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      "Before 1841 propeller-driven steamboats were virtually unknown on the Great Lakes. Suddenly, that summer, propellers (as they came to be better known) began to enter the waters of Lake Ontario at Kingston. Before the Vandalia appeared on her trial trips in late November, at least four propellers had made their …

      Bulletin of the Departments of History and Political and Economic Science in Queen’s University. The text describes Captain John Deserontyou and the Mohawk settlement at Deseronto.

      Reason: sunk Lives: nil Freight: iron ore Remarks: Total loss

      Reason: aground Remarks: Got off

      Reason: fire Lives: 8 ? Remarks: Total loss

      Reason: collision Hull damage: $2,000 Remarks: Damaged

      Reason: collision Hull damage: $100 Remarks: Damaged

      Reason: sunk Freight: coal Remarks: Raised

 Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 19 Mar 1932     More About the ELLA MURTON Schooner Days XXXIX (39) Has anyone a picture of the Ella Murton, the schooner which was the heroine of the January Passage yarn in last month's "Schooner Days"? Loan of it for copying purposes would he appreciated. Old-timers ...

 Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 9 Apr 1932     The Round-Sterned DELAWARE SCHOONER DAYS XLII (42) The late Capt. W. R. Wakely sailed many vessels from the Friday he went with his father, Capt. Charles Wakely, of Port Hope, in the Enterprise, in 1864, to the Friday, when an apoplectic stroke terminated his fitting out of ...

 Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 25 Jun 1932     Both this and the next entry in Schooner Days were numbered LIII (53)

 Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram, 12 Mar 1955     Recalling Two Lake Tragedies Schooner Days MCCXI (1211) by C. H. J. Snider PASSING HAILS "I READ read with great interest your ...

 Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 19 Sep 1942     Riding It Out with the Queen of the Lakes Schooner Days DLV (555) by C. H. J. Snider _______ CAPT. WM. A. HEAD, master of the Ocean Wave of Picton so many years ago that few living men ...

 Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 18 Mar 1933     THE PALMATEERS Schooner Days LXXIX. (79) Something has already been said of the experiences of Capt. Nelson Palmateer, of Picton, that sturdy scion of a seagoing stock who has organized the send-away services in Cherry Valley annually for the Prince Edward County ...

 Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 5 Aug 1944     Sails Still Shimmer on Napanee River Schooner Days DCLII (652) by C. H. J. Snider _______ Napanee, Though "Inland," Once a Schooner Port and Still the Haunt of ...

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      This letter was written to Lieut. Tom Leonard in Kingston, Upper Canada from M.L. (possibly a family member) on December 1814. It discusses family concerns about his illness and the hope that he might write to them soon. It also mentions Col. Drummond's kindness to send updated letters to the …

      This is a note authorizing the payment of 4 pounds to the bearer, Sergt. [Ozies] signed by T. Leonard in Kingston, Upper Canada. Leonard was from the 104th New Brunswick Regiment that was raised in 1803 and sent to Upper Canada where they participated in the battles of Sackets Harbor, …

      This letter is to Lieut. Thomas Leonard in Kingston, Upper Canada, from his sister, Elizabeth Leonard, in St. Johns, New Brunswick. In the letter she mostly discusses the local gossip of individuals in St. Johns. Leonard was from the 104th New Brunswick Regiment that was raised in 1803 and sent …

      This letter mentions how anxious the family is to hear from Thomas and provides information on the people living in St. Johns for his benefit. Leonard was from the 104th New Brunswick Regiment that was raised in 1803 and sent to Upper Canada where they participated in the battles of …