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      Among the legacies of the late Ivan S. Brookes was his marine history of The Lower St. Lawrence, published in 1974 and an unpublished history of Hamilton Harbour in the nineteenth century. Copies of the 517 page manuscript have circulated among marine historians of the Great Lakes over the last …

      Official No.: 77699; 48x10x4 Owned and built by J. H. Larkin, Hamilton. Excursion boat. Destroyed by fire 13/10/85 Hamilton Bay. ; Final Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Burnt

      Official No.: 126831; 47x10x4 Owned by J. Kirwin, Callander Ont.

      Official No.: 100403; First Rebuild: Official Number: 100403 Propulsion: Screw Dimensions: 72 x 11 -- 51 tons Rebuilt: in 1906 53x11x5 Owned by G. F. Beaumont, "Muskoka Ont. " Tug.

      Approx. 110x33. Owner and building data unknown. Engines (2) 18x72 (maker unknown). Used as freighter on Lake Ontario 1854-56. Wrecked 02/12/56 Burlington Bay, "high and dry on the bank". Nothing official on this one.; Final Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Wrecked

      Official No.: 72562; 60x13x5 Owned by T. Moffatt, Perth Ont. Built by F. A. Gardner, Hamilton 1873. Engine 10x12 by builder. Passenger vessel at first. Badly damaged ("cut in two") in collision with "Olive" 09/10/78 near Merrickville, rebuilt as tug.

      Official No.: 100396; 59x11x4 Owned by T. Larkin, Hamilton 1895; Penetang Navigation Co. 1901; W. C. Gidley, Hamilton 1917. Georgian Bay passenger vessel.

      90x14x6 Owned by A. McTaggart, Dundas Ont. 1859; to D. Rowan 1861; to Van Every & Rumball, Goderich 1862; to W. McCormack, Goderich 1863. Built by J. Malcolmson, Hamilton and launched 02/04/59. Engine by J. Gartshore, Dundas. Built for Hamilton Bay but most of life spent on Lake Huron. Beached …

      117x14x7 (width over paddle boxes 25') Built by A. Leclair, West Flamboro Ont. 1864. Engine by F. G. Beckett, Hamilton, to "General Wolseley". Ferry. Custom-House measure (pre-1877) 95t. Promenade deck extended 1869. Damaged in collision with "John S. Clarke" 24/07/77 Toronto; "Clarke" obligingly towed her to Port Dalhousie for repairs. …

      Official No.: 100394; 179x31x14 Owned by J. Fairgrieve & Co., Hamilton; to Lake Commerce Ltd. 1911, to Montreal Transportation Co. 1918, to Canada Steamship Lines 1920; Gulf Iron & Wrecking Co., Quebec 1927. Built by Hamilton Bridge Co., Hamilton 1892. Cabins built by M. Simpson. Engine 20½-40½x34 by F. G. …

      Official No.: 100393; 50x10x5. Built as yacht for Miss A.M.Petrie, Hamilton but about 1901 became fish tug based at Rossport, Ont. Owner then J.Garrett, Heron Bay, Ont.

      Official No.: 107942; 70x16x5 Owned by C. Ross, Port Maitland Ont. Fish tug.

      Official No.: 100755; 114x17x9 Owned by A. E. Gooderham, Toronto 1895, 1901; G. H. Gooderham, Toronto 1921; J. R. Kennedy, Cobourg 1927. Built by Gooderham & Blackstock, Hamilton Ont. 1893. Engine 10-15-25x12 by Kerr Bros., Walkerville Ont. Yacht. "Vessel fired on by United States Coast Guards on entering New York …

      224x28x13 Owned by Benner, Browne & Best, Hamilton; to Richelieu Company 1861, 1865. Built by E. Harrison & Co., Hamilton and launched 27/07/54. Engine 60x132 by J. Gartshore, Dundas, Ont. (from "Queen of the West", to "Canada"). Usually used in Lake Ontario passenger service except Montreal-Quebec 1862-65. Grounded in fog …

      99x17x6 Owned by Land & Routh, Hamilton; to Peto Jackson Brassey & Betts 1854; to T. Davis 1858. Built by Land & Routh, Hamilton and launched late April 1852: "New flat-bottom propeller of large dimensions". Used on Lake Ontario. "Looks woeful", "completely dismantled" but rebuilt by Kingston Marine Railway 1856.

      First Rebuild: Official Number: 59930 Propulsion: Screw Dimensions: 41 x 10 -- 13 tons Rebuilt: in 1869 44x9x4 Owned by P. Begley, Quebec 1869; J. F. Fitzgerald, Quebec 1877. Built by D. P. Lavelle, Hamilton Ont. 1860. Quebec log tug.

      Official No.: 100753; 308x36x14 (width over paddle boxes 68') Owned by Niagara Navigation Co., to Canada Steamship Lines 1912. Built by Hamilton Bridge Co., Hamilton and launched 02/05/93. Engine 75x132 by W. & A. Fletcher, Hoboken N. J.; rebuilt to 66x132 by Bertram Engineering Works, Toronto 1900. Licensed for 2000 …

      Official No.: 100398; 58x10x6 Owned by B. Clendenning, Hamilton Ont. Yacht. Burnt April 1898, Hamilton, Ontario.

      66x12x6 Owned by Barr & Maxwell, Hamilton 1861, 1864; T. Berry, Sombra Ont. 1877. Built by D. P. Lavallee, Hamilton and launched 30/05/61. Engine by J. Gartshore, Dundas Ont. Tug, sometimes Hamilton ferry. Seized by U.S. Marshal in Canadian waters 26/8/76 for debt. All bulwarks on one side carried away. …

      Official No.: 71159; 54x9x7 Owned by C. C. Roe, Hamilton. Built by C. C. Roe, Hamilton 1877. Engine 6x10 by J. H. Killey & Co., Hamilton.