CORSICAN (1870, Steamer)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
CORSICAN
Also known as:
PICTON
Year of Build:
1870
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Montreal, QUE
Vessel Type:
Steamer
Note: Wooden bottom outside iron hull.
Additional vessel types:
Barge
Hull Materials:
Iron
Builder Name:
Frechette
Original Owner:
Canadian Navigation Co.
Power
Propulsion:
Sidewheel
Hull Dimensions
Length:
175.2'
Beam:
27'
Depth:
11.3'
Tonnage (gross):
500
History
Chronology:

Built at Glasgow, Scotland; shipped over in pieces, assembled Montreal.

1870, Oct 22 Launched Montreal, QUE.; Owned Canadian Navigation Co.

1875 Owned Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Co.; 490 gross tons.

1878 remeasured; 1203 gross / 714 net tons.

1897 remeasured 179 x 27 x 11.

1905 Renamed PICTON.

1907, Sep 21 Burned at her dock, Toronto, ONT; loss of 1 life; later recovered and sold American as a barge (US167791?).

1908 Converted to bulk freight barge at Polson Iron Works, Toronto, ONT; 190 x 27 x 11'2".

1934 Out of registry exempt.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory
Canadian Sessional Papers
Dossin Great Lakes Museum
Inland Lloyds’ Marine Directory
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit
Contact
Contact
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Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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USA
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