CARRIER DOVE (1854, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
CARRIER DOVE
Year of Build:
1854
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Wolfe Island, QUE
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Austin Horn
Original Owner and Location:
Thomas Davis, Wolfe Island, QUE
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
88.8'
Beam:
19'
Depth:
7.7'
Tonnage (old style):
144
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Near the fort, Oswego, NY.
Lake Ontario.
Date:
10 May 1867
How:
Washed out of river.
Notes:
Went under larger schooner, losing her masts; carried out into lake, ending up near the fort.
History
Chronology:

1859, Oct 26 Owned Robert A. Horne, Kingston, ONT.

1861 Repaired.

1863 Large repairs.

1864, Feb 15 Owned John Irwin, Wolfe Island, & James Aug, Wellington Square, ONT.

1867, May 10 Washed from moorings; sank.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Enrollments, U.S. National Archives
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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