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 Cole, Percy T., Rochester Democrat & Chronicle (Rochester, NY), 18 Sep 1932     Century-Old Light Warns Sailormen of Hidden Rock-Crowned Reefs Near Lake Ontario's Danger Isle - History Written in Tragedy By Percy T. Cole False Duck Light, they call it. And since 1828 it has warned sailor men from as rock-bound and ...

      Reason: aground Lives: nil Freight: coal Remarks: Got off

      Reason: sunk Lives: 22 Hull damage: $17,000 Cargo: $76,000 Freight: produce Remarks: Raised and rebuilt

      Reason: aground Lives: nil Freight: white wheat Remarks: Total loss

      Reason: aground Lives: nil Hull damage: $300 Cargo: $100 Freight: coal Remarks: Got off

      Reason: sunk Lives: 11 Remarks: Total loss (bow)

      Reason: aground Lives: nil Freight: coal Remarks: Got off

 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 ...

      Official No.: 88309; 91x20x9 Owned by H. Jewell, Quebec 1886, 1895; Sincennes-McNaughton 1901; Quebec Transportation & Fowarding Co. 1907, 1916; Canada Shipping Co., 1917; to George Hall Coal & Transportation Co. 1917, 1922; to Florence Transportation Co. 1923. Built by Levis Maritime & Industrial Co., Levis 1885. Engine 18-36x24 by …

 Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram, 7 Jun 1952     Ho for Holidays in Blue-And-Gold Mary Schooner Days MLVI (1056) by C. H. J. Snider Old Warior's Young Cruise - II.

 Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram, 7 Jun 1952   Ho for Holidays in Blue-And-Gold Mary Schooner Days MLVI (1056) by C. H. J. Snider Old Warior's Young Cruise - II.

Maritime History of the Great Lakes

 Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram, 14 Jun 1952     Yachting in Scarlet and Pith Helmets Schooner Days MLVII (1057) by C. H. J. Snider Old Warior's Young Cruise - III.

 Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram, 14 Jun 1952   Yachting in Scarlet and Pith Helmets Schooner Days MLVII (1057) by C. H. J. Snider Old Warior's Young Cruise - III.

Maritime History of the Great Lakes

      Other Names: Sir Charles Napier (1855); Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1854) 164x19x10 Owned by T. Maxwell & Co. 1854; to L. Moody, Montreal 1854; Creighton & Kinghorn (operated by Calvin) 1856, 1860. Built by G. H. Weeks, Oswego, N.Y. and launched November 1843. Engines (2) 40x96, from "United States". Lake Ontario …

      Official No.: 33584; Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1863) 67x14x5 Owned by R. Y. Babbitt, Picton Ont. 1863, 1874; L. C. Couvrette, Lachine 1877, 1886. Built by A. Miller, Oswego, N.Y. 1859. Used on St. Lawrence River and Rideau Canal. Laid up 1875-76.

      Official No.: 59231; Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1869) 80x17x7 Owned by W. J. Pratt, Saint John N. B. 1871, 1874; W. H. Blanchard, Windsor N. S. 1877. Built by Rogers, Oswego, N.Y. 1857. Bay of Fundy tug.

      I dropped into the office of Captain John Van Alstyne the other day to see if I could pick up a story from some "old tar." You see the captain's office is the central resort for old lake captains when they are in the city. They all know Cap'n John …

 Evening Courier & Republic (Buffalo, NY), 15 Nov 1866, p. 3, column 6     Launch.--A new vessel, the Rockaway, was launched at Oswego on Tuesday afternoon [the 13th] from the yard of Chanler, Alford & Co.

 Oswego Commercial Times (Oswego, NY), 13 Aug 1858     Heavy Fire. - About half last one o'clock this mornings fire broke out in the cupola of the Empire Elevator, owned by F.,T. Carrington and P. Rathbun, and although every exertion was made by our efficient fire brigade, with the assistance of the hydrants from the adjoining mills, within two …

 Daily Palladium (Oswego, NY), 8 Feb 1902     Navigation In Early Days. First Propeller On The Lake Was Built In Oswego Sylvester Doolittle Sent Her To The West While The Buffalo Papers Jeered And Called Her The Oswego Humbug Gleaned From Musty Old Records The first steamboat to ply the waters of Lake Ontario was ...

      LIFE SAVERS ____ Visit to the Oswego Station ____ Facilities Provided by the Government for Saving the Lives of the Shipwrecked - How the Men Do their Work - Watching or Wrecks and Training for Duty. ___ The recent terrible storms on the lakes ...

      Disastrous Conflagration! _____ Destruction of the 'Union Elevator with some 40,000 Bushels of Wheat - Loss of $127,000 ____ At about half past ten o'clock last night, fire was discovered in the second story of the "Union Elevator" east end of the iron bridge, ...