Built at:

Kingston, ONT

Vessel Type:

Steamer

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

1

Builder Name:

John Kirby

Original Owner:

Robert Drummond

Propulsion:

Sternwheel

Engine Type:

High Pressure (including HPNC)

# Cylinders:

1

# Boilers:

1

Length:

110'

Beam:

26'

Depth:

0'

Tonnage (old style):

100

Final Location:

near Port Credit, close to Toronto, ONT.
Lake Ontario.

Date:

25 Oct 1833

How:

Wrecked on shore.

Regular route, York (Toronto) - Kingston, ONT; one of earliest sternwheelers; one of first high pressure engines.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

Donald V. Baut

John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University

Newspaper Clippings

Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley