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      not published ] NOTES[1871 KINGSTON DAILY NEWS (available on microfilm at Queen's University - Stauffer Library)

      p.2 Cape Vincent Ferry - Watertown

      p.2 Board of Trade - Canal Commission - answered questions from the commissioners; "We hope the Coasting Trade will be thrown open to the respective ships of both countries, and we think it very unfair that Canadian vessels should be taxed heavily while entering American ports, ...

      p.1 Hamilton Board of Trade - their suggestions to Canal Commissioners.

      p.2 Port of Kingston - year-end report.

      nil Jan. 24, 25, 26, 27, 1871 nil

      p.2 Barges For Sale - The first class barges Dove and Jay, built in Montreal in 1870. Length 93 feet 6 inches; breadth 18 feet 10 inches; depth of hold 6 feet 5 inches; capacity 8,500 bushels wheat. The barge Dove can be seen in the Canal Basin, Montreal, and …

      p.2 Parliament of Canada, Monday Feb. 20th - Mr. Mackenzie moved for correspondence on the St. Clair Flats Canal. He said, when the American Government, in 1863 and 1864, were building this canal, it was soon found that a portion of the works were on the Canadian side. It was …

      p.2 Rideau Canal Steam Navigation - A very handsome little steamer, to be called the Manitoba, is being built, and is nearly completed at Montreal, for the navigation of the Rideau canal between Kingston and Ottawa. The Cape Vincent Ferry - Mr. Kinghorn is using every ...

      p.2 Port Ryerse, March 11th - The harbour and lake are clear of ice at this point. The first arrival came in this morning, the schooner Eastern, light, from Long Point.

      p.2 The Weather And The Ice - The warm weather and rain have rendered the ice porous and frail, and very little impediment would now be offered by it in navigation. It is the intention of Mr. Kinghorn to start the steamer Watertown on Thursday next ot Wolfe Island, and …

      p.1 The Opening of Navigation - The steamer Watertown made her first trip this afternoon to Cape Vincent. In the morning she broke a way through the ice for the schooner Irene to Swift's wharf, and afterwards proceeded outwards in search of a channel to Cape Vincent. Her ...

      p.2 Opening of Navigation - The steamer Watertown left Kingston yesterday afternoon for Cape Vincent, and encountered no especial difficulty in her outward trip across. On her return, however, having started at a late hour, she encountered ice off Four Mile Point, and the night ...

      p.2 Commencement of Navigation - The steamer Watertown continues her trips daily to Cape Vincent, taking the route round the foot of Wolfe Island, and reports the ice rapidly diminishing. The Watertown had a large cargo this morning, comprising live stock, consisting of horses, ...

      p.2 Navigation - The ice is fast disappearing and with a short continuance of the present warm weather, will have totally disappeared. The floating ice packs with each high wind, making navigation somewhat troublesome in some parts of the bay, but a breeze from an opposite ...

      p.2 Appointment - We are pleased to learn that Mr. Isaac Hope has been appointed to an inspectorship of lighthouses. The appointment is a good one, as it would be difficult to find a person better fitted for the office than Mr. Hope. The Lake and Harbour - The ice …

      p.2 Shipping - First Arrival - The schooner Gladstone, built by Messrs. Fraser & George at Battersea, arrived this morning from Toronto with 10,500 bushels of wheat for Ogdensburg. The Gladstone was the first departure of the season from Toronto, and is the first arrival ...

      p.2 The Huron and Ontario ship canal project is again brought before the public through the efforts of an American deputation at Ottawa whose object is to secure an enormous land grant of ten millions of acres, wherewith to float the scheme amongst capitalists. The government of ...

      p.2 Port Colborne, March 28th - The schooner D. Ferguson, from Toledo to Buffalo, came in here last night, being unable to get through the ice below Point Abino. The schooner Collins left here at noon today for Toledo.

      p.2 Navigation - There is little stir among the shipping yet, although ship owners are making active preparations for the approaching season. The steamer Watertown continues her trips to Cape Vincent and the Gazelle to Wolfe Island. The latter made a trip to Gananoque yesterday ...