MARIPOSA (1902, Tug (Towboat))

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
MARIPOSA
Also known as:
BON AMI;ISLET PRINCE
Year of Build:
1902
Official Number:
93330
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Manitowoc, WI
Vessel Type:
Tug (Towboat)
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
Burger Boat Co.
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Chantry Island, Georgian Bay.
Lake Huron.
Date:
17 Jul 1938
How:
Burned.
Notes:
Bound Amherstburg - Owen Sound, assumed struck by lightning.
History
Chronology:

1908 To St. Joseph Island & Soo Line; C122436 renamed BON AMI; 93 x 24.8 x 8', 92 gross / 62 net tons.

1909, Apr Owned T.C. Sims, Little Current, ONT; ran Eastern Manitoulin Royal Mail Steamship Line from Cutler to Manitoulin.

1925 Composite vessel renamed ISLET PRINCE; 105 x 24'5" x 8', 245 gross / 142 net tons.

1922 Owned John Tackaberry. Lions Head; from Climie, Sault Ste. Marie; ran Owen Sound to Pelee Island.

1930 Owned Alex Fader, Port Arthur, ONT; home port Fort William.

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