- Roberval (1907)
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
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)
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: …
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)
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 ...
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)
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 ...
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
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 ...
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)
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' ...
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)
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 ...
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)
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 ...
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
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 …
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
AUGUSTA carrying one of the last loads of lumber out of Toronto for Oswego in 1899
AUGUSTA carrying one of the last loads of lumber out of Toronto for Oswego in 1899
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- Rochester (1843)
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 …
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)
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.
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)
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.
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
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 …
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
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.
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
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 …
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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- Navigation in Early Days
Daily Palladium (Oswego, NY), 8 Feb 1902 Navigation In Early Days. First Propeller On The Lake Was Built In Oswego Sylvester Doolittle Sent Her To The West While The Buffalo Papers Jeered And Called Her The Oswego Humbug Gleaned From Musty Old Records The first steamboat to ply the waters of Lake Ontario was ...
Daily Palladium (Oswego, NY), 8 Feb 1902 Navigation In Early Days. First Propeller On The Lake Was Built In Oswego Sylvester Doolittle Sent Her To The West While The Buffalo Papers Jeered And Called Her The Oswego …
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- Life Savers
LIFE SAVERS ____ Visit to the Oswego Station ____ Facilities Provided by the Government for Saving the Lives of the Shipwrecked - How the Men Do their Work - Watching or Wrecks and Training for Duty. ___ The recent terrible storms on the lakes ...
LIFE SAVERS ____ Visit to the Oswego Station ____ Facilities Provided by the Government for Saving the Lives of the Shipwrecked - How the Men Do their Work - Watching …
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- Disastrous Conflagration!
Disastrous Conflagration! _____ Destruction of the 'Union Elevator with some 40,000 Bushels of Wheat - Loss of $127,000 ____ At about half past ten o'clock last night, fire was discovered in the second story of the "Union Elevator" east end of the iron bridge, ...
Disastrous Conflagration! _____ Destruction of the 'Union Elevator with some 40,000 Bushels of Wheat - Loss of $127,000 ____ At about half past ten o'clock last night, fire was discovered …
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- Ancient Fortifications of Oswego
According to a tradition long current among the people of Oswego, the Fort built upon the high ground on the West side of the River, near the present junction of Van Buren and Sixth streets, the the ruins of which have, with a few years, been effaced by the march …
According to a tradition long current among the people of Oswego, the Fort built upon the high ground on the West side of the River, near the present junction of …
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