EUREKA (1858, Schooner)

Year of Build:

1858

Built at:

Wilson, NY

Vessel Type:

Schooner

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

1

Builder Name:

L. L. Littles

Original Owner and Location:

L. L. Littles, Wilson, NY.

Tonnage (old style):

213

Final Location:

Pigeon Island.
East end, Lake Ontario.

How:

Foundered, sank in storm.

Final Cargo:

Coal.

1858, Jun Launched; enrolled Lewiston, NY.

1860 Enrolled Toledo, OH.

1860 #2 Toledo.

1863 #10 Owned King & Steel, Toledo.

1864 Owned Giles & Sylvester, Montreal, QUE.

1866, Sep Lost deck load lumber, Lake Ontario.

1873 Major repairs.

1876 Owned Williams et al, Montreal, C46229.

1878 Owned A. Cantin, Montreal; 102 x 24 x 9.5', 152 net tons.

1879 Owned Williams et al, Montreal.

1881 Major repairs.

1883 Owned J. Donnelly, Montreal.

1883, Nov 26 Abandoned while sinking in storm off Pigeon Island, east end Lake Ontario; owned Chambers & Chadwick, Kingston, ONT.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

Donald V. Baut

C. E. Feltner Enrollments Database

C. Patrick Labadie

John E. Poole notes, Bowling Green State University

Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley