Ionia

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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