ECCLES, KATIE (1877, Schooner)

Year of Build:

1877

Official Number:

75911

Built at:

Mill Point (Desoronto), ONT

Vessel Type:

Schooner

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

1

Builder Name:

William Jamieson

Number of Masts:

2

Length:

95'

Beam:

24'

Depth:

8'

Tonnage (gross):

122

Final Location:

Off Timber Island, ONT.
Lake Ontario.

Date:

28 Nov 1922

How:

Foundered in storm.

Final Cargo:

Coal.

1878 Owned D. Eccles, Amherst Island, ONT.

1883, May 8 Aground near Presque Isle, Lake Ontario.

1886 Owned A. Campbell, Colborne, ONT.

1889 Rebuilt.

1909, Sep 22 Aground Newcastle, Lake Ontario, with coal from Newcastle; released by Donnelly Wrecking Co.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory

Canadian Sessional Papers

Dossin Great Lakes Museum

William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit