Also known as:

PAUL SMITH;VALLEYFIELD

Year of Build:

1873

Official Number:

69595

Built at:

Quebec City, QUE

Vessel Type:

Tug (Towboat)

Note: Sidewheel towboat.

Hull Materials:

Composite

Builder Name:

Simpson

Original Owner and Location:

St. Lawrence Steam Navigation Co., Quebec

Propulsion:

Sternwheel

Length:

118'

Beam:

23'

Depth:

7'

Tonnage (gross):

175

Tonnage (net):

79

1898 Owned Adirondock & St. Lawrence Rapid Transit Line; 118.2' X 23.4' X 6.8', 293 gross / 161 net tons; renamed PAUL SMITH.

1901 Rebuilt at Montreal, QUE.

1902 Renamed VALLEYFIELD; owned E. Robineault, Valleyfield, QUE.

1909 Owned Joseph A. Lamare, Montreal, QUE.

1915 Owned J.H. Fearnside, Hamiltion, ONT.

1916 Hamilton Shipbuilding & Ferry Co., Hamilton.

1918 Owned The Navy League of Canada (Ontario Division) Toronto, ONT.

1920 Last listed list of Merchant Vessels US.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

Great Lakes Register

H. G. Runge Collection, Milwaukee Public Library