ADA ALICE (1878, Propeller)

Year of Build:

1878

Official Number:

75642

Built at:

Pt. Dalhousie, ONT

Vessel Type:

Propeller

Note: Carvel built, round stern.

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

2

Builder Name:

Alexander Abbey

Original Owner and Location:

Alexander Abbey, Port Robinson

Propulsion:

Screw

Engine Type:

High Pressure (including HPNC)

# Cylinders:

1

# Boilers:

1

# Propellers:

1

Propulsion Notes:

8 X 10 hp engine; 10 HP; G.N. Oille, St. Cartharines, ONT. Boiler from Waterson Engine Works.

Length:

52.2'

Beam:

10.7'

Depth:

4'

Tonnage (gross):

15.43

Tonnage (net):

10.21

Date:

1902

How:

Out of registration.

1879 Sep 1 First registered, St. Catharines, ONT.

1879 - 1901 Operated as Toronto ferry, sometimes between St. Catharines & Port Dalhousie, ONT on Welland Canal.

1881 Owned P. Burns, Toronto, ONT.

1996 Owned W. Burns, Toronto.

1895 Fall Sunk Hanlan's Point, Toronto, Lake Ontario.

1896 Apr Wreck raised.

1896 - 1897 Rebuilt; 66.5 x 13.2 x 17.6'; 60 gross tons, 41 net tons.

1899 Owned Goodwin, Port Dalhousie.

1901 Owned J. Goodwin, Toronto.

1911 Owned William Davis Co., Gravenhurst, ONT.

To Muskoka, ONT as supply boat.

1912 Owned Muskoka Navigation Co.

1917 Owned L. R. Fraser, Bracebridge, ONT.

1918 Jun 13 Burned, Port Carling, ONT, Georgian Bay.

1930 Owned Goodwin Estate, Toronto.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

American Bureau of Shipping

Donald V. Baut

Canadian Registers

Dossin Great Lakes Museum

Great Lakes Register