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      Loss of the Olive Branch . About 9 o'clock Sunday morning the schooner Olive Branch, from Oswego , laden with coal, was driven ashore on the south side of the island, directly opposite Church street, ...

      LAKE ONTARIO . - The late gale, so far as we have been able to learn, has not been attended with any disastrous consequences on Lake Ontario. The steamer Rochester ,

    LAKE ONTARIO . - The late gale, so far as we have been able to learn, has not been attended with any disastrous consequences on Lake Ontario. The steamer Rochester …

Maritime History of the Great Lakes

 Rochester Daily Democrat (Rochester, NY), 17 Apr 1847, p. 2     FOR KINGSTON-- The Kingston Harbor is clear of ice, and the Propeller "Ontario" will leave for that port at three o'clock this afternoon.

 Rochester Daily Democrat (Rochester, NY), 8 May 1848, p. 2, column 1     FIRST ARRIVAL FROM CHICAGO.-- The Propeller Ontario, which left here on the 12th of April, for Chicago, was in the gale of Tuesday night, on Lake Erie, when some fifteen vessels were driven ashore. She was also in the severe gale which followed, on Lake Michigan.--Notwithstanding these adverse ...

      The following Card of Thanks is deserved. The management of the boat, during the storm, was admirable. The escape was truly providential: Rochester , Oct. 19, 1844 . We, the undersigned, being ...

      Probable shipwreck and loss of life on Lake Ontario. Charlotte, Oct. 6,1841. Gent.- The severe gale of the 27th has no doubt been more severe on the Lake than was supposed. The late northerly winds have driven ashore at and near the mouth of the Genesee river fragments of ...

      Lake Route - We don't believe any tourist or man of business can gain anything in getting from Syracuse to Niagara, by going around Western New York, especially since the Auburn and Rochester Railroad now brings us within six or seven hours of the village of Salt and Big State …

      Lake Disaster - The schr. Neekick, of Port Ontario, from Cleveland, foundered at the Cobourg wharf during the gale on Sunday-no persons lost. The steamboat City of Toronto, on her upward passage, encountered tremendous swells, and had her jolly boat washed away. Captain Kerr, of the ...

      Loss of the Steamer Niagara The splendid Steamer Niagara, Capt. R.F. Childs, was wrecked near the mouth of the Genesee River, on Tuesday evening, in one of the hardest gales for a long time experienced on Lake Ontario. She lost her rudder about three o'clock P.M. of Tuesday, when ...

      Fatal Accident Archibald Woods of Lindsay, Canada Lost Overboard About nine o'clock yesterday morning as the Schooner Philo Bennett, was on her way from Deseronto to Oswego a young man named Archibald Woods was lost overboard. Captain Eccles gives us the following ...

      CANAL REGULATIONS. At a meeting of the Board of Canal Commissioners in the city of Albany, on the 10th of March, 1826, the following rules and regulations, in addition to those provided by law relating to the Erie and Champlain canals, were adopted to wit: 1. Every boat ...

      Launch at Brockville - A steamer named Bristol was launched from the yard of Messrs. Chaffrey Bros., Brockville, on Saturday last. She is the largest class built to pass through the locks. The launch was successful, and was witnessed by a very large number of spectators. ...

      Launch. - Yesterday afternoon, the new steamer Dawn, built for Messrs. H. & S. Jones, by Mr. Parkin, ship builder of this town, was launched amid the cheers of a large concourse of spectators. She is a good model, and went into her destined element in fine style. The Albion, …

      Large Variety of Craft Move in 'Lake of Thousand Islands,' Reminiscent of Early History ______ WATERTOWN - Water traffic is teeming this summer through the Lake of a Thousand Isles, in volume and with a variety of craft unknown since long before the recent war. First ...

      Schooner W. S. Malcolm Waterlogged - Strange conduct of the Captain and four of the Crew. - Capt. Smith, of the schooner Kyle Spangler, which arrived here last night, reports to us he found the schooner W.S. Malcolm, Capt. Barck, with a cargo of lumber for this port, waterlogged, ...

      Photograph of Kingston harbour with two ferries at the pier. The steamboat MAUD crosses behind them. A schooner lies further out in the harbour. In the foreground are the rails and boxcars of the Kingston and Pembroke Railway, and piles of cordwood. In the background is the Royal Military College …

      Photograph of the steamboat OLCOTT on Lake Ontario

      This beautiful craft, it will be remembered got upon the rocks in Lake Erie and had it not been for her great strength and the U.S. Steamer, who came to her relief, she would have been ship-wrecked. As it was, about 1000 bushels of wheat were thrown over board. The …