BAY OF QUINTE (1853, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
BAY OF QUINTE
Also known as:
NEPTUNE
Year of Build:
1853
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Bath, ONT
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
B.F. Davy or J.D. Beaupre
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (old style):
155
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Salmon Point, north shore.
Lake Ontario.
Date:
18 Nov 1863
How:
Storm.
Final Cargo:
7,500 bu. wheat.
Notes:
Went ashore in storm.
History
Chronology:

1854 Owned Wade & Co., Kingston, ONT.

1860 Renamed NEPTUNE, made voyages Toronto-Halifax; owned Henry Wade, Kingston, ONT.

1863 Rebuilt Kingston; renamed BAY OF QUINTE, owned R. Gaskin, Kingston.

1863, Nov 18 Ashore.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Canadian Registers
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Contact
Contact
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Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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