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      Other Names: Swan (1853); Cataraqui; 91x17x7 Ownership extremely confused; Kingston and Ottawa registry records do not agree and newspaper notes do not agree with either. Built by P. & B. Dupre, Portsmouth Ont. and launched 21/04/47. Engine from "William Henry". "Remeasured [1859] as it was found not to correspond to …

      Dimensions unknown. Owned by J. Turner. Built (probably at Dunnville Ont.) 1847. Carried official party at opening of Grand River Navigation (canal) 07/11/48. Never registered; almost nothing known. Also called "Caroline Milford".

      135x23x10 St. Catharines paper states built for Gunn & Co., Hamilton but first registered owner is J. B. Ewart, Dundas Ont. 1847; later owned by an ever-changing sequence of partnerships. Built by L. Shickluna, St. Catharines and launched 13/11/47. Engine by Dundas Foundry. New upper saloon 1851 Hamilton. Used widely …

      136x23x11 Owned by Gooderham & Worts, Toronto 1847; to Macpherson & Crane, Montreal 1850; to Henderson & Holcomb, Montreal 1853, 1857. Built by E. L. Cull, Toronto and launched 01/12/47. Engines (2) by Niagara Harbour & Dock Co. Used Montreal-Lake Erie. Made 8-day voyage Toronto to Halifax, arriving there 08/05/50; …

      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. …

      110x13x3 Owned by G. & W. Connell, Woodstock Ont. Built by J. M. Coffin, Nelson's Mills N. B. (on Nashwaaksis River). Engines from Bangor, Maine. Used on Saint John River, probably sternwheel . Ashore about 15/11/48 25 miles above Springhill N. B., rush to refloat before freeze-up (they made it). …

      Official No.: 46173; 76x16x7 Owned by L. Poire & P. Barras, Quebec. Built by P. Duclos, Quebec 1847. Ferry and towboat.

      Official No.: 33369; 90x18x8 Owned by B. & F. Demers, St. Nicolas. Built by P. Duclos, Quebec 1847.

      Approx. 135x25 Built by Kingston Marine Railway and launched 02/06/47. Owned by J. H. Greer, Montreal; Macpherson & Crane Montreal 1851; to Henderson & Holcomb, Montreal 1853. Used Montreal-Lake Erie. Stranded 11/11/48 Port Stanley, refloated and repaired by L. Shickluna, St. Catharines. Wrecked in fog 13/10/53 near Gananoque, repaired. Almost …

      Other Names: Phoenix (1848); First Rebuild: Propulsion: Sidewheel Dimensions: 167 x 24 Rebuilt: Hull, Quebec, Canada in 1848 Approx. 178x24. Owned by Macpherson & Crane, Montreal 1848, 1852; to Robertson Jones & Co. 1853; to Ottawa Steamers Co. 1857, 1860. Engine(s) 120" stroke, by W. Parkyn (St. Mary's Foundry), Montreal, …

      Other Names: Hamilton (1895); First Rebuild: Propulsion: Sidewheel Dimensions: 175 x 25 -- 1029 tons Rebuilt: in 1860 Second Rebuild: Propulsion: Sidewheel Rebuilt: Sorel, Quebec, Canada Third Rebuild: Propulsion: Sidewheel Rebuilt: Sorel, Quebec, Canada 173x26x11 (width over paddle boxes 46') Owned by J. Hamilton, Kingston; to A. Milloy 1859; Canadian …

      86x17x8 Owned by J. Tibbitts, Quebec. Built by J. Tibbitts, Quebec 1847. Engines 18-40x48 by builder, to later "Novelty". "The small steamer Novelty, built by Mr. Tibbets [sic] – which on account of her peculiarly constructed engine – the high and low pressure principles being combined, and the speed with …

      151x16x8 Owned by J. C. Whitney; to C. Boultenhouse 1852. Engine(s) by Fawcett Preston & Co., Liverpool England. Built for Saint John N. B.-Boston, but after a month ran only in Bay of Fundy except to Portland Maine 1849-50.

      91x15x6 Owned by Dickinson Ottawa & Rideau Line 1859. "Well known upper cabin steamer" 1861.

      Official No.: 33350; 82x18x8 Owned by J. B. Martin, Quebec; operated by St. Lawrence Towboat Co. Built by J. B. Martin dit Beaulieu, Quebec and launched 08/05/47. Ferry, later tug at Quebec.

      169x13x7 Owned by J. Whitney. Built by W. Hicks, Granville N. S. 1847. Engine by Fawcett Preston & Co., Liverpool England. Bay of Fundy passenger vessel. Wrecked 07/10/53 Gull Rock, Pictou County N. S., 11 killed. Tiller ropes broke in storm, broached to; hull weakened by stranding short time earlier. …

      Official No.: 46148; First Rebuild: Official Number: 46148 Propulsion: Sidewheel Dimensions: 201 x 21 -- 178 tons 172x21x8 Owned by J. J. Ackerley et al.; to Hatheway & Small c1855. Built by H. Irvine, Saint John and launched 17/04/47. Engine 44x120 by Phoenix Foundry, Saint John. Used on Saint John …

      160x23 approx. Owned by H. & S. Jones, Brockville 1848, 1855; Jones Black & Co. 1857; Ives & Co. 1858. Built by W. Parkin, Brockville and launched 29/09/47. Lake Ontario freight, also Montreal-Quebec towboat. Wrecked 20/06/48 Lachine Rapids, salvaged, started for Quebec to be repaired, became unmanageable at Sorel between …

      Other Names: Cataract; Official No.: 51695; Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1868) as Cataract 224x28x10 Owned by Canadian Navigation Co. Built by J. Oads, Ogdensburg, New York. Engine 44x132 by Henry R Dunham & Co., New York (to "Cumberland"). Used Montreal-Oswego-Rochester-Toronto very briefly. Laid up at Rochester 1869, sold to Welland Canal …

      Other Names: Vercheres (1853); Montreal; Dimensions unknown. Owned by Meigs & Mead, Malone, N.Y. 1848, managed by Hanes & Hoople, Dickinson's Landing Ont.; later owners uncertain but included an entity called "American Line". Used as freighter (towboat?) in first season since cabins incomplete. Originally Montreal-Bay of Quinte; then Montreal-Sorel, then …