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 Down The Lane, The Standard-Freeholder (Cornwall, ON), 12 Jul 1935     If Captain Joseph Alfred Ouellette made any pretence of being an author and decided to write a book he might properly call it "Life On The St. Lawrence River." For Captain Ouellette has been travelling up and down the St. Lawrence longer than any living man and knows every nook …

 Down The Lane, The Standard-Freeholder (Cornwall, ON), 14 Aug 1939     [Excerpt from Down the Lane column by George Wilson from an 1894 copy of The Cornwall Freeholder] Accident To Algerian -- A rumor spread through Cornwall that the Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Company's steamer had struck a rock in the Longue Sault Rapids and was in a sinking condition led …

      [Excerpt from Down the Lane column by George Wilson from The Cornwall Freeholder of March 14, 1890] George Batten, formerly mate of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company's steamer Algerian, well known in Cornwall, was promoted to the rank of captain.

 Wilson, George, The Standard-Freeholder (Cornwall, ON), 30 Aug 1941     Enviable Navigation Record Set By Cornwall's Capt. Mallette In The Days of Sailing Vessels Veteran Skipper Experienced Only One Minor Mishap In 43 Seasons of Sailing on the St. Lawrence River To have sailed the St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes for 43 seasons, always on ...

 Wilson, George, The Standard-Freeholder (Cornwall, ON), 11 Oct 1941     Down the Lane Veteran River Captain Relates Interesting Tales of Navigation And River Over 42-Year Period Capt. Raoul Lalonde Served Greater Part of His Sailing Days On Old Britannic Down The Lane had an interesting cruise up and down the St. Lawrence River and canals ...

      [Excerpt from Down the Lane column by George Wilson from The Cornwall Freeholder of October 16, 1885] The R. and O. steamers Algerian, Corsican, Corinthian, and Passport have gone into winter quarters at Sorel, Que.

      p.2 Fatal Accident - men drinking on str. Prince Albert on Rideau Canal, one drowns. [Perth Standard] p.3 Imports - 11,12; Exports - 10,12. (sch. Elizabeth, Oswego, 3750 bush barley, 30 bush wheat, 1 grindstone, 1 anvil, 1 tub iron.) ...

      p.2 Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence Steamboat Company - The Rochester Union says:- This corporation, which has navigated the waters of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence for fifteen years, with more than ordinary exemption from disaster, is evidently about to dissolve and give up ...

      p.2 Schooner Ashore - Foam, Capt. Moore, ashore on Galoe (sic - Galoo) Island, reported a total wreck, owned by Wm. Crawford. [Oswego Times] p.3 Horrid Murder - captain of canal boat Eclipse of Caledonia killed hand from canal boat Western of Brantford. ...

      p.3 Imports - 14,16; Exports - 16.

      p.2 Marine News The schooner Vincennes went ashore on the east shore of Lake Michigan, near St. Joseph, on Sunday of last week. She has gone to pieces. Owned by Sims & Gray of Chicago - worth $2,000. The brig Stambach has gone to pieces at the South Manitou, where …

      p.2 Erie and Oswego canals in poor shape from recent heavy rains, banks washed out, towpaths covered in water, etc.

      p.2 Marine News Storm On the Lake - On Tuesday night three propellers from Oswego, bound for the upper Lakes, put into the mouth of the Genesee for refuge from the storm. They remained until yesterday and put out again. There is little doing at this port now, and navigation …

      p.2 The Storm - The wind storm which sprang up on Thursday night continued all day Friday; and Friday night the wind increased to such violence as to impede the progress of pedestrians in the streets, and lashed the waters of Ontario into a foam. Vessels on the lakes must …

      p.2 Marine News The schooner Josephine, Capt. Crouch, which was supposed to be lost on the upper lakes, arrived at Chicago on the 14th. She had on 300 bbls of salt from this port. [Oswego Times] A Wreck - The Canadian schooner Leander, of Quebec, laden with wheat, is ...

      p.2 Disasters at Wellington - On Friday night, the waters of Lake Ontario rose to an almost unnprecedented extent at Wellington. A violent gale from the N.W. lashed the waters into an ungovernable fury along the shore. The fishing boats broke away from their moorings, and were ...

      p.2 Erie Canal Navigation - slowed by snow. [Lockport Courier] p.3 The Gale on Lake Michigan - The Chicago Press of the 21st gives further accounts of the recent gale. It says:- It was rumored on Thursday morning that the schooner Forest Grove, a new ...

      p.2 The St. Lawrence Route - a communication from Detroit Board of Trade mentions C.P. Kershaw, to Liverpool from Chicago. Marine News - We (Oswego Times) learn that the schooner Wm. Sanderson, of the Game Cock Line, with wheat for this port, was towed down the river, at ...

      p.3 The Lakes & The Storm St. Catherines, C.W., Nov. 23d - The following are a few of the vessels frozen in the Welland Canal: Lively, Oneida Chief, L.J. Lotham, Queen City, Henry Hase, Lucy Blossom, Geo. Douseman, Star of Hope, Titian, Cayuga, Carlton, Beard, ...

      p.2 sailor murdered on American schooner Eagle Wing in Port Colborne. Marine News The schooner Sanderson, from Chicago to Oswego, with a load of wheat, went ashore on Tuesday night near Smoke's Creek. Captain Davison, Inspector Board of Underwriters, with the tug ...