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      p.2 Kingston, Oct. 29th - By a gentleman from Toronto, who was a passenger in the William IV we have been informed of some of the particulars attending the temporary loss of this vessel on her unfortunate downward trip. It appears that yesterday morning, about 5 o'clock, when the ...

      p.2 Kingston, April 15th - Our Harbour - The harbour is yet blocked up with ice, though we have very good indication of its speedy dissolution. The channel in front of the town is at length open, and seven schooners belonging to Calvin, Cook and Counter, have left Garden Island …

      p.2 Kingston, April 22nd - Our harbour is now entirely freed of ice the heavy north-westerly gale of Sunday night last having broken up the sheet which extended upwards to the lake for several miles. The St. George left this port for Toronto on Sunday evening; the Porcupine for ...

      p.2 The Regatta, we regret to say, was a failure. Our good citizens seem to be too much engaged "making hay while the sun shines" to pay attention to sportive recreations. Our neighbours of Long Island bore off the palm in two or three of the contests, ousting those of …

      p.2 Kingston Dec. 2nd - The Lake Steamers are laid up, with the exception of the Niagara, now on her last trip. The Bay boats have ceased running; the Canal is closed; and but a few boats are still plying on the river. Yesterday and today it has been mild, …

      (copied from Whig by Bytown Gazette of June 18th, which was then quoted by Quebec Gazette) p.1 an article describing the Whig editor's trip through the Rideau Canal - a large quantity of timber is slowing down the progress of steamers, most of it is going towards Bytown. ...

      (copied from British Whig) p.2 arrival of Gov.-Gen. at Kingston in H.M.S. Traveller.

      (copied from Whig by Quebec Gazette, Dec. 16, 1840) p.2 Kingston Whig of 11th invites striking ship carpenters at Quebec to come to Kingston.

      (copied from Whig by Quebec Gazette, Feb. 24, 1841) p.2 Commander Drew - has not yet benefitted from a trip to England - he is trying to get reimbursed for court case.

      (copied from Whig by Quebec Gazette, April 23, 1841) p.2 Kingston, April 16th - The prospects of the coming year's business are cheering to a degree. The contracts already made by the company, for the transportation of produce to Montreal, will employ the whole of their ...

      (copied from Whig by Quebec Gazette, June 9, 1841) p.2 Kingston, June 4th - The forwarding business continues steadily to increase. Every wharf, warehouse, or place where a barrel of flour can be stowed away, is crammed to excess with the produce of the West, ...

      (copied from Whig by Quebec Gazette, Oct. 13, 1841) p.2 No Monopoly (From the Kingston Whig, Oct. 7th) - In a late Quebec Gazette, the editor in taking notice of the Rideau and other Canals, perpetrates a variety of most egregious blunders, and among others, makes mention ...

      (copied from Whig by Quebec Gazette, Nov. 29, 1841) p.2 The Weather - the Rideau Canal will close soon; it has been open longer than usual, the steamboats are making their way through the ice.

      p.3 Rates of Towage for New Steamer Raftsman Notice - The Steamboat Raftsman, built in Upper Canada for the purposes of TOWING RAFTS into the Port of Quebec, has now commenced running, and a regular Tariff having been fixed for Towage - Lumber Merchants and their foreman ...

      Oswego, Aug. 31 - A gale of unusual severity for this season of the year has prevailed here since Thursday. The schooner ALPHA, from Toronto, for this port went ashore, five miles below the harbor, and will probably be a total wreck. Her crew were taken off in the life-boat …

      Charlotte, N.Y., Oct. 17 - The schooner MARY of Chaumont, with a cargo of limestone, went ashore at 4 o'clock this morning. The crew were saved. The vessel is going to pieces.

      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

Maritime History of the Great Lakes

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