CHIEF JUSTICE ROBINSON (1841, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
CHIEF JUSTICE ROBINSON
Year of Build:
1841
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
St. Catharines, ONT
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Louis Shickluna
Original Owner and Location:
Land & Routh, Hamilton, ONT
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
86.8'
Beam:
17.9'
Depth:
8.4'
Tonnage (old style):
107
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Near Presque Isle, ONT.
Lake Ontario.
How:
Wrecked.
Final Cargo:
1250 barrels flour.
Notes:
Bound Hamilton, ONT for Kingston, ONT; wrecked attempting to shelter at Presque Isle.
History
Chronology:

1841, May 4 Launched St. Catharines, ONT.

1842 Record Welland Canal cargo 6,202 bushels wheat; bound St. Catharines - Cleveland, OH.

1848, Dec 1 Wrecked Lake Ontario.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Canadian Registers
Newspaper Clippings
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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