1890 Ionia 1925
Wooden Great Lakes bulk freighter
Built at Grand Haven MI by Duncan Robertson
Launched June 18, 1890
220’ LOA, 209’ LBP, 38’ beam, 19’ depth
1 deck, hold beams, coal-fired boiler, fore and aft compound engine, 1287 IHP
Enrolled at Grand Haven MI July 17, 1890 (#6)
202.9 x 38.1 x 18.3, 1287.34 GT, 1122.71 NT US 100473 to:
W. H. Loutet,
Sold 1893 to Ionia Transportation Co., Detroit MI (home port to Delray MI)
Sold 1912 to Ontario & Quebec Navigation Co., Picton ON (home port to Picton ON) and renamed Fairfax.
U. S. enrollment surrendered June 8, 1912
Enrolled Canadian at 209.0 x 38.0 x 21.0, 1424 GT, 984 NT Can 111966
Remeasured 1913 to 1367 GT, 1019 NT
Sold 1914 to Canada Steamship Lines, Montreal QC
Home port to Montreal QC 1916
Renamed Maplegorge 1920
Laid up at Kingston ON
Dismantled 1925 at Kingston ON. Hull towed into Lake Ontario and scuttled.
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