Résultats

      Image of a model representing a Chief's Canoe in War of 1812, created by Jean-Baptiste Assiginack, an Odawa chief, who was a veteran of the War of 1812. After the war, he worked as a translator for the Indian Department and was an influential voice for his people in their …

      Content warning: Racism, Slavery, and Colonialism The Alexander McPherson letters contain discussion of slavery and managing a plantation and may contain violent descriptions. Some of this information may be difficult to absorb. These ideologies are not condoned by Archives at Whitby Public Library, but the Archives has preserved such records …

      Content warning: Racism, Slavery, and Colonialism The Alexander McPherson letters contain discussion of slavery and managing a plantation and may contain violent descriptions. Some of this information may be difficult to absorb. These ideologies are not condoned by Archives at Whitby Public Library, but the Archives has preserved such records …

      Final Date: 1835; 1835 Reported wrecked at Buffalo.; Final Location: Buffalo, NY piers. Lake Erie., Wrecked.; Landed on top of pier; total loss.

      Other Names: UNITED KINGDOM; Final Date: Nov 1835; Dimensions (LBD): 140' x 28' ; 1828 Ran Niagara to York (Toronto) & Prescott, ONT. 1832 Owned Robert Hamilton, Esq. Niagara, ONT., remodelled & modernized renamed UNITED KINGDOM.; Original Owner: Robert Hamilton et al.; Final Location: Near Oswego, NY. Lake Ontario., Wrecked.; …

      Other Names: NIAGARA;SOVEREIGN; Final Date: 1859; Dimensions (LBD): 128' x 24' ; 1825 Capsized near Prescott, ONT, St. Lawrence River. 1826 Wreck raised by Capt. Mosier, rebuilt, converted into steamer, Prescott, ONT; 400 old tons; renamed NIAGARA. 1826, Aug Machinery damaged; repaired. 1826, Nov Struck rock off Poplar Point, ONT. …

     

      Final Date: 1825; Dimensions (LBD): 74' x 12' x 5' ; EXPERIMENT built 1823 Quebec, short lived; 74 x 12'.

     

      Final Date: Jul 1834; Dimensions (LBD): 80' x 0' x 0' ; 1822, Aug 29 Arrived Kingston. 1826, Sep 14 Collided with & badly damaged by NIAGARA, Prescott, ONT, St. Lawrence River. 1832 Owned H. Dickinson. 1832, Apr 19 Ran rapids to run Cornwall - Coteau. 1834, Jun 27 Wrecked …

      Official No.: BRITISH; 1823 Used by Lieutenant Henry Bayfield in survey of Lake Superior for British Admiralty. 1828 Run down rapids at Sault Ste. Marie & sold to Merwin Giddings & Co., OH for $500. Reported sunk off Fort Erie, ONT, Lake Erie.; Original Owner: Northwest Co.

      Structurally weak; difficult to keep dry; hard to keep on course; grounded on numerous occasions. 1880, Dec 13 Auctioned off.

      Dimensions (LBD): 145' 7" x 23' 10" x 10' 2" ; 1827, May 12 Boiler burst at Niagara; repaired. (date unknown) Cut down to a paddle tow boat. (date unknown) Owned Hugh Richardson.; Original Owner: John Hamilton

      Dimensions (LBD): 125' x 23' ; First steamer on upper reach of Ottawa River. Date unknown Ran Grenville, ONT-Hull, ONT. 1829-1831 Laid up 1831, Aug 10 First passage on Rideau Canal.

      1829, Apr 15 Launched.; Original Owner: Job Loder et al

      Final Date: 1837; Dimensions (LBD): 127' x 21.7' x 9' ; 1826, Jun 3 Towed to Toronto; machinery installed. 1826, Aug 12 First trip Toronto, ONT-Niagara River in four hours. 1836 Ran to Kingston & Dickinson's Landing near Cornwall, ONT.; Original Owner: Hugh Richardson; Final Location: Oswego, NY. Lake Ontario., …

      Ran Prescott, ONT to Bay of Quinte.

      1820 Wrecked.

     

      Other Names: ALBION; 1828, Oct Ran Brockville, ONT - Kingston on St.Lawrence rapids. 1834, Jun Owned Wrag & Co., Penetanguishene. 1835, Aug Owned John Norton & Co.(?), Niagara, ONT; ran biweekly Niagara - Hamilton with passengers & freight. 1852 Rebuilt, 125 tons; renamed ALBION. 1853 Rebuilt Oakville, 94 tons; owned …