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      p.3 Opening of the Navigation - Since our last everything has been stir and bustle in the port of our good town, schooners arriving, and steamboats departing almost every hour of the day. The St. George, Com. Barrie, Kingston, Sir James Kempt, and the Hunter are in full ...

      p.3 Guard for Steamboats - On Wednesday last, eight loaded barges with produce, left our port for Montreal in tow of the Bytown steamer. The Bytown had on board a guard of twenty-five militia-men, with a sub-altern, furnished by desire of Commodore Sandom, who considered the ...

      (copied from Whig by British Colonist, March 24, 1841) p.2 The Forwarding Business - Vast preparations are making in all parts of the Province, to carry on the forwarding business between Upper and Lower Canada, next season, on a scale commensurate with its increased ...

      (copied from Whig by British Colonist, May 24, 1843) p.2 The Rideau Canal - It is now found that steamers, with small engines, can carry down the river 800 barrels of flour, take in 150 emigrants, or 70 tons of salt and sea coal, and come up for £6, while …

      p.2 Mr. Lockhart, of Niagara, has some time since, launched from the dock there, another Steamboat. This is the third boat built by him, and each as it has appeared, seemed to surpass that which went before. The present one is called "The Gore," and she now plies daily ...

      p.2 The City of Toronto, commanded by Captain Dick, being the first of the new Royal Mail line of Packet Boats for Lake Ontario, made her appearance in Toronto harbour, on Wednesday last, having crossed from Niagara for the first time, and she has now commenced the regular trips ...

      p.3 In passing through Port Dover a few days since, we observed with much pleasure, a large schooner on the stocks, now nearly finished, the property, we believe, of the Messrs. McSwayne; there were also several other vessels in port, evidently preparing for their summer's work. ...

      p.1 LAKE ERIE HARBOURS. [London Journal of Commerce, 1st May] There are but few things on the American Continent which form so striking a contrast, as the trade on the United States side and the Canadian side of Lake Erie. Whatever ...

      p.3 Public attention has lately been directed to the experiment which has been tried by Messrs. Murray & Sanderson, Forwarders, at Montreal and Kingston, of employing Ericson's screw-propeller on their barges; and the success which has attended their effort, is likely to very ...

      p.3 The launch of the Princess Royal took place on Tuesday the 10th instant. A large party of ladies and gentlemen crossed over from Toronto, to witness it, - the Steamer St. George having been furnished for that purpose, by Mr. Bethune, who, in addition, provided a sumptuous ...

      p.2 WELLAND CANAL. The public will be rejoiced to learn, that arrangements are now being made to commence immediately the long projected improvements in this important channel of inland navigation - a notice of which will be found in our advertizing ...

      p.3 The Shipping Trade - Of our shipping interests - the main dependence of this city - the season thus far presents rather a gloomy picture. Notwithstanding the late opening of the season, we have as yet had but very few arrivals, and there is little in this way to …

      p.2 Buffalo Harbour - Great Damage to the Shipping. March 14th - The following list will show the position of the various vessels that have been injured, and the extent of their damage, which was caused by the moving of the ice in the harbour, and its ...

      p.3 The Steamboat Brothers, Captain Walter Eberts, is now plying between Amherstburgh, Detroit and Chatham. She has been on this route for years; and the attention shown to passengers, are acknowledged at all times. We are pleased to see that the Brothers has commenced running ...

      p.2 Ebert and others v. Smythe and others. This important case was tried at Sandwich assizes, on Thursday, the 7th instant. The plaintiffs were the proprietors of the steamboat Kent, which was sunk by the steamer London, in August last, of which latter ...

      Obituary Notes [Part Only] A Prince Among Shipbuilders Flags were flying at half-mast from several of the principal business places in St.Catharines on Saturday [April 24] and nearly all the vessels and steam craft on the ...

      St. Catharines , July 26 - On Saturday afternoon last [July 24] Captain Miller launched from his yard in Port Dalhousie one of the largest vessels ever built on ...

      New Steamers - Two new screw steamers named respectively Ontario and Quebec , have just been completed at Chatham , Ont., for

    New Steamers - Two new screw steamers named respectively Ontario and Quebec , have just been completed at Chatham , Ont., for

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      Sarnia , May 6 - The new propeller Ontario , of Beatty's Royal Mail Line of steamers, arrived here from Chatham this morning, ...

      Chatham , June 13 - The new propeller built by Messrs. Simpson & Chisholm for a stock company here was successfully launched at three p.m. today and christened "

    Chatham , June 13 - The new propeller built by Messrs. Simpson & Chisholm for a stock company here was successfully launched at three p.m. today and christened "

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