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      200x28x9 Owned by O. T. Macklem, Chippewa Ont.; later by D. Milloy, Toronto. Built by L. Shickluna at Niagara Harbour & Dock Co. yard and launched 06/05/54. Engine 40x144 by O. T. Macklem, Chippewa, to "City of Toronto". Used Niagara-Toronto. Destroyed by fire 21/08/63 Niagara Ont., 3 killed. ; Final …

      92x11x5 Owned by F. Clemow, Montreal 1842, 1845; to M. K. Dickinson 1849. Built by P. C. Delatre, Niagara Ont. 1842. Used on Montreal-Ottawa-Kingston triangle.

      Other Names: Sovereign (1843); 158x24x11 (width over paddle boxes 50') Owned by J. Hamilton, Kingston 1840; to D. Bethune et al. 1843; to Hooker & Henderson, Montreal 1848. Built by Niagara Harbour & Dock Co. 1840; maiden voyage 30/10/40. Engines (2) by builder, one to "Maple Leaf". Lake Ontario mail …

      First Rebuild: Propulsion: Sidewheel Dimensions: 145 x 24 Rebuilt: in 1837 145x24x11 Owned by J. Hamilton, St. Catharines; to Royal Navy 1839; to J. Bethune, Toronto 1843; Calvin & Breck, Kingston 1851, 1861. Built by Ewings, Niagara Ont. and launched either 08/08/35 or 15/08/35. Engines (2) 44x84 by Ward's Eagle …

      First Rebuild: Propulsion: Screw Dimensions: -69 tons Rebuilt: Niagara, Ontario, Canada in 1844 Dimensions unknown. Owned by Toronto & St. Lawrence Steam Navigation Co. 1844; Colcleugh & Greer 1847. Rebuilt by Niagara Harbour & Dock Co. 1844. Engine by builder: "just fitted with a new and very superior engine" (Toronto …

      85x17 approx. Owned by Ferguson Millar & Co. Built by Niagara Harbour & Dock Co. 1842. Engine by builder. Paddle freighter for Montreal-Ottawa-Kingston triangle. Owner bankrupt almost immediately, offered for sale 1842 and 1844. One of a trio "Ann", "Kate", and "Norma". No further details.

      Other Names: Eclipse (1843); 140x22x8 Owned by D. Bethune, Cobourg. Built by Niagara Harbour & Dock Co. and launched 27/05/43. Engine 54x132 by builders. Usually used Toronto-Hamilton. "Finest and fastest yet to make appearance on the lake". Operated very short time as "Commerce" (few days?); renamed "Eclipse" after beating (barely) …

      95x14x7 Owned by J. Lockhart, Hamilton 1837; to Provincial Government 1838; to T. Walters 1847. Built by Niagara Harbour & Dock Co. 1837. Engine 28x60 by builders. Built as Lake Ontario passenger streamer but very soon sold to Provincial Government. Armed as gunboat in "Fenian troubles" and fought off an …

      First Rebuild: Official Number: 33469 Propulsion: Sidewheel Dimensions: 136 x 24 -- 246 tons Rebuilt: in 1851 135x24x10 Owned by various ever-changing partnerships. Built by Niagara Harbour & Dock Co. and launched 24/04/47. Used Montreal-Lake Ontario. Left high and dry mid-October 1850 when breach in Cornwall Canal drained water out. …

      167x23 approx. (also noted 147x20x11) Owned by H. Richardson 1845; to A. Heron 1847; W. M. Browne & Co. 1856. Built by Niagara Harbour & Dock Co. and launched 10/09/42. Lake Ontario passenger vessel. "Peculiar bow. Enormous cutwater like a double-furrowed plough, to cut through the ice in winter", i. …

      Later Registration: U.S.A. (1859) 279x36x14 Owned by Great Western Railway. Built by L. Shickluna, Niagara Ont. and launched 15/07/54. Engine 70x144 by West Point Foundry, New York. Wheels 36' diameter. Much cabin work done later at Hamilton; maiden voyage 23/06/55. Used on Lake Ontario based on Hamilton. Had a shower …

      Other Names: Goderich (1845); Gore; 125x16x9 Owned by J. Lockhart; to D. Bethune, Cobourg 1840, other owners later. Built by Niagara Harbour & Dock Co. and launched 22/04/39. Used on Lake Ontario, moved to Lake Huron 1845. Bow and stern had to be amputated to transit Welland Canal, reassembled Dunnville …

      Approx. 85x17. Owned by Murray & Sanderson, Montreal, to Glassford & Smith c1846. Built by Niagara Harbour & Dock Co. 1842. Engine by builder. Used Montreal-Ottawa-Kingston triangle. Nothing official on this one.

      The fort is on the site of the first lighthouse on the Great Lakes, destroyed by American forces during the War of 1812. This fort was, in part, built from the ruins of the lighthouse.

      Divided back. Postally unused

      The front range light on the Canadian side of the entrance from Lake Ontario into the Niagara River. Fort Niagara is in the background to the right.

      The rear range light on the Canadian side of the Niagara River.

 Niagara Spectator, 21 Aug 1817, p. 3, column 5     Ship News PORT OF NIAGARA ARRIVED Aug 14--Schooner Malana, Silas Crane, from York with passengers 18--Schooner Wellington, James Patterson, from York, in Ballast 18--Schooner Dove, William Rose, from York, with ...

 Niagara Spectator, 21 Aug 1817, p. 3, column 4     Naval force on the Lakes. --It has been published, that the British are dismantling their vessels on the Lakes. This, we learn from good authority, is in pursuance of a mutual understanding between the American and British governments, that neither power shall retain more than two ...

      Occupied by U.S. troops from May to December 1813, Fort George (left) was abandoned and burned on December 10. Unfortunately, so too was the village of Niagara (right) putting its inhabitants out in the winter cold. Fort Niagara (right foreground) was assaulted and captured by British troops nine days later.