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      approx. 100x25. Owned by Ottawa & Rideau Forwarding Co. Built by G. Thurston, Hawkesbury Ont. 1834. Engine by J. D. Ward & Co., Montreal (from "William King"). Used Kingston-Bytown-Grenville. Wrecked in gale 19/10/37 Kingston. At first reported total destruction, actually vessel patched up and back in service three weeks later.

      177x31x? Owners uncertain. Built by Sandford, Prescott and launched 12/06/34. Engines (2) by Norton & Hulbert, Prescott. Catamaran consisting of 2 oval wooden tubes, flattish on bottom, 177'x5'x9' with inside iron hoops every 8 feet. Deck to make overall 37' width. Had single wheel 25' diameter on shaft 8' above …

      Approx. 105x28x6 Owned by Yarker, Vanalstyne & Bennett, Kingston; to Ottawa & Rideau Forwarding Co. 1835. Was to have been launched 31/03/34 but stuck on ways; pulled into water 02/04/34. Had berths for 20 in gents' cabin, 12 in ladies' on deck. Promenade deck extended "far forward". "To elegance of …

      Other Names: Sir Walter Scott (1834); Dunnville; Approx. 80x13x6 Owned by J. Ellah when new, passed through several hands in rapid succession. Had "paddle in the centre to reduce wear on canal banks"; uncertain whether centre- or sternwheel. Engine "three cylinders with return flues through them". Boiler exploded when docking …

      Dimensions unknown. Built by Hathaway, Goderich and launched April 1834. Engine by Sheldon & Dutcher, Toronto. Owned by Canada Company. Used Goderich-Amherstburg, later on Thames River. Maiden voyage Goderich-Windsor 16/07/34. "In her model she differed from any other on either of the lakes". "She has immense bearings, is furnished with …

      144x38x9 approx. Owned by H. Gildersleeve et al., Kingston, usually chartered to others. Built by Ewen, Kingston and launched 09/05/34. Engines (2) by Ward Foundry, Montreal. Lake Ontario mail steamer. Originally to have been named "Cataraqui" but renamed at last minute when Barrie, Commandant of Royal Navy dockyard at Kingston, …

      Approx. 110x30 Owned by Ottawa & Rideau Forwarding Co. Engine from "Shannon", to "Hunter". Used on Ottawa River, lower reach. Centre-wheel catamaran. An "immense wheel fixed in the centre of the vessel, or rather between two vessels, joined together at the stern". First arrival at Kingston (en route to Lachine) …

      1834 KINGSTON CHRONICLE & GAZETTE (available on microfilm at Kingston Frontenac Public Library and Queen' University - Stauffer Library) p.1 Memorial to the House of Representatives of the U.S., for construction of a Ship Canal around the Falls of ...

      p.1 St. Lawrence Canal Report - by Board of Commissioners to Sir John Colborne; hired Benjamin Wright, as Engineer, had survey done. (3 columns) p.2 Report of Stockholders of Tay Navigation Co. - have done all work from Rideau Canal to Perth with exception ...

      p.2 The Welland Canal - 2 articles [Oswego Palladium and Quebec Mercury] The Niagara Ship Canal - [Oswego Palladium] Ship Canal Connecting Lakes Ontario and Erie - editorial. [N.Y. Standard] Liberal and Well Deserved Compliment - We understand that the ...

      p.2 Plan for Shortening Distance between Kingston and Cape Vincent - comment on plan which appeared in recent Chronicle. [N.Y. Emigrant] New Steam Boat to Surmount the Rapids of the St. Lawrence - We beg leave to draw the attention of our readers to the proceedings of a ...

      p.1 Gale at Buffalo - letter dated the 13th gives details - ... The wharves are much injured the whole length of the creek. Some of the vessels broke loose from their moorings. The starboard wheelhouse of the Steamboat New York was blown off. A. Eaton's wharf is materially ...

      p.1 Welland Canal - discussed in House of Assembly (6 columns). p.2 We understand that it is the intention of the proprietors of the Steam Boat Constitution, to run her next season alternately, between this Town, Rochester and Oswego. This arrangement ...

      p.1 address to Governor of N.Y. State concerning need for canal at Niagara. (3 1/2 columns) p.2 Improvements of St. Lawrence - discussed in House of Assembly. Welland Canal - bill increasing stock of Province in the Welland Canal has passed. [York ...

      p.1 Newcastle Inland Navigation - report of Commissioners; related petitions. p.2 Improvement on the Burden Plan - Norman Bethune has a better idea for a pontoon boat; letters patent already obtained. [Montreal Gazette] Improvement of Navigation of the ...

      p.2 American Canal around the Falls - [Oswego Palladium]

      p.2 Harbours on Lake Erie - Report of Committee on the Harbours of the North Side of Lake Erie, Chairman M. Burwell, Esq. - all sites on north shore that are capable of being made into harbours should have work done; the American side has many natural harbours.

      p.2 We are sorry to learn that the report which has prevailed in town relative to the reduction of the Naval Establishment at this post is well founded. Commodore Barrie has received instructions to pay off the Cockburn schooner and the Dock Yard Establishment here, and at ...

      p.1 Report of Committee on River Trent - report of Committee - they have examined the report and estimates from Engineer. p.2 Naval Establishment - We lament to hear that the Naval Establishment in this Province is to be totally broken up. Society in ...

      p.2 Burlington Bay - For some days past our bay has been perfectly free from ice, and steam vessels may now come to our wharves in safety. On Saturday last the schooner Minerva, Capt. Zealand, arrived at Mr. Gunn's wharf, and has, we are informed, taken in a cargo for …