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  • The Ship of Stone: Schooner Days XXIV (24)
    The Ship of Stone: Schooner Days XXIV (24)
    NewspaperImageText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 22 Aug 1931     The Ship of Stone SCHOONER DAYS XXIV. (24) Graven in grey granite a ship of stone sails serenely above her master on Lake Huron's shore. High above the winding Maitland River, high on a hilltop which in life was their ...
    NewspaperImageText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 22 Aug 1931   The Ship of Stone SCHOONER DAYS XXIV. (24) Graven in grey granite a ship of stone sails serenely above her master on Lake Huron's shore. High above the winding Maitland …
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  • Flies and Flags -- and Lord Dufferin's Escape: Schooner Days CCCVI (406)
    Flies and Flags -- and Lord Dufferin's Escape: Schooner Days CCCVI (406)
    NewspaperImageText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 15 Jul 1939     Flies and Flags -- and Lord Dufferin's Escape Schooner Days CCCVI (406) by C. H. J. Snider WHEN schooners thronged the lakes their characteristic decoration was a long slim cone of bunting streaming from the main and mizzen trucks. This ...
    NewspaperImageText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 15 Jul 1939   Flies and Flags -- and Lord Dufferin's Escape Schooner Days CCCVI (406) by C. H. J. Snider WHEN schooners thronged the lakes their characteristic decoration was a long slim cone …
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  • He Built 120 Ships: Schooner Days CI (101)
    He Built 120 Ships: Schooner Days CI (101)
    NewspaperImageText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 19 Aug 1933     HE BUILT 120 SHIPS--LOUIS SHICKLUNA --AND ALL WERE GOOD By C.H.J. Snider It is a recognized mark of great skill for a ship carpenter to hold a billet of wood "under his toe" and hew a wedge with his adze, using "head high strokes.' Legend has it that Louis ...
    NewspaperImageText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 19 Aug 1933   HE BUILT 120 SHIPS--LOUIS SHICKLUNA --AND ALL WERE GOOD By C.H.J. Snider It is a recognized mark of great skill for a ship carpenter to hold a billet of wood …
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  • Arrows of Easter: Schooner Days X (10)
    Arrows of Easter: Schooner Days X (10)
    NewspaperImageText       ARROWS OF EASTER Schooner Days X (10) In this Magistrate J. J. O'Connor, who went through the school of experience in the lake schooners before he became District Magistrate for Thunder Bay, tells of how fathers loved their sons and sailors loved their craft, ...
    NewspaperImageText     ARROWS OF EASTER Schooner Days X (10) In this Magistrate J. J. O'Connor, who went through the school of experience in the lake schooners before he became District Magistrate for …
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  • Spade Work on the Wreck: Schooner Days LXIV. (64)
    Spade Work on the Wreck: Schooner Days LXIV. (64)
    NewspaperImageText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 3 Dec 1932     Spade Work on the Wreck Schooner Days LXIV. (64) They say the spade is really the best archaeologist. It was applied last Saturday to that ancient wreck on the island shore which has defied all comers to give it a name. It was a bitter cold day, ...
    NewspaperImageText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 3 Dec 1932   Spade Work on the Wreck Schooner Days LXIV. (64) They say the spade is really the best archaeologist. It was applied last Saturday to that ancient wreck on the island …
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  • Capt. L. A. Demers Dies
    Capt. L. A. Demers Dies
    TextImageNewspapercomment  Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa, ON), 11 Jul 1938     Capt. L. A. Demers Dies Noted Seaman Was 77 _________ Was Dominion Wreck Commissioner for Twenty Years. Had Long Career Before the Mast and Was Man of Outstanding Knowledge and Judgement. _________ One of Canada's most noted seamen, Captain ...
    TextImageNewspapercomment  Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa, ON), 11 Jul 1938   Capt. L. A. Demers Dies Noted Seaman Was 77 _________ Was Dominion Wreck Commissioner for Twenty Years. Had Long Career Before the Mast and Was Man of Outstanding Knowledge and …
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  • Big Cheese Across The Trail: Schooner Days No. DCCXX (720)
    Big Cheese Across The Trail: Schooner Days No. DCCXX (720)
    NewspaperImageText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 1 Dec 1945     Big Cheese Across The Trail Schooner Days No. 720 by C. H. J. Snider _______ Search for Another of the Vanished Ports of Lake Ontario Encounters Obstacle That Took 24 ...
    NewspaperImageText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 1 Dec 1945   Big Cheese Across The Trail Schooner Days No. 720 by C. H. J. Snider _______ Search for Another of the Vanished Ports of Lake Ontario Encounters Obstacle That Took 24 …
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  • Finding a Ship for a Padlocked Anchor:  Schooner Days CCLIV (254)
    Finding a Ship for a Padlocked Anchor: Schooner Days CCLIV (254)
    TextImageNewspapercomment  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 22 Aug 1936     Finding a Ship for a Padlocked Anchor Schooner Days CCLIV (254) _______ As said last week, every anchor has its story, and we promised to go on with those shackled to the big 700-pound anchor bedded in the Lake where the ...
    TextImageNewspapercomment  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 22 Aug 1936   Finding a Ship for a Padlocked Anchor Schooner Days CCLIV (254) _______ As said last week, every anchor has its story, and we promised to go on with those shackled …
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  • Burning of the Erie
    Burning of the Erie
    TextImageNewspaper  Lloyd, James T., Lloyd's Steamboat Directory and Disasters on the Western Waters... (1856), 1856, 121-26     Burning of the Erie. This magnificent steamer, Capt. Titus, commander, was destroyed by fire, on Lake Erie, on the 16th day of August, 1841, by which calamity more than one hundred and seventy-five persons lost their lives. The following account is given of the origin of this ...
    TextImageNewspaper  Lloyd, James T., Lloyd's Steamboat Directory and Disasters on the Western Waters... (1856), 1856, 121-26   Burning of the Erie. This magnificent steamer, Capt. Titus, commander, was destroyed by fire, on Lake Erie, on the 16th day of August, 1841, by which calamity more than one …
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  • Burning of the G. P. Griffith
    Burning of the G. P. Griffith
    TextImageNewspaper  Lloyd, James T., Lloyd's Steamboat Directory and Disasters on the Western Waters..., 17 Jun 1850, 261-65     BURNING OF THE G. P. GRIFFITH The fine steamer G. P. Griffith took fire on Lake Erie, about twenty miles below Cleveland, and was burnt to the water's edge, on June 17, 1850. The passengers were all in their berths when the alarm of fire was given, about three o'clock …
    TextImageNewspaper  Lloyd, James T., Lloyd's Steamboat Directory and Disasters on the Western Waters..., 17 Jun 1850, 261-65   BURNING OF THE G. P. GRIFFITH The fine steamer G. P. Griffith took fire on Lake Erie, about twenty miles below Cleveland, and was burnt to the water's edge, on …
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  • Explosion of the America
    Explosion of the America
    TextImageNewspaper  Lloyd, James T., Lloyd's Steamboat Directory and Disasters on the Western Waters..., 31 Jul 1850, 261-65     EXPLOSION OF THE AMERICA This afflictive event took place on Lake Erie, July 31, 1850. The head of one of the starboard boilers blew off, turning the boiler deck upside down, raising the upper deck about four feet, and making all the central part of the boat a complete wreck. …
    TextImageNewspaper  Lloyd, James T., Lloyd's Steamboat Directory and Disasters on the Western Waters..., 31 Jul 1850, 261-65   EXPLOSION OF THE AMERICA This afflictive event took place on Lake Erie, July 31, 1850. The head of one of the starboard boilers blew off, turning the boiler deck upside …
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  • Burning of the Phoenix
    Burning of the Phoenix
    TextImageNewspaper  Lloyd, James T., Lloyd's Steamboat Directory and Disasters on the Western Waters... (1856), 21 Nov 1847, 177-83     Burning of the Phoenix This terrible accident occurred about four o'clock on the morning of the 21st of November, 1847, on Lake Michigan, within seventeen miles of Sheboygan. The fire was first discovered under the deck, near the back end of the boiler ; but it soon spread in every …
    TextImageNewspaper  Lloyd, James T., Lloyd's Steamboat Directory and Disasters on the Western Waters... (1856), 21 Nov 1847, 177-83   Burning of the Phoenix This terrible accident occurred about four o'clock on the morning of the 21st of November, 1847, on Lake Michigan, within seventeen miles of Sheboygan. The fire …
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  • Timber Islander: Schooner Days DXVI (516)
    Timber Islander: Schooner Days DXVI (516)
    TextImageNewspaper  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 11 Oct 1941     TIMBER ISLANDER Schooner Days DXVI (516) by C. H. J. Snider _______ Once upon a time there came to Napanee a great big man with a curly black moustache, a big bulging cigar and a long heavy ...
    TextImageNewspaper  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 11 Oct 1941   TIMBER ISLANDER Schooner Days DXVI (516) by C. H. J. Snider _______ Once upon a time there came to Napanee a great big man with a curly black moustache, a …
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  • Steam Boats on Lake Erie
    Steam Boats on Lake Erie
    WebsiteTextNewspaper  Bethel Magazine, January 1836    
    WebsiteTextNewspaper  Bethel Magazine, January 1836  
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  • List of Canadian Vessels
    List of Canadian Vessels
    WebsiteTextNewspaper  Daily Globe (Toronto, ON), 4 Aug 1856    
    WebsiteTextNewspaper  Daily Globe (Toronto, ON), 4 Aug 1856  
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  • Prominent Men of the Great Lakes
    Prominent Men of the Great Lakes
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    WebsiteTextNewspaper    
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  • Frank B. Stevens (Propeller), C134517, 1920
    Frank B. Stevens (Propeller), C134517, 1920
    TextNewspapercomment       ex St. JOSEPH
    TextNewspapercomment     ex St. JOSEPH
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  • Grand Trunk Elevator
    Grand Trunk Elevator
    NewspaperImage  Canadian Illustrated News, 29 Nov 1862, 26, 31     GRAND TRUNK ELEVATOR _____ CANADIANS, though accused by their cousins across the border of being a little behind time in their movements, have now set about in earnest to provide accommodation for the storage of grain and flour, and its easy transference from ...
    NewspaperImage  Canadian Illustrated News, 29 Nov 1862, 26, 31   GRAND TRUNK ELEVATOR _____ CANADIANS, though accused by their cousins across the border of being a little behind time in their movements, have now set about in earnest to provide …
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  • The "Earl Cathcart" Steamer
    The "Earl Cathcart" Steamer
    NewspaperImage  Fitzgunne, G. H., Illustrated London News, 13 Jul 1850, p. 41     THE "EARL CATHCART." STEAMER. (From Correspondent.) THE accompanying Engraving shows the Earl Cathcart steamer, with troops board from Montreal to Port Stanley, en route to London, Canada West, as she appeared hard and fast among the islands of the river St. Lawrence. The ...
    NewspaperImage  Fitzgunne, G. H., Illustrated London News, 13 Jul 1850, p. 41   THE "EARL CATHCART." STEAMER. (From Correspondent.) THE accompanying Engraving shows the Earl Cathcart steamer, with troops board from Montreal to Port Stanley, en route to London, Canada West, as she …
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  • Passenger Steamers
    Passenger Steamers
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