ANTELOPE (1873, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
ANTELOPE
Year of Build:
1873
Official Number:
75631
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Port Dalhousie, ONT
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Alexander Muir
Original Owner and Location:
Bryce Muir, Grantham twp.
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
138.6'
Beam:
26.3'
Depth:
11.1'
Tonnage (gross):
400
Tonnage (net):
334
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Around Port Credit, ONT. Lake Ontario
Date:
1918
How:
Abandoned.
History
Chronology:

Built for lumber trade.

1873, Apr 30 Registered St. Catharines, ONT.

1876 Owned B. Muir, St. Catharines, ONT.

1890 Transferred to Toronto & schooner rigged in late 1890's; cut down to tow barge earlier. Ran coal trade into Toronto.

1896 Owned Amelia Ure, Toronto, ONT.

1900's Laid to rest in Muir's Pond above Lock 1 in Port Dalhousie.

1901, Jan 18 Owned M.J. Haney.

1909, Apr 30 Owned Point Anne Quarnes Ltd.

1912 Reportedly made barge at P. Arnot Co. shipyard, Toronto by Haney & Miller.

1914 Owned Point Anne Quarries Ltd.; operated as barge on their stone run to Toronto. Out of registry 1918.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Canadian Registers
Canadian Sessional Papers
Dossin Great Lakes Museum
John O. Greenwood
Scanner, Toronto Marine Historical Society
Contact
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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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