Year of Build:

1871

Official Number:

85422

Built at:

St. Catharines, ONT

Vessel Type:

Schooner

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

1

Builder Name:

Louis Shickluna

Original Owner and Location:

Sylvester Neelon, St. Catharines, ONT

Number of Masts:

3

Length:

139'

Beam:

23.6'

Depth:

11.8'

Tonnage (gross):

321

Final Location:

Ashore one mile west of Port Credit, ONT. Lake Ontario

Date:

24 Nov 1900

How:

Stranded during snow storm.

Final Cargo:

Coal.

Notes:

Went into shallows & broke back; bound Charlette, NY-Toronto. Cargo salvaged, crew all saved.

1872, Apr Launched.

1873 400 tons.

1878 139 x 23.2 x 11.8; 372 net tons.

1887 Running as barge.

1895, Nov Collided with grounded barge TYRONE, damaged.

1897, Jan 11 135.3 x 25.8 x 11.6; 341.71 gross/321.37 net tons. Owned Frances A. Ure, Toronto, ONT.

1898 Wrecked, loss of 7 lives.

1900, Nov Wrecked.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

Donald V. Baut

Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Directory

Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy

William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit

Newspaper Clippings

Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley