1913 Noronic 1949
Steel overnight passenger and package freight vessel
Built at Port Arthur ON by Western Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co., Hull 6
Launched June 2, 1913
385’ LOA, 362’ LBP, 52’ beam, 28’9” depth
5 decks, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 4500 IHP
Enrolled at Port Arthur ON
362.0 x 52.0 x 24.8, 6905 GT, 3935 NT Can 134014 to:
Western Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co., Port Arthur ON (home port Port Arthur ON)
Reenrolled to Northern Navigation Co., Collingwood ON
Entered service 1913
Fleet had been sold early 1913 to Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co., Montreal QC Richelieu & Ontario fleet merged late 1913 into Canada Steamship Lines, Montreal QC. (Vessels remained under the ownership of Northern Navigation Co. until 1922 and were operated as Northern Navigation Division while in the Canada Steamship Lines fleet.)
Burned Sept 17, 1949 at her dock at the Canadian National Exposition, Toronto ON 139 lives lost. Hull scrapped at Hamilton ON
See history in Detroit Marine Historian Nov 1952 (#39)
Also in Great Lakes Ships We Remember p. 306
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David Valoure Alexander on February 4, 2019 at 3:22 pm said:
My grandfather worked aboard the Alexander Leslie and the Noronic as marine cook around the year 1920. His name was Arthur Harding Alexander. He became a teacher and later a principal in south-western Ontario, but it is my understanding that he also worked as cook during some of the summer holidays, as teachers in those early days were not paid during this time of the year. Is there a crew manifest for the ship that would confirm this? I would appreciate any info -or leads- that would shed light on his service on the Alexander Leslie and/or the Noronic. Thanks in advance.
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