    Ship     Other Names: BLUE CROSS; LAKE TRANSPORT; CONGAR; ONG; WINOC; Official No.: 154909; Dimensions (LBD): 254.7' x 43.7' x 19' ; 1930 Owned Red Barge Line Ltd 1934 Owned Blue Line …
    Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
  • Blue Cross (1930)
    Blue Cross (1930)
    Ship       Other Names: Lake Transport (1959); Congar; Ong; Winoc; Official No.: 154909; First Rebuild: Official Number: 15409 Propulsion: Screw Dimensions: 255 x 44 -- 1768 tons Rebuilt: Port Dalhousie, Ontario, Canada in 1934 255x44x10. Built for Red Barge Line as "Redhead". Owned by Upper Lakes and St. Lawrence Transportation Co. 1934-1940; …
    Ship     Other Names: Lake Transport (1959); Congar; Ong; Winoc; Official No.: 154909; First Rebuild: Official Number: 15409 Propulsion: Screw Dimensions: 255 x 44 -- 1768 tons Rebuilt: Port Dalhousie, Ontario, Canada …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Wife's Tragedy Made Husband’s Fortune: Schooner Days CCII (202)
    Wife's Tragedy Made Husband’s Fortune: Schooner Days CCII (202)
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 7 Sep 1935     Wife's Tragedy Made Husband's Fortune Schooner Days CCII (202) ___ Triple Drowning Was the Beginning Eighty-five Years Ago of the Great Drydock Enterprise at Port Dalhousie, Which is Still Going ...
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 7 Sep 1935   Wife's Tragedy Made Husband's Fortune Schooner Days CCII (202) ___ Triple Drowning Was the Beginning Eighty-five Years Ago of the Great Drydock Enterprise at Port Dalhousie, Which is Still Going …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • When the Lithophone Crossed the Lake Twice Under Bare Poles: Schooner Days CLXXIX (179)
    When the Lithophone Crossed the Lake Twice Under Bare Poles: Schooner Days CLXXIX (179)
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 16 Mar 1935     When the Lithophone Crossed the Lake Twice Under Bare Poles Schooner Days CLXXIX (179) ___ QUTGOING of the ice from the Credit and the Etobicoke this week recalls the curious voyage of the Lithophone. Oregon Bob Joyce, ...
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 16 Mar 1935   When the Lithophone Crossed the Lake Twice Under Bare Poles Schooner Days CLXXIX (179) ___ QUTGOING of the ice from the Credit and the Etobicoke this week recalls the curious …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • TRANSITER (1935, Tank Vessel)
    TRANSITER (1935, Tank Vessel)
    Ship       Other Names: TRANSTREAM; WITSUPPLY; Official No.: 158633; Final Date: 17 Feb 1981; Dimensions (LBD): 202' x 34' x 15.6' ; 1935 Owned Transit Tankers & Terminals Ltd 1941 Caught fire and exploded at River Rouge, MI; 2 lost; abandoned to underwriters 1942 Returned to owners; rebuilt and lengthened at Port …
    Ship     Other Names: TRANSTREAM; WITSUPPLY; Official No.: 158633; Final Date: 17 Feb 1981; Dimensions (LBD): 202' x 34' x 15.6' ; 1935 Owned Transit Tankers & Terminals Ltd 1941 Caught fire …
    Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
  • The Lucky LIVERPOOL: Schooner Days CCIII (203)
    The Lucky LIVERPOOL: Schooner Days CCIII (203)
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 24 Aug 1935     Actually preceded no. CCII (202) because it was mis-numbered.
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 24 Aug 1935   Actually preceded no. CCII (202) because it was mis-numbered.
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • The PERSIA and her Pet Coon: Schooner Days CCLII (252)
    The PERSIA and her Pet Coon: Schooner Days CCLII (252)
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 8 Aug 1936     The PERSIA and her Pet Coon Schooner Days CCLII (252) _______ FORTY-FIVE years ago, when the "new" City Hall was building, a big trade was carried on in cut stone. Schooner after schooner swam in from Kelley's Island in Lake ...
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 8 Aug 1936   The PERSIA and her Pet Coon Schooner Days CCLII (252) _______ FORTY-FIVE years ago, when the "new" City Hall was building, a big trade was carried on in cut stone. …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Twice Downed, Still on Top: Schooner Days CCXCVII (297)
    Twice Downed, Still on Top: Schooner Days CCXCVII (297)
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 19 Jun 1937     Twice Downed, Still on Top Giving the Hard-Working and Almost Vanished Canal Tug a Break Schooner Days CCXCVII (297) _______ FOUR tiny tug boats that once chugged and churned with cumbersome barges and ...
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 19 Jun 1937   Twice Downed, Still on Top Giving the Hard-Working and Almost Vanished Canal Tug a Break Schooner Days CCXCVII (297) _______ FOUR tiny tug boats that once chugged and churned with …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • "Port Muir": Schooner Days XC (90)
    "Port Muir": Schooner Days XC (90)
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 3 Jun 1933     "Port Muir" Schooner Days XC (90) It has been suggested, and with reason, that a suitable recognition of the enterprise of the Muir brothers, pioneer lake mariners, who did so much to develop the marine industry on fresh water, would be to name the new Lake Ontario ...
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 3 Jun 1933   "Port Muir" Schooner Days XC (90) It has been suggested, and with reason, that a suitable recognition of the enterprise of the Muir brothers, pioneer lake mariners, who did so …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Port Credit to the Rescue of the City of Toronto: Schooner Days CCLXXXIV (284)
    Port Credit to the Rescue of the City of Toronto: Schooner Days CCLXXXIV (284)
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 29 Mar 1937     Port Credit to the Rescue of the City of Toronto Schooner Days CCLXXXIV (284) _______ PORT CREDIT, long the home of the stonehooker, was brought into the picture of schooner days and rebellion times by the concluding ...
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 29 Mar 1937   Port Credit to the Rescue of the City of Toronto Schooner Days CCLXXXIV (284) _______ PORT CREDIT, long the home of the stonehooker, was brought into the picture of schooner …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Tight Fist But Big Heart: Schooner Days XCIII. (93)
    Tight Fist But Big Heart: Schooner Days XCIII. (93)
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 24 Jun 1933     TIGHT FIST BUT BIG HEART Schooner Days XCIII. (93) ALL his life a dollar looked large to Alexander Muir. Every dollar he had came with the sweat of his back as well as his brow. But he was generous. Capt. John Williams tells how, sixty ...
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 24 Jun 1933   TIGHT FIST BUT BIG HEART Schooner Days XCIII. (93) ALL his life a dollar looked large to Alexander Muir. Every dollar he had came with the sweat of his back …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • The Black Dog of Lake Erie: Schooner Days XXX (30)
    The Black Dog of Lake Erie: Schooner Days XXX (30)
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 10 Oct 1931     The "C. T. JENKINS" in this story was in fact the ISAAC G. JENKINS.
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 10 Oct 1931   The "C. T. JENKINS" in this story was in fact the ISAAC G. JENKINS.
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Two Sheep for $1 -- Beef Cent Per Lb. -- Cabbages 1c each: Schooner Days CCI (201)
    Two Sheep for $1 -- Beef Cent Per Lb. -- Cabbages 1c each: Schooner Days CCI (201)
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 17 Aug 1935     Two Sheep for $1 Beef Cent Per Lb. Cabbages 1c each Schooner Days CCI (201) ___ If they did not live well in the early timber trade it was not because of high prices - More adventures of a Master ...
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 17 Aug 1935   Two Sheep for $1 Beef Cent Per Lb. Cabbages 1c each Schooner Days CCI (201) ___ If they did not live well in the early timber trade it was not …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Dalhousie to Dublin: Schooner Days LXXXV (85)
    Dalhousie to Dublin: Schooner Days LXXXV (85)
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 29 Apr 1933     Dalhousie to Dublin Schooner Days LXXXV (85) Resuming the history of the Muir Brothers, whose famous drydock at Port Dalhousie, built in 1850, is still a going concern, we come to their "barque" Niagara, a lake pitcher which went once too often to the well of the ...
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 29 Apr 1933   Dalhousie to Dublin Schooner Days LXXXV (85) Resuming the history of the Muir Brothers, whose famous drydock at Port Dalhousie, built in 1850, is still a going concern, we come …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
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