QUEEN OF THE LAKES (1858, Brigantine)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
QUEEN OF THE LAKES
Year of Build:
1858
Official Number:
77626
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Portsmouth, ONT
Vessel Type:
Brigantine
Note: Also called a schooner, photos show 3 masts.
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
George N. Ault (or John)
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
129'
Beam:
23'
Depth:
10'
Tonnage (old style):
337
Final Disposition
Final Location:
8 miles off Charlotte, NY
Lake Ontario.
Date:
28 Nov 1906
Notes:
Or 10 miles out of Sodus, NY.
History
Chronology:

1863 Owned W.R. Taylor, Kingston, ONT; 347 tons.

1864 Owned W.R. Taylor, Kingston; 279 tons.

1865 Made trips to West Indies & Cuba; owned A.M. Smith & G.W. Wyatt, Toronto, ONT.

1868 Large repairs; owned Conger et al, Kingston; 283 tons.

1877 Rebuilt, 347 gross tons.

1878 Registered Kingston, owned S.J. Starling, Belleville, ONT.

1884 Ashore near Avon Point.

1887 Towed to Kingston by tug MCARTHUR after going ashore previous fall at Brighton, ONT.

1888 Owned Richardson & Co., Kingston; rebuilt, 190 tons.

1902 Repairs.

1906, Nov 28 Sank.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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