COMMERCE (1848, Steamer)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
COMMERCE
Also known as:
REINDEER
Year of Build:
1848
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Portsmouth, ONT
Vessel Type:
Steamer
Note: "Pollywog" sidewheeler.
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
2
Builder Name:
John Quain
Original Owner and Location:
McPherson & Crane, Montreal, QUE.
Power
Propulsion:
Sidewheel
# Cylinders:
1
# Boilers:
2
Propulsion Notes:
A "pollywog" design the two separate wheels were placed at, but not beyond, the stern.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
134.1'
Beam:
23.8'
Depth:
9.2'
Tonnage (old style):
236
Final Disposition
Final Location:
8 miles north of Big Sable Point.
Lake Michigan.
Date:
19 Oct 1857
How:
Wrecked in gale.
Final Cargo:
Wheat, flour & tallow.
Notes:
23 lives lost.
History
Chronology:

Originally ran Port Stanley, ONT - Montreal.

1850, Apr Owned McPherson & Henderson, chartered to War Department to carry troops to Pt. Stanley.

1850, May 6 Sunk in collision with DESPATCH near Port Maitland, Lake Erie, 38 - 41 dead.

1850 - 51 Repaired at A. Cantin shipyard, Montreal; renamed REINDEER.

1851, Sep 27 Struck & sank propeller OTTAWA on St. Lawrence River at Kingston, ONT.

1853 Owned Holcomb & Henderson, Montreal; ran Chicago - Montreal.

1857, Oct 16 Wrecked.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Enrollments, U.S. National Archives
Erik Heyl, Early American Steamers
Steamboat Era in the Muskokas by Richard Tatley
Contact
Contact
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Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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