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      1834 Owned Drummond, ran Rideau Canal.

     

      Final Date: 1903; Dimensions (LBD): 36' x 11' x 6' ; Final Location: Toronto, ONT. Lake Ontario., Abandoned.

      Other Names: TRANSIT; Final Date: 1849; Dimensions (LBD): 130' x 25' 8" x 8' ; 1833, Jan 19 Launched; first to serve triangle route on Lake Ontario; Toroto - Queenstown & Lewiston. 1834 Remodeled & improved; ran Hamilton, ONT - Rochester, NY. 1835 Owned Chisholm & Co. 1838 Owned Hugh …

      1864 Rebuilt Port Rowan, ONT following a wreck; owned John Miller. 1900 Owned Al Hare, Port Credit, ONT; rebuilt.

      Final Date: 25 Oct 1833; Dimensions (LBD): 110' x 26' x 0' ; Regular route, York (Toronto) - Kingston, ONT; one of earliest sternwheelers; one of first high pressure engines.; Original Owner: Robert Drummond; Final Location: near Port Credit, close to Toronto, ONT. Lake Ontario., Wrecked on shore.

      1832, Sep 29 Launched. 1837, Jan 26 Offered for sale a one-eighth part interest in vessel. 1846, Nov 24 Ashore near Braddock's Bay, Lake Ontario.

      Other Names: SUSAN; Dimensions (LBD): 103.8' x 14.7' x 8' ; 1832 Owned Walter McKay. 1834, Jul Crew member lost overboard on Lake Ontario. 1837, Mar Owned Calvin, Garden Island, ONT. 1851, Sep 6 Owned John Port, Pickering, ONT.

      Other Names: Alliance; Later Registration: U.S.A. (1838) as Alliance Approx. 120x40. Owned by J. Hamilton, St. Catharines. Built by Lovering, Chippewa Ont. and launched 09/06/32. Engine by Boulton & Watt, London, originally in "Frontenac" then "Alciope". Re-engined 1835: 48x84 by St. Mary's Foundry, Montreal. Cabins incomplete first season, finished that …

      First Rebuild: Propulsion: Sidewheel Rebuilt: Kingston, Ontario, Canada in 1833 Approx. 80' Owned by R. Drummond; to Ottawa & Rideau Forwarding Co. 1835. Used Kingston-Bytown-Grenville; occasionally St. Lawrence towboat. Had 32 berths (before lengthening), carried 30 cabin passengers (afterwards). Boiler exploded 01/05/38 Grenville, 2 killed; repaired. Maiden voyage about 20/07/32. …

      135x25x10 Owned by A. Jones, Brockville; to Calvin Cook & Counter 1845. Built by J. Wood, Gananoque and launched 29/10/31. First engine by Ward Bros., Montreal; after 1840 55x96 by Bennett & Henderson, Montreal. Used on Lake Ontario and Upper St. Lawrence. Had 30 berths in gents' cabin below, 18 …

      Approx. 90x18 Owned by C. Thompson. Launched 20/10/32. When launched proved to draw too much water to serve most ports on Lake Simcoe; unused and rebuilt that winter; maiden voyage 01/05/33. Still unsatisfactory and officially rebuilt barge 1835, but abandoned near Bradford.

      Other Names: Transit (1835); First Rebuild: Propulsion: Sidewheel Dimensions: 129 x 20 -- -225 tons Rebuilt: Niagara, Ontario, Canada in 1838 Second Rebuild: Official Number: ----- Propulsion: Sidewheel Rebuilt: Garden Island, Ontario, Canada 130x26x8 Owned by A. N. McNab, Hamilton; to H. Richardson, Toronto 1835; to M. & W. E. …

      Approx. 108x19x8 (width over paddle boxes 32') Owned by Ottawa & Rideau Forwarding Co. Built by Shea & Merritt (of Montreal), probably at Hawkesbury. Engine by Bennett & Henderson, Montreal. Had 26 berths. Note: Length often given as 180'. This arises from a misprint in the account of the launch …

      Other Names: Newcastle (1837); Dimensions unknown. Owned by J. Bethune; to W. Boswell, Cobourg 1837. Engine by "Mr. Perry", York Steam Engine Works, Toronto. Used on Rice Lake and Otonabee River. Launched 11/06/32.

      Approx. 130x18. Owned by H. Dickinson & Co. Engines (2) by Fuller & Copeland, Hartford Conn. Sternwheel. Had 20' ladies' cabin, 43' gents' cabin. Had insufficient boiler capacity; never entirely satisfactory for intended service (Prescott–Dickinson's Landing.) "…in passing from an eddy to the strongest current in Rapide Plat [easiest of …

      Dimensions unknown. Built for H. Dickinson & Co., to J. DeWitt 1834. Built by A. Young, Coteau du Lac, Que. and launched 21/04/32. Engine from "Cornwall". Ferry. Boiler exploded 20/11/41 Châteauguay, Que. "The wretched and unsafe condition of the boat has for a long time been the subject of loud …

      First Rebuild: Propulsion: Sidewheel Dimensions: 173 x 27 -- -433 tons Rebuilt: in 1841 177x29x10 Owned by Montreal & Quebec Towboat Co. Built by Shea & Merritt, Montreal and launched 12/06/32. Engines (2) 96" stroke by Fawcett, Preston & Co., Liverpool England. Claimed to be largest and fastest steamboat in …

      140x24x8 Owned by St. Lawrence Steamboat Co. Built by Shea & Merritt, Montreal and launched 09/05/32. Engine by Bennett & Henderson, Montreal, "Improved" 1834. Originally Longueuil ferry, soon Montreal-Quebec. Ashore for some time early June 1833 Berthier Que.

      114x25x9 Owned by The Ferryboat Co.; to "United Companies" (combination of The Towboat Co. and St. Lawrence Steamboat Co.) 1835. Built by Shea & Merritt, Montreal and launched 15/05/32. Engine by Bennett & Henderson, Montreal (passed on to "Charlevoix"). Built as Laprairie ferry, Montreal-Quebec after 1834. "To be fitted with …