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  • "Natives Occupy Burial Sites"
    "Natives Occupy Burial Sites"
    NewspaperPublicationmystery       "In a week of camping out, drumming late into the night, media attention, and direct negotiation with the department of Indian Affairs, the Chippowas of Nawash accomplished what had failed to come about in the previous year."
    NewspaperPublicationmystery     "In a week of camping out, drumming late into the night, media attention, and direct negotiation with the department of Indian Affairs, the Chippowas of Nawash accomplished what had failed …
    Six Nations Public Library
  • Waubuno (Steamboat), damaged machinery, 20 May 1867
    Waubuno (Steamboat), damaged machinery, 20 May 1867
    TextNewspaper       Reason: damaged machinery Lives: nil Remarks: Repaired
    TextNewspaper     Reason: damaged machinery Lives: nil Remarks: Repaired
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • General Wolseley (Steamboat), C85526, aground \ fire, 9 Sep 1886
    General Wolseley (Steamboat), C85526, aground \ fire, 9 Sep 1886
    TextNewspaper       Reason: aground \ fire Lives: nil Remarks: Total loss
    TextNewspaper     Reason: aground \ fire Lives: nil Remarks: Total loss
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Belle (Steamboat), aground, 20 May 1852
    Belle (Steamboat), aground, 20 May 1852
    TextNewspaper       Reason: aground Lives: nil Remarks: Total loss
    TextNewspaper     Reason: aground Lives: nil Remarks: Total loss
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Sam Lewis (Propeller), aground, 14 Nov 1871
    Sam Lewis (Propeller), aground, 14 Nov 1871
    TextNewspaper       Reason: aground Lives: nil Freight: hay, &c.; Remarks: Recovered, renamed CHAMPION
    TextNewspaper     Reason: aground Lives: nil Freight: hay, &c.; Remarks: Recovered, renamed CHAMPION
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • A. Seaman (Propeller), C71244, fire, 13 Sep 1905
    A. Seaman (Propeller), C71244, fire, 13 Sep 1905
    TextNewspaper       Reason: fire Lives: nil Remarks: Total loss
    TextNewspaper     Reason: fire Lives: nil Remarks: Total loss
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • General Wolseley (1884)
    General Wolseley (1884)
    Ship       Official No.: 85526; 103x20x6 Owned by J. Nisbet, Owen Sound. Built by J. Andrew, Oakville and launched 21/07/84. Engine 17½x48 by Martin, Toronto. (Newspaper says by Beckett & Co., Hamilton, from "Princess of Wales") Used Toronto-Lorne Park one season, then moved to Georgian Bay. Destroyed by fire 09/09/86 Cape Crocker, …
    Ship     Official No.: 85526; 103x20x6 Owned by J. Nisbet, Owen Sound. Built by J. Andrew, Oakville and launched 21/07/84. Engine 17½x48 by Martin, Toronto. (Newspaper says by Beckett & Co., Hamilton, …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • J.H. Jones (1888)
    J.H. Jones (1888)
    Ship       Official No.: 90769; First Rebuild: Official Number: 90769 Propulsion: Screw Dimensions: 107 x 21 -- 152 tons Rebuilt: in 1895 107x21x10 Owned by J. Clark, Goderich 1895; to Crawford Tug Co., Wiarton 1900. Built by W. Marlton, Goderich and launched 24/04/88. Engine 18x20 by Doty Engine Works. Sunk in collision …
    Ship     Official No.: 90769; First Rebuild: Official Number: 90769 Propulsion: Screw Dimensions: 107 x 21 -- 152 tons Rebuilt: in 1895 107x21x10 Owned by J. Clark, Goderich 1895; to Crawford Tug …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Esperanza (1876)
    Esperanza (1876)
    Ship       Official No.: 80595; Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1880) First Rebuild: Official Number: 80595 Propulsion: Screw Dimensions: 57 x 18 -- 17 tons Rebuilt: in 1889 52x9x5 Owned by Royal Canadian Yacht Club, Toronto 1881; F. F. Stuart, Toronto 1895; Mrs. H. M. Parker, Port Credit Ont. 1901. Engine 9x9 by D. …
    Ship     Official No.: 80595; Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1880) First Rebuild: Official Number: 80595 Propulsion: Screw Dimensions: 57 x 18 -- 17 tons Rebuilt: in 1889 52x9x5 Owned by Royal Canadian Yacht …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Sam Lewis (1861)
    Sam Lewis (1861)
    Ship       Official No.: 46220; Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1863) 63x17x8 Owned by F. Sawyer & H. McLean, Wallaceburg 1863; S. Baby, Sarnia 1866; to J. Anderson, Collingwood 1870. Tug. Wrecked 14/11/71 Cape Croker, Georgian Bay. ; Final Location: Cape Croker, Ontario, Canada, Wrecked
    Ship     Official No.: 46220; Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1863) 63x17x8 Owned by F. Sawyer & H. McLean, Wallaceburg 1863; S. Baby, Sarnia 1866; to J. Anderson, Collingwood 1870. Tug. Wrecked 14/11/71 Cape …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Jane Armstrong (1873)
    Jane Armstrong (1873)
    Ship       Other Names: A. Seaman (1894); Official No.: 71244; Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1874) First Rebuild: Official Number: 71244 Propulsion: Screw Dimensions: 70 x 15 -- 76 tons Rebuilt: in 1894 62x14x6 Owned by S. Hopkins, Port Colborne 1877; J. V. Crawford, Wiarton 1895. Built by Haight & Dunslaught, Buffalo N.Y. 1873. …
    Ship     Other Names: A. Seaman (1894); Official No.: 71244; Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1874) First Rebuild: Official Number: 71244 Propulsion: Screw Dimensions: 70 x 15 -- 76 tons Rebuilt: in 1894 62x14x6 …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Drowned Captains and Their Money: Schooner Days MCCXLVIII (1248)
    Drowned Captains and Their Money: Schooner Days MCCXLVIII (1248)
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram, 3 Dec 1955     Drowned Captains and Their Money Schooner Days MCCXLVIII (1248) by C. H. J. Snider ONE thing leads to another. Inquiry from Corunna, Ont., about possible relationship to a ...
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram, 3 Dec 1955   Drowned Captains and Their Money Schooner Days MCCXLVIII (1248) by C. H. J. Snider ONE thing leads to another. Inquiry from Corunna, Ont., about possible relationship to a ...
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • "Caledonias" and the Chiseller: Schooner Days CCV (205)
    "Caledonias" and the Chiseller: Schooner Days CCV (205)
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 14 Sep 1935     "Caledonias" and the Chiseller Schooner Days CCV (205) ___ THAT old chiseller L. Ontario, after wrecking the Caledonia, graved his mark on her bones with her own chain cable as indelibly as ever cow-hand branded a ...
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 14 Sep 1935   "Caledonias" and the Chiseller Schooner Days CCV (205) ___ THAT old chiseller L. Ontario, after wrecking the Caledonia, graved his mark on her bones with her own chain cable as …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Another Storage Cargo - Orders at the Head of the Lakes: Schooner Days CCCLXXVI (376)
    Another Storage Cargo - Orders at the Head of the Lakes: Schooner Days CCCLXXVI (376)
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 17 Dec 1938     Another Storage Cargo - Orders at the Head of the Lakes Schooner Days CCCLXXVI (376) _______ (This continues the story of how the steamer Robert D. Durham of Toronto got the winter storage load which now floats at the old ...
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 17 Dec 1938   Another Storage Cargo - Orders at the Head of the Lakes Schooner Days CCCLXXVI (376) _______ (This continues the story of how the steamer Robert D. Durham of Toronto got …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • He Went Into Steam: Schooner Days DIII (503)
    He Went Into Steam: Schooner Days DIII (503)
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 12 Jul 1941     He Went Into Steam Schooner Days DIII (503) by C. H. J. Snider _______ WHAT?" writes a follower of Schooner Days in a tone that Means what and some more, "what became of Capt. Johnny ...
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 12 Jul 1941   He Went Into Steam Schooner Days DIII (503) by C. H. J. Snider _______ WHAT?" writes a follower of Schooner Days in a tone that Means what and some more, …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Imperial (1886)
    Imperial (1886)
    Ship       Other Names: Kaministiquia (1903); Official No.: 90571; First Rebuild: Official Number: 90571 Propulsion: Screw Dimensions: 109 x 22 -- 245 tons Rebuilt: in 1888 Second Rebuild: Propulsion: Screw Third Rebuild: Propulsion: Screw Rebuilt: Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada 109x22x7 Owned by J. Doty, Toronto 1886; to Muskoka & Nipissing Navigation Co. …
    Ship     Other Names: Kaministiquia (1903); Official No.: 90571; First Rebuild: Official Number: 90571 Propulsion: Screw Dimensions: 109 x 22 -- 245 tons Rebuilt: in 1888 Second Rebuild: Propulsion: Screw Third Rebuild: …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Earth in the Time of Corona
    Earth in the Time of Corona
    Text       Poem written by Victoria West
    Text     Poem written by Victoria West
    Whitby Public Library
  • Kathleen (1886)
    Kathleen (1886)
    Ship       Official No.: 90574; 84x18x6 Owned by A. J. Tymon, Toronto; to Toronto Ferry Co. 1892. Built by G. Dickson, Toronto 1886. Engine 12x14 by Nash & Weed, Buffalo N.Y. Primarily ferry, occasional lake excursions in early years. Licensed for 170 passengers 1886, 200 passengers 1914. Damaged by fire in drydock …
    Ship     Official No.: 90574; 84x18x6 Owned by A. J. Tymon, Toronto; to Toronto Ferry Co. 1892. Built by G. Dickson, Toronto 1886. Engine 12x14 by Nash & Weed, Buffalo N.Y. Primarily …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Annavann: Schooner Days CLIX (159)
    Annavann: Schooner Days CLIX (159)
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 27 Oct 1934     Annavann Schooner Days CLIX (159) CAPT. ALEXANDER BIRNIE, of Craigleith, Ont., was one of the many Scotch skippers from the Georgian Bay in schooner times, with a voice like the roar of a reef, square beard on square chest, and back like a barn ...
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 27 Oct 1934   Annavann Schooner Days CLIX (159) CAPT. ALEXANDER BIRNIE, of Craigleith, Ont., was one of the many Scotch skippers from the Georgian Bay in schooner times, with a voice like the …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • The First Black Doctor in Canada: Anderson Ruffin Abbott
    The First Black Doctor in Canada: Anderson Ruffin Abbott
    CollectionImageText       Created as part of Black History month programming
    CollectionImageText     Created as part of Black History month programming
    Toronto Public Library
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