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      Black and white stereoview of Oswego harbour featuring, from left to right, the Continental Elevator, C. Ames & Co.'s Reciprocity Elevator, and Howlett Gardner & Co.'s Lake Ontario Mills. Two unidentified two-masted schooners lie unloading into the elevators. The hull of a third vessel, possibly a canal barge lies to …

      The HOAG was launched in 1862, re-rigged as a barge in 1880, as a schooner again in 1884, and abandoned by 1906. The photo appears to give the home port as Toledo, which might be useful in providing a more precise date.

      Stereoview of a two-masted schooner lying alongside the wharf with a stack of lumber. In the background is one of the Oswego grain elevators.

      Stereoview of the Oswego harbour from the level of the lake. It follows the line of the wooden breakwater out to the lighthouse. In the foreground are small rafts, one of which has men sitting and fishing. Several sailing vessels are tied up across the harbour along with piles of …

      Stereoview of the Oswego harbour from the upper bridge. In the centre of the harbour is a two masted schooner. The sail of another schooner is hanging to dry beyond the railroad trestle. There are a number of barges along the far side of the harbour.

      Stereoscopic Views of Oswego and Vicinity, By F. W. Oliver, Oswego, N.Y. Handwritten title: Prospect Rock, Fort and entrance to Harbor

      Alternate views taken but not scanned.

      IHC catalogue #6088.

      Introducing digitization assistant, Shaun House, on Page 4

      File number: 17.pt1.2-1.3

 Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram, 19 Aug 1950     Head of Navigation for Lake Ontario? Schooner Days CMLXV (965) by C. H. J. Snider AT HIGH NOON (90 in the shade) last week someone found himself in a place he had never been ...

 Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram, 26 Aug 1950     Mystery Head of Ontario Navigation Schooner Days CMLXVI (966) by C. H. J. Snider WE left off with Mr. Thyme (whom from his weed-cutting scythe, we at first took to be someone else ...

      Used to illustrate Ivan S. Brookes, Hamilton Harbor, 1826-1901.

 appeared in St. Catharines Standard, 17 Apr 2013, C8. Date of Event: April 15, 2013     Survivor(s): Campbell, Maureen (wife); Campbell, Christopher (son); Campbell, Ian (son); Campbell, David (son); Lassman, Cathy (daughter); Jones, Patricia (daughter); Persson, Sheila (daughter) City of Death: Dundas, Ontario Place of Burial: Victoria Lawn Cemetery, St. Catharines, Ontario He trained in England to become an electrical engineeer; He retired fom the London …

 appeared in St. Catharines Standard, 26 Apr 2011, D4. Date of Event: April 23, 2011     Survivor(s): Heffernan, Michael J. (son); Tarbat, Maureen (daughter); Thibert, Mary (sister) City of Death: Dundas, Ontario Place of Burial: Victoria Lawn Cemetery, St. Catharines, Ontario predeceased by Heffernan, Donald R. (husband); predeceased by Laturney, Stewart (husband); predeceased by Heffernan, Robert D. (son); predeceased by Reinhart, Harold (brother); predeceased by Reinhart, …

 appeared in St. Catharines Standard, 16 Aug 2014, C8. Date of Event: August 15, 2014     Survivor(s): Campbell, Christopher (son); Campbell, Ian (son); Campbell, David (son); Lassman, Catharine (daughter); Jones, Patricia (daughter); Persson, Sheila (daughter) City of Death: Dundas, Ontario Place of Burial: Victoria Lawn Cemetery, St. Catharines, Ontario predeceased by Campbell, Bernard Alexander (husband); survived by her siblings John, Nora and Margaret; She studied to …

      I dropped into the office of Captain John Van Alstyne the other day to see if I could pick up a story from some "old tar." You see the captain's office is the central resort for old lake captains when they are in the city. They all know Cap'n John …

 Evening Courier & Republic (Buffalo, NY), 15 Nov 1866, p. 3, column 6     Launch.--A new vessel, the Rockaway, was launched at Oswego on Tuesday afternoon [the 13th] from the yard of Chanler, Alford & Co.

 Oswego Commercial Times (Oswego, NY), 13 Aug 1858     Heavy Fire. - About half last one o'clock this mornings fire broke out in the cupola of the Empire Elevator, owned by F.,T. Carrington and P. Rathbun, and although every exertion was made by our efficient fire brigade, with the assistance of the hydrants from the adjoining mills, within two …

 Daily Palladium (Oswego, NY), 8 Feb 1902     Navigation In Early Days. First Propeller On The Lake Was Built In Oswego Sylvester Doolittle Sent Her To The West While The Buffalo Papers Jeered And Called Her The Oswego Humbug Gleaned From Musty Old Records The first steamboat to ply the waters of Lake Ontario was ...