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      A novelty appeared in our river last week, it being no less than a miniature steamboat built for the purpose of testing a new boiler, invented by Mr. John Lille, an ingenious mechanic of this village. The boat is 32 feet long by 6 wide; the cylinder is 20 inches …

      INTERESTING FACTS. - The first decked vessel ever built within the limits of the old United States, was constructed on the banks of the Hudson, by Adrian Block, in the summer of 1614. She was called a yacht, and her first voyage was made through Hell Gate, into the sound, …

      This vessel was built at Amherstburg, Ont., in 1813, and figured prominently in the "Battle of Lake Erie," at Put-in-Bay. Captured as a prize, she was later allowed to sink in Misery Bay.

      Statement of the principal articles of property which has passed through the Welland Canal during the month of June, 1838 and 1839. Articles 1838 1839 Flour,

    Statement of the principal articles of property which has passed through the Welland Canal during the month of June, 1838 and 1839. Articles 1838 1839 Flour,

Maritime History of the Great Lakes

      NEW ENTERPRISE. - FISHING EXPEDITION TO LAKE SUPERIOR. - Up to this period, the American Fur Company has principally monopolized the fisheries of the fresh water ocean of the north west, and that company, with the Hudson Bay company, the trade of the vast region beyond Lake Huron, ...

      DREADFUL SHIPWRECK AND LOSS OF LIFE We received by the last western mail the following letter, giving an account of a melancholy shipwreck and loss of life on Lake Michigan: Muskegon, Ottawa Co., Mich. Nov., 29th, 1839 Editor of the Free ...

      It affords us much pleasure to copy from the Detroit Free Press of the 11th instant, the following testimonial of the gallantry and humanity displayed by our esteemed friend, Samuel Hosk Derriman, Esq., R. N., of Her Majesty's steamer KINGSTON:-- "The subscribers , passengers on ...

      The Great Western Burnt - The steamer Great Western, on Lake Erie, took fire, a week ago last Sunday evening, while at the dock in Detroit, and was nearly destroyed. The Buffalo Journal says, "the fire burned with such rapidity, that very few of the passengers secured their luggage. ...