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  • Monarch (1856)
    Monarch (1856)
    Ship       174x25x10 Owned by Sinclair, McCarthy & Shaw. Built by D. & J. McCarthy, Sorel and launched 12/07/56. Engine(s) 46x132 by Kingston Foundry, from "John Counter". Used Montreal-Hamilton. Maiden voyage 09/09/56 with entire "upper saloon deck" missing (never added). Wrecked on fourth trip 29/11/56 Toronto Island and broke up in gale …
    Ship     174x25x10 Owned by Sinclair, McCarthy & Shaw. Built by D. & J. McCarthy, Sorel and launched 12/07/56. Engine(s) 46x132 by Kingston Foundry, from "John Counter". Used Montreal-Hamilton. Maiden voyage 09/09/56 …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • British American (1856)
    British American (1856)
    Ship       Official No.: 33358; First Rebuild: Official Number: 33358 Propulsion: Sidewheel Dimensions: 109 x 19 -- 170 tons Rebuilt: in 1877 102x19x7 Owned by Quebec Towboat Co. 1864; W. Aitchison, Cornwall Ont. 1871; E. Monarque, Lachine Que. 1877. Primarily towboat for lumber, but occasionally ferry. Armed as gunboat in Fenian troubles, …
    Ship     Official No.: 33358; First Rebuild: Official Number: 33358 Propulsion: Sidewheel Dimensions: 109 x 19 -- 170 tons Rebuilt: in 1877 102x19x7 Owned by Quebec Towboat Co. 1864; W. Aitchison, Cornwall …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Victoria (1856)
    Victoria (1856)
    Ship       167x25x8 Owned by Richelieu Company 1856, 1861; Sincennes-McNaughton 1877. Built by A. Cantin, Montreal and launched 28/07/56. Engine by builder. Structural weakness; "hog chains" added 1858. Market boat (makes all stops). Some cabins removed for use as towboat 1870. With sister "Napoleon", known as "the moccasins". ; Final Location: Sorel, …
    Ship     167x25x8 Owned by Richelieu Company 1856, 1861; Sincennes-McNaughton 1877. Built by A. Cantin, Montreal and launched 28/07/56. Engine by builder. Structural weakness; "hog chains" added 1858. Market boat (makes all …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Boomer, Hugh Esq. (Died)
    Boomer, Hugh Esq. (Died)
    Genealogical ResourceTextNewspaper  appeared in St. Catharines Journal, 13 Mar 1856, p. 3. Date of Event: March 7, 1856     City of Death: Toronto, Ontario Age 39 years
    Genealogical ResourceTextNewspaper  appeared in St. Catharines Journal, 13 Mar 1856, p. 3. Date of Event: March 7, 1856   City of Death: Toronto, Ontario Age 39 years
    St. Catharines Public Library
  • TRANSIT (1856, Steamer)
    TRANSIT (1856, Steamer)
    Ship       Final Date: 7 May 1880; Dimensions (LBD): 115' x 17' x 5' ; 1860 Sunk at Toronto, Ontario 1868, May 10 Raised 1869 Owned Hood, Toronto; rebuilt 1877 Owned John Edgon, Hamilton, Ontario; Final Location: Belleville, Ontario. Bay of Quinte. Lake Ontario, Fire
    Ship     Final Date: 7 May 1880; Dimensions (LBD): 115' x 17' x 5' ; 1860 Sunk at Toronto, Ontario 1868, May 10 Raised 1869 Owned Hood, Toronto; rebuilt 1877 Owned John …
    Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
  • Winter Sports in Canada
    Winter Sports in Canada
    NewspaperImage       Winter Sports in Canada The accompanying engravings illustrate the way in which our Canadian neighbors contrive to make some of the moments of their long and dreary winter slip by pleasantly and happily. The first engraving represents a skating and sailing scene on the Bay of ...
    NewspaperImage     Winter Sports in Canada The accompanying engravings illustrate the way in which our Canadian neighbors contrive to make some of the moments of their long and dreary winter slip by …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Toronto Harbour 1856, view from Hanlan's Point, showing from west of foot of Spadina Ave. on the left, to about foot of Parliament St. on the right
    Toronto Harbour 1856, view from Hanlan's Point, showing from west of foot of Spadina Ave. on the left, to about foot of Parliament St. on the right
    Image       Lithotint (1 tint)
    Image     Lithotint (1 tint)
    Association for Great Lakes Maritime History
  • List of Canadian Vessels
    List of Canadian Vessels
    WebsiteTextNewspaper  Daily Globe (Toronto, ON), 4 Aug 1856    
    WebsiteTextNewspaper  Daily Globe (Toronto, ON), 4 Aug 1856  
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Druid (1856)
    Druid (1856)
    Ship       Other Names: Niagara (1901); Official No.: 53589; Previous Registration: British (1866) First Rebuild: Official Number: 53589 Propulsion: Screw Dimensions: 160 x 22 -- 239 tons Rebuilt: Sorel, Quebec, Canada in 1894 Second Rebuild: Propulsion: Screw Rebuilt: Picton, Ontario, Canada 160x22x10 Owned by Nova Scotia Government, to Dominion Government 1870; to …
    Ship     Other Names: Niagara (1901); Official No.: 53589; Previous Registration: British (1866) First Rebuild: Official Number: 53589 Propulsion: Screw Dimensions: 160 x 22 -- 239 tons Rebuilt: Sorel, Quebec, Canada in …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Transit (1856)
    Transit (1856)
    Ship       115x17x5 (width over paddle boxes 26') Owned by C. Hood, Toronto 1868; J. Edgar, Hamilton 1877; J. Leigh, Orono Ont. 1880. Built by Hayes Bros., Toronto 1856. Abandoned immediately on launching, sank about two years later. Wreck purchased by C. Hood 1868, raised and hull reconditioned at Oakville; new cabin …
    Ship     115x17x5 (width over paddle boxes 26') Owned by C. Hood, Toronto 1868; J. Edgar, Hamilton 1877; J. Leigh, Orono Ont. 1880. Built by Hayes Bros., Toronto 1856. Abandoned immediately on …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
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