1874 Ontario 1899
Wooden Great Lakes passenger and package freight vessel
Built at Chatham ON by Simpson and Chisholm
Launched
1 deck, coal-fired boiler, high pressure engine,
Enrolled at
181.0 x 35.0 x 12.2, 1338 GT, 910 NT Can 71211 to:
William Beatty, Thorold ON
Transferred 1877 to North West Transportation Co., Sarnia ON
Repowered 1885 at St. Catharines ON with fore and aft compound engine
Rebuilt 1898 as bulk freighter
Stranded Aug 10, 1899 at Rossport ON, Lake Superior. No lives lost. Enroute to Nipigon ON with cargo of coal.
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