COLONIST (1854, Propeller)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
COLONIST
Year of Build:
1854
Official Number:
33481
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Sarnia, ONT
Vessel Type:
Propeller
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
2
Builder Name:
Robert Steed
Original Owner and Location:
James Potter, Sarnia, ONT.
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
# Cylinders:
1
# Boilers:
1
Hull Dimensions
Length:
134'
Beam:
24'
Depth:
11'
Tonnage (gross):
341
Tonnage (net):
207
Final Disposition
Final Location:
25 mi. SE, Straits of Mackinac.
Lake Huron.
Date:
21 Nov 1869
How:
Foundered.
Final Cargo:
Flour, wheat.
Notes:
Sprung a leak & foundered while bound Milwaukee - Montreal; had pounded heavily in gale Nov 17 near Manitowoc, WI.
History
Chronology:

1855 Owned Holcomb & Henderson, Montreal, QUE; ran Montreal, Toronto, & Hamilton line.

1858 Ran Montreal, Toronto, & Hamilton line with GEO. MOFFAT & BRANTFORD.

1863 Owned Jacques, Tracy, & Co., Montreal, QUE.

1863, Feb Repaired Kingston Marine Railway.

1865 Owned Montreal parties; ran between Chicago & Lake Superior ports.

1866 Owned Pridham, Montreal, QUE.

1869, Nov 21 Sunk, Lake Huron.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
Donald V. Baut
Canadian Sessional Papers
C. Patrick Labadie
Newspaper Clippings
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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USA
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