1896                                  Corona     2                                  1937

Steel sidewheel day excursion passenger vessel

Built at Toronto ON by Bertram Engine Works, Hull 16
Launched May 23, 1896

285’ LOA, 270’ LBP, 32’ beam, 13’6” depth
3 decks, coal-fired boilers, compound beam engine, 1800 IHP

Enrolled at Toronto ON  
270.3 x 32.4 x 12.5, 1274 GT, 649 NT     Can 103673     to:
Niagara Navigation Co., Toronto ON (home port Toronto ON)

Entered service late Aug or early Sept 1896

Firm merged 1912 into Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co., Montreal QC

Firm merged 1916 into Canada Steamship Lines, Montreal QC

Remeasured 1926 to 269.5 x 32.4 x 12.5, 1196 GT, 578 NT

Scrapped 1937 at Buffalo NY

See history in Scanner Dec 1970 (#12)
Also in Great Lakes Ships We Remember II p. 81

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