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  • Steamer L. C. HANNA taking off the Crew of the Burning steamer CLARION
    Steamer L. C. HANNA taking off the Crew of the Burning steamer CLARION
    Image       Image featured in article "Notable Rescues on Lake Vessels," Marine Review, January 1910, pp. 29-32.
    Image     Image featured in article "Notable Rescues on Lake Vessels," Marine Review, January 1910, pp. 29-32.
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • NELLIE HUNTER
    NELLIE HUNTER
    Image       According to C. H. J. Snider "In her later years she was black, with red or lead-color bottom and a smart yellow beading under the chin-wale."
    Image     According to C. H. J. Snider "In her later years she was black, with red or lead-color bottom and a smart yellow beading under the chin-wale."
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Schooner ACACIA
    Schooner ACACIA
    Image       Built at Smith's Fall in 1873. The ACACIA was reduced to a barge in 1908.
    Image     Built at Smith's Fall in 1873. The ACACIA was reduced to a barge in 1908.
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • The Magnet
    The Magnet
    Image       From the collection of the Hamilton Museum of Steam and Technology. Illustration from Walter Lewis, "Steamboat Promotion and Changing Technology: the Careers of James Sutherland and the Magnet," Ontario History, vol. LXXVII, no. 3 (September 1985).
    Image     From the collection of the Hamilton Museum of Steam and Technology. Illustration from Walter Lewis, "Steamboat Promotion and Changing Technology: the Careers of James Sutherland and the Magnet," Ontario History, …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Steamboat Thomas Jefferson
    Steamboat Thomas Jefferson
    Image       Illustration from J. B. Mansfield, ed., History of the Great Lakes. Volume I, Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1899.
    Image     Illustration from J. B. Mansfield, ed., History of the Great Lakes. Volume I, Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1899.
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  • Steamer Caroline, burned and sent over Niagara Falls in 1837.
    Steamer Caroline, burned and sent over Niagara Falls in 1837.
    Imagecomment       Illustration from J. B. Mansfield, ed., History of the Great Lakes. Volume I, Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1899.
    Imagecomment     Illustration from J. B. Mansfield, ed., History of the Great Lakes. Volume I, Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1899.
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  • The ONTARIO. 1817
    The ONTARIO. 1817
    Imagecomment       Used in Barlow Cumberland, A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River
    Imagecomment     Used in Barlow Cumberland, A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River
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  • The Steamboat Frontenac
    The Steamboat Frontenac
    Image       Watercolour of the steamboat FRONTENAC by Captain James Van Cleve, who sailed her competitor, the ONTARIO.
    Image     Watercolour of the steamboat FRONTENAC by Captain James Van Cleve, who sailed her competitor, the ONTARIO.
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • The MOONLIGHT of Milwaukee
    The MOONLIGHT of Milwaukee
    Image       Courtesy Canada Steamship Lines' Marine Hist. Coll. The MOONLIGHT, of Milwaukee A typical Great Lakes sailing vessel of the latter days of sail, built in 1874. Her raffee topsail was a type of sail which originated on the lakes.
    Image     Courtesy Canada Steamship Lines' Marine Hist. Coll. The MOONLIGHT, of Milwaukee A typical Great Lakes sailing vessel of the latter days of sail, built in 1874. Her raffee topsail was …
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  • French Vessels in their Autumn Rig, on Lake Ontario
    French Vessels in their Autumn Rig, on Lake Ontario
    Image       Courtesy Canada Steamship Lines' Marine Hist. Coll. French Vessels in their Autumn Rig, on Lake Ontario
    Image     Courtesy Canada Steamship Lines' Marine Hist. Coll. French Vessels in their Autumn Rig, on Lake Ontario
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Royal Naval Dockyard at Kingston, Upper Canada
    Royal Naval Dockyard at Kingston, Upper Canada
    Image       Courtesy Canada Steamship Lines' Marine Hist. Coll. Royal Naval Dockyard at Kingston, Upper Canada As it appeared during the latter days of the Provincial Marine and prior to the beginning of the 1812 War. During the war it was greatly enlarged
    Image     Courtesy Canada Steamship Lines' Marine Hist. Coll. Royal Naval Dockyard at Kingston, Upper Canada As it appeared during the latter days of the Provincial Marine and prior to the beginning …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • H.M.S. DETROIT
    H.M.S. DETROIT
    Image       Courtesy Canada Steamship Lines' Marine Hist. Coll. H.M.S. DETROIT Barclay's flagship on Lake Erie, 1813. This vessel was named Detroit in honour of Sir Isaac Brock's victory at that place in the year previous to her own defeat and capture at the Battle of Lake Erie, 1813....
    Image     Courtesy Canada Steamship Lines' Marine Hist. Coll. H.M.S. DETROIT Barclay's flagship on Lake Erie, 1813. This vessel was named Detroit in honour of Sir Isaac Brock's victory at that place …
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  • United States' Brigs JONES and JEFFERSON
    United States' Brigs JONES and JEFFERSON
    Image       Courtesy Canada Steamship Lines' Marine Hist. Coll. United States' Brigs JONES and JEFFERSON These vessels were in the United States Fleet on Lake Ontario in 1814.
    Image     Courtesy Canada Steamship Lines' Marine Hist. Coll. United States' Brigs JONES and JEFFERSON These vessels were in the United States Fleet on Lake Ontario in 1814.
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  • H.M.S. PRINCE REGENT and Part of Sir James Lucas Yeo's Fleet on Lake Ontario, 1814
    H.M.S. PRINCE REGENT and Part of Sir James Lucas Yeo's Fleet on Lake Ontario, 1814
    Image       Courtesy Canada Steamship Lines' Marine Hist. Coll. H.M.S. PRINCE REGENT and Part of Sir James Lucas Yeo's Fleet on Lake Ontario, 1814 The other vessels are: Left wing, the Princess Charlotte and Niagara; centre, Prince Regent (flagship) and brig Charwell; right the schooner Magnet. ...
    Image     Courtesy Canada Steamship Lines' Marine Hist. Coll. H.M.S. PRINCE REGENT and Part of Sir James Lucas Yeo's Fleet on Lake Ontario, 1814 The other vessels are: Left wing, the Princess …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • S.S. FRONTENAC, 1816
    S.S. FRONTENAC, 1816
    Image       Note: despite the title of this image, FRONTENAC did not move under steam until the spring of 1817.
    Image     Note: despite the title of this image, FRONTENAC did not move under steam until the spring of 1817.
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • S. S. WALK-IN-THE-WATER, Lake Erie, 1818
    S. S. WALK-IN-THE-WATER, Lake Erie, 1818
    Image       Courtesy Canada Steamship Lines' Marine Hist. Coll. S. S. WALK-IN-THE-WATER, Lake Erie, 1818 This United States registered vessel was the first steam-driven vessel to navigate on the upper Great Lakes.
    Image     Courtesy Canada Steamship Lines' Marine Hist. Coll. S. S. WALK-IN-THE-WATER, Lake Erie, 1818 This United States registered vessel was the first steam-driven vessel to navigate on the upper Great Lakes.
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Brigantine COLUMBIA
    Brigantine COLUMBIA
    Image       Courtesy Canada Steamship Lines' Marine Hist. Coll. Brigantine COLUMBIA Which took the first cargo of iron ore from a Lake Superior port to Cleveland, through the Sault Ste. Marie Canal, in 1855.
    Image     Courtesy Canada Steamship Lines' Marine Hist. Coll. Brigantine COLUMBIA Which took the first cargo of iron ore from a Lake Superior port to Cleveland, through the Sault Ste. Marie Canal, …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Steamer W. A. PAINE rescuing the Crew of the Steamer W. C. RICHARDSON
    Steamer W. A. PAINE rescuing the Crew of the Steamer W. C. RICHARDSON
    Image       Image featured in article "Notable Rescues on Lake Vessels," Marine Review, January 1910, pp. 29-32.
    Image     Image featured in article "Notable Rescues on Lake Vessels," Marine Review, January 1910, pp. 29-32.
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Wrecking of the Walk-in-the-Water, November 1, 1821
    Wrecking of the Walk-in-the-Water, November 1, 1821
    Image       Illustration from J. B. Mansfield, ed., History of the Great Lakes. Volume I, Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1899.
    Image     Illustration from J. B. Mansfield, ed., History of the Great Lakes. Volume I, Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1899.
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • La Salle's GRIFFIN passing the Flats in the River St. Clair
    La Salle's GRIFFIN passing the Flats in the River St. Clair
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