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  • Deckload for Dexter: Schooner Days CCCCXLVIII (448)
    Deckload for Dexter: Schooner Days CCCCXLVIII (448)
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 24 Aug 1940     Deckload for Dexter Schooner Days CCCCXLVIII (448) (Lake Life of a Licensed Master Mariner) by C. H. J. Snider _______ "AND NEXT YEAR," ...
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 24 Aug 1940   Deckload for Dexter Schooner Days CCCCXLVIII (448) (Lake Life of a Licensed Master Mariner) by C. H. J. Snider _______ "AND NEXT YEAR," ...
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  • Clifton (1846)
    Clifton (1846)
    Ship       Official No.: 33565; Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1862) 97x18x7 Owned by I. Smith, Owen Sound Ont.; to J. Holt, Sarnia 1871. Used on Lake Ontario.
    Ship     Official No.: 33565; Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1862) 97x18x7 Owned by I. Smith, Owen Sound Ont.; to J. Holt, Sarnia 1871. Used on Lake Ontario.
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  • Orient (Schooner), aground, 12 Oct 1876
    Orient (Schooner), aground, 12 Oct 1876
    TextNewspaper       Reason: aground Remarks: Total loss
    TextNewspaper     Reason: aground Remarks: Total loss
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  • Paid in Full: Schooner Days DCCCLXXV (875)
    Paid in Full: Schooner Days DCCCLXXV (875)
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 27 Nov 1948     Paid in Full Schooner Days DCCCLXXV (875) by C. H. J. Snider CAPT. JOHNNY NEWBROOM, who got his first chance as master because everybody else had wound up each season with the ...
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 27 Nov 1948   Paid in Full Schooner Days DCCCLXXV (875) by C. H. J. Snider CAPT. JOHNNY NEWBROOM, who got his first chance as master because everybody else had wound up each season …
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  • Roberval (1907)
    Roberval (1907)
    Ship       Official No.: 125972; 128x24x9 Owned by La Cie. du Nord, Chicoutimi 1909; to Hall & Eligh Ltd. 1910, 1916. Built by Polson Iron Works, Toronto 1907. Engine 12-26x18 by builder. Sank 26/09/16 near Oswego, N. Y., 2 killed. ; Final Location: Near Oswego, New York, U.S.A., Foundered
    Ship     Official No.: 125972; 128x24x9 Owned by La Cie. du Nord, Chicoutimi 1909; to Hall & Eligh Ltd. 1910, 1916. Built by Polson Iron Works, Toronto 1907. Engine 12-26x18 by builder. …
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  • Queen City (1842)
    Queen City (1842)
    Ship       Other Names: Lady of the Lake; Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1853) as Lady of the Lake 197x24x9 Owned by M. W. Browne, Hamilton. Built by Weeks, Oswego, N.Y. 1842. Engine by Allan, New York. Used Toronto-Hamilton. Attempted all-winter operation as far as Burlington. Destroyed by fire 22/01/55 Toronto. ; Final Location: …
    Ship     Other Names: Lady of the Lake; Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1853) as Lady of the Lake 197x24x9 Owned by M. W. Browne, Hamilton. Built by Weeks, Oswego, N.Y. 1842. Engine by …
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  • Master Mariner to Be Rides Out Snowstorm Hove To: Schooner Days CCCCXXX (430)
    Master Mariner to Be Rides Out Snowstorm Hove To: Schooner Days CCCCXXX (430)
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 20 Apr 1940     Master Mariner to Be Rides Out Snowstorm Hove To Schooner Days CCCCXXX (430) By C. H. J. Snider "We hove our ship to In a gale from the north east, boys, We hove our ship to Our soundings to ...
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 20 Apr 1940   Master Mariner to Be Rides Out Snowstorm Hove To Schooner Days CCCCXXX (430) By C. H. J. Snider "We hove our ship to In a gale from the north east, …
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  • Three White Colliers: Schooner Days CCCXXXV (435)
    Three White Colliers: Schooner Days CCCXXXV (435)
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 1 Jun 1940     Three White Colliers Schooner Days CCCXXXV (435) (Beginning another adventure of Capt. John Williams, Master Mariner) By C. H. J. Snider WHILE working diligently with Tom and Joe in the ...
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 1 Jun 1940   Three White Colliers Schooner Days CCCXXXV (435) (Beginning another adventure of Capt. John Williams, Master Mariner) By C. H. J. Snider WHILE working diligently with Tom and Joe in the …
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  • Supposed Loss of Toronto Schooner
    Supposed Loss of Toronto Schooner
    NewspaperText  Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 14 Oct 1876     Supposed Loss of Toronto Schooner Mr. Samuel Hunter, coal and wood merchant of this city on Queen Street West and proprietor of the schooner Maggie Hunter, has received the following copy of a telegram from S. Stone, commission merchant, Oswego: "Oswego, Oct. 13 - Cabin ...
    NewspaperText  Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 14 Oct 1876   Supposed Loss of Toronto Schooner Mr. Samuel Hunter, coal and wood merchant of this city on Queen Street West and proprietor of the schooner Maggie Hunter, has received the following …
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  • Fifteen Hours for Oswego: Schooner Days CCLXXXVIII (288)
    Fifteen Hours for Oswego: Schooner Days CCLXXXVIII (288)
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 17 Apr 1937     Fifteen Hours for Oswego Schooner Days CCLXXXVIII (288) _______ FIFTY years ago, almost, the first rays of the rising sun touched the white balls above the topmast trucks of the schooner St. Louis as she left Sylvester Brothers' ...
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 17 Apr 1937   Fifteen Hours for Oswego Schooner Days CCLXXXVIII (288) _______ FIFTY years ago, almost, the first rays of the rising sun touched the white balls above the topmast trucks of the …
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  • Getting a Dusting Off Dunkirk: Schooner Days CCXCI (291)
    Getting a Dusting Off Dunkirk: Schooner Days CCXCI (291)
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 8 May 1937     Getting a Dusting Off Dunkirk Schooner Days CCXCI (291) _______ HERE is a sample from the gallery in the office of John S. Parson's ship chandlery store at Oswego: A two-masted schooner tossing wildly, with both anchor ...
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 8 May 1937   Getting a Dusting Off Dunkirk Schooner Days CCXCI (291) _______ HERE is a sample from the gallery in the office of John S. Parson's ship chandlery store at Oswego: A …
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  • Notched Ledger of "The Dummy": Schooner Days CMLXIV (964)
    Notched Ledger of "The Dummy": Schooner Days CMLXIV (964)
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram, 12 Aug 1950     Notched Ledger of "The Dummy" Schooner Days CMLXIV (964) by C. H. J. Snider MOST forecastles were better than the chamber of horrors last described. None was worse. If the ...
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram, 12 Aug 1950   Notched Ledger of "The Dummy" Schooner Days CMLXIV (964) by C. H. J. Snider MOST forecastles were better than the chamber of horrors last described. None was worse. If the …
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  • Route West Through Oswego
    Route West Through Oswego
    NewspaperText  Oswego Commercial Times (Oswego, NY), 17 Apr 1850     Route West Through Oswego - There are indications this spring of a very large increase in the forwarding business through this city.-The Canadian trade is finding that it is for its advantage to come this way rather than wait for the opening of the St. Lawrence. The ease with which …
    NewspaperText  Oswego Commercial Times (Oswego, NY), 17 Apr 1850   Route West Through Oswego - There are indications this spring of a very large increase in the forwarding business through this city.-The Canadian trade is finding that it is for …
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  • Schooner AUGUSTA
    Schooner AUGUSTA
    Image       AUGUSTA carrying one of the last loads of lumber out of Toronto for Oswego in 1899
    Image     AUGUSTA carrying one of the last loads of lumber out of Toronto for Oswego in 1899
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  • Rochester (1843)
    Rochester (1843)
    Ship       Other Names: Sir Charles Napier (1855); Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1854) 164x19x10 Owned by T. Maxwell & Co. 1854; to L. Moody, Montreal 1854; Creighton & Kinghorn (operated by Calvin) 1856, 1860. Built by G. H. Weeks, Oswego, N.Y. and launched November 1843. Engines (2) 40x96, from "United States". Lake Ontario …
    Ship     Other Names: Sir Charles Napier (1855); Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1854) 164x19x10 Owned by T. Maxwell & Co. 1854; to L. Moody, Montreal 1854; Creighton & Kinghorn (operated by Calvin) 1856, …
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  • Express (1859)
    Express (1859)
    Ship       Official No.: 33584; Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1863) 67x14x5 Owned by R. Y. Babbitt, Picton Ont. 1863, 1874; L. C. Couvrette, Lachine 1877, 1886. Built by A. Miller, Oswego, N.Y. 1859. Used on St. Lawrence River and Rideau Canal. Laid up 1875-76.
    Ship     Official No.: 33584; Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1863) 67x14x5 Owned by R. Y. Babbitt, Picton Ont. 1863, 1874; L. C. Couvrette, Lachine 1877, 1886. Built by A. Miller, Oswego, N.Y. 1859. …
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  • Hiram Perry Jr. (1857)
    Hiram Perry Jr. (1857)
    Ship       Official No.: 59231; Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1869) 80x17x7 Owned by W. J. Pratt, Saint John N. B. 1871, 1874; W. H. Blanchard, Windsor N. S. 1877. Built by Rogers, Oswego, N.Y. 1857. Bay of Fundy tug.
    Ship     Official No.: 59231; Previous Registration: U.S.A. (1869) 80x17x7 Owned by W. J. Pratt, Saint John N. B. 1871, 1874; W. H. Blanchard, Windsor N. S. 1877. Built by Rogers, Oswego, …
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  • Oswego Palladium (Oswego, NY), 16 Apr 1887
    Oswego Palladium (Oswego, NY), 16 Apr 1887
    NewspaperText       I dropped into the office of Captain John Van Alstyne the other day to see if I could pick up a story from some "old tar." You see the captain's office is the central resort for old lake captains when they are in the city. They all know Cap'n John …
    NewspaperText     I dropped into the office of Captain John Van Alstyne the other day to see if I could pick up a story from some "old tar." You see the captain's …
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  • Launch
    Launch
    NewspaperText  Evening Courier & Republic (Buffalo, NY), 15 Nov 1866, p. 3, column 6     Launch.--A new vessel, the Rockaway, was launched at Oswego on Tuesday afternoon [the 13th] from the yard of Chanler, Alford & Co.
    NewspaperText  Evening Courier & Republic (Buffalo, NY), 15 Nov 1866, p. 3, column 6   Launch.--A new vessel, the Rockaway, was launched at Oswego on Tuesday afternoon [the 13th] from the yard of Chanler, Alford & Co.
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  • Heavy Fire
    Heavy Fire
    NewspaperText  Oswego Commercial Times (Oswego, NY), 13 Aug 1858     Heavy Fire. - About half last one o'clock this mornings fire broke out in the cupola of the Empire Elevator, owned by F.,T. Carrington and P. Rathbun, and although every exertion was made by our efficient fire brigade, with the assistance of the hydrants from the adjoining mills, within two …
    NewspaperText  Oswego Commercial Times (Oswego, NY), 13 Aug 1858   Heavy Fire. - About half last one o'clock this mornings fire broke out in the cupola of the Empire Elevator, owned by F.,T. Carrington and P. Rathbun, and although every …
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