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  • LOWLAND LASS (1851, Schooner)
    LOWLAND LASS (1851, Schooner)
    Ship       Final Date: Oct 1860; Dimensions (LBD): 79.3' x 19.6' x 7.6' ; 1852, Oct 16 Run into & sunk by steamer SUPERIOR off Dunkirk, NY; raised & repaired. 1853, May 6 Owned John N. Redding, Port Burwell, ONT. 1856, Feb 22 Owned John Ruggles et al. 1859, Mar 28 Owned …
    Ship     Final Date: Oct 1860; Dimensions (LBD): 79.3' x 19.6' x 7.6' ; 1852, Oct 16 Run into & sunk by steamer SUPERIOR off Dunkirk, NY; raised & repaired. 1853, May …
    Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
  • Beth (Schooner), aground, 3 Dec 1848
    Beth (Schooner), aground, 3 Dec 1848
    TextNewspaper       Reason: aground
    TextNewspaper     Reason: aground
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Nomad (Schooner), aground, 1 Nov 1869
    Nomad (Schooner), aground, 1 Nov 1869
    TextNewspaper       Reason: aground Remarks: Got off
    TextNewspaper     Reason: aground Remarks: Got off
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Boston (Schooner), burnt, 3 Oct 1768
    Boston (Schooner), burnt, 3 Oct 1768
    TextNewspaper       Reason: burnt Remarks: Total loss ?
    TextNewspaper     Reason: burnt Remarks: Total loss ?
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Flora Holden (1879)
    Flora Holden (1879)
    Ship       Official No.: 111804; Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1900) 52x12x6 Owned by A. L. Casselman, Sault Ste. Marie Ont.
    Ship     Official No.: 111804; Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1900) 52x12x6 Owned by A. L. Casselman, Sault Ste. Marie Ont.
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Post Office Closed at Point Peninsula
    Post Office Closed at Point Peninsula
    TextNewspaper  Cape Vincent Eagle (Cape Vincent, NY), 6 Mar 1941     Post Office Closed at Point Peninsula ____ After more than 102 years the hamlet of Point Peninsula, once a thriving shipbuilding center during the early schooner days of the Great Lakes and later an oil-field boom town, lost its post office on the first day of last ...
    TextNewspaper  Cape Vincent Eagle (Cape Vincent, NY), 6 Mar 1941   Post Office Closed at Point Peninsula ____ After more than 102 years the hamlet of Point Peninsula, once a thriving shipbuilding center during the early schooner days of the Great …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Ocean (Brig), aground, 2 Nov 1862
    Ocean (Brig), aground, 2 Nov 1862
    TextNewspaper       Reason: aground Lives: nil Hull damage: $500
    TextNewspaper     Reason: aground Lives: nil Hull damage: $500
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Mary Ann (Schooner), aground, 1 Nov 1862
    Mary Ann (Schooner), aground, 1 Nov 1862
    TextNewspaper       Reason: aground Lives: nil Hull damage: $1,700 Cargo: $3,500 Freight: peas
    TextNewspaper     Reason: aground Lives: nil Hull damage: $1,700 Cargo: $3,500 Freight: peas
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Ferris (Tug), aground, 30 Nov 1886
    Ferris (Tug), aground, 30 Nov 1886
    TextNewspaper       Reason: aground Lives: nil Remarks: Got off
    TextNewspaper     Reason: aground Lives: nil Remarks: Got off
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Cape Horn (Schooner), U4345, aground, 24 Nov 1860
    Cape Horn (Schooner), U4345, aground, 24 Nov 1860
    TextNewspaper       Reason: aground Lives: nil Freight: wheat Remarks: Got off
    TextNewspaper     Reason: aground Lives: nil Freight: wheat Remarks: Got off
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Game Cock (Schooner), aground, 24 Nov 1860
    Game Cock (Schooner), aground, 24 Nov 1860
    TextNewspaper       Reason: aground Lives: nil Hull damage: $3,000 Cargo: $500 Freight: coal Remarks: Got off
    TextNewspaper     Reason: aground Lives: nil Hull damage: $3,000 Cargo: $500 Freight: coal Remarks: Got off
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Pathfinder (Schooner), U20290, aground, 1 May 1881
    Pathfinder (Schooner), U20290, aground, 1 May 1881
    TextNewspaper       Reason: aground Lives: nil Remarks: Got off
    TextNewspaper     Reason: aground Lives: nil Remarks: Got off
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Comanche (Schooner), aground, 1 Dec 1886
    Comanche (Schooner), aground, 1 Dec 1886
    TextNewspaper       Reason: aground Lives: nil Remarks: Got off
    TextNewspaper     Reason: aground Lives: nil Remarks: Got off
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Camanche (Schooner), aground, 1886
    Camanche (Schooner), aground, 1886
    TextNewspaper       Reason: aground Remarks: Got off
    TextNewspaper     Reason: aground Remarks: Got off
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Wayne Brewster, 91, Recalls Life as Sailor on Schooners 
in Bustling Trade on the Lakes
    Wayne Brewster, 91, Recalls Life as Sailor on Schooners in Bustling Trade on the Lakes
    NewspaperText  Syracuse Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), 12 Jun 1940     Wayne Brewster, 91, Recalls Life as Sailor on Schooners in Bustling Trade on the Lakes ____ CAPE VINCENT - Sailing as a crew member upon the schooners that plied from Lake Ontario to Chicago in the busy years of inland water traffic following the Civil War, Wayne B. ...
    NewspaperText  Syracuse Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), 12 Jun 1940   Wayne Brewster, 91, Recalls Life as Sailor on Schooners in Bustling Trade on the Lakes ____ CAPE VINCENT - Sailing as a crew member upon the schooners that plied from …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Rochester (1843)
    Rochester (1843)
    Ship       Other Names: Sir Charles Napier (1855); Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1854) 164x19x10 Owned by T. Maxwell & Co. 1854; to L. Moody, Montreal 1854; Creighton & Kinghorn (operated by Calvin) 1856, 1860. Built by G. H. Weeks, Oswego, N.Y. and launched November 1843. Engines (2) 40x96, from "United States". Lake Ontario …
    Ship     Other Names: Sir Charles Napier (1855); Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1854) 164x19x10 Owned by T. Maxwell & Co. 1854; to L. Moody, Montreal 1854; Creighton & Kinghorn (operated by Calvin) 1856, …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Express (1859)
    Express (1859)
    Ship       Official No.: 33584; Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1863) 67x14x5 Owned by R. Y. Babbitt, Picton Ont. 1863, 1874; L. C. Couvrette, Lachine 1877, 1886. Built by A. Miller, Oswego, N.Y. 1859. Used on St. Lawrence River and Rideau Canal. Laid up 1875-76.
    Ship     Official No.: 33584; Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1863) 67x14x5 Owned by R. Y. Babbitt, Picton Ont. 1863, 1874; L. C. Couvrette, Lachine 1877, 1886. Built by A. Miller, Oswego, N.Y. 1859. …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Hiram Perry Jr. (1857)
    Hiram Perry Jr. (1857)
    Ship       Official No.: 59231; Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1869) 80x17x7 Owned by W. J. Pratt, Saint John N. B. 1871, 1874; W. H. Blanchard, Windsor N. S. 1877. Built by Rogers, Oswego, N.Y. 1857. Bay of Fundy tug.
    Ship     Official No.: 59231; Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1869) 80x17x7 Owned by W. J. Pratt, Saint John N. B. 1871, 1874; W. H. Blanchard, Windsor N. S. 1877. Built by Rogers, Oswego, …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Oswego Palladium (Oswego, NY), 16 Apr 1887
    Oswego Palladium (Oswego, NY), 16 Apr 1887
    NewspaperText       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 …
    NewspaperText     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 …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Launch
    Launch
    NewspaperText  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.
    NewspaperText  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.
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
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