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13. entry in the D o m i n i o n List for any interest in the steamer. many years after Mrs. Winona White - c o n t 1d . to have ceased In fact, the P l a y f a i r / W h i t e c o n n e c t i on wi th WI N O N A was of short duration. Whether she pr ov ed un suitable for the trade Playfair and his as soc iat es had in mind for her, we shall never know, but the offic ial records indicate that a bill of sale dated March 28, 1907, tr ans fer red ow n e r s h i p of WI NO N A to James Purvis and A l e x a n d e r Purvis, of Gore Bay, Ontario. From that point onward, the h i s t or y of WI N O N A pro ce ed ed e xa ct ly as we had outli ned in our o r ig in al feature. The offi cia l records c o nf ir m the April, 1910, transfer of A l e x a n d e r Purvis' 32 shares in W I N O N A to James Purvis. The go ver nme nt records, however, show the date of transfer as Ap ril 13th, while our article showed the date as April 30th. In fact, we have a copy of the actual bill of sale before us as we write these words, and we can confirm that the date of ex e c u t i o n of the document was Ap ril 13th, 1910. We must apolo giz e for what a p p a r e n t l y was a ty po gra phi cal error in our Novem ber issue. The bill of sale is noted as ha ving been r eg is te re d on Decem ber 31st, 1910, by the r e g is tr ar of shipping for the port of Midland. We indica te d in our feature that WINONA was rebuilt s u b s t a n t i a l l y over the winter of 1918-1919 on the Wi ar t o n Marine Railway. The of fi cia l records show that the work was done by "Robert Nimo & Dobson" (sic). In our feature, we d e s cr ib ed the loss of WI NO N A by fire at Spragge, Ontario, on Novem ber 16th, 1931, the steamer having laid over at Spragge instead of re tu rni ng to Gore Bay on the 15th in c ons equ enc e of u n f a v o u r a b l e weat her conditions. The off ic ia l records indicate that WI NO NA 's re gi s t r y was closed on Dece mbe r 4th, 1931. * * * Ed. N o t e : We are very ple as ed to have been able to provide this fo llo w-u p piece to shed light on the early years of WI NO NA' s operation. For their as sis tan ce in p r o v i d i n g the n e c e s s ar y information, we ext end our most s i n cere thanks to Alan Mann, of Wa llaceburg, to George Ayoub, of Ottawa, and to Dr. Gor don Shaw, of Toronto. * * * * * DOUGAL A L E X A N D E R C A M P B E L L It is with regret that we note the pas si ng of T . M . H . S. mem ber Ale x a n d e r Campbell, of Gore Bay, Ontario, at the M a n i t o u l i n Centre on Wednesday, F e b r u a r y 2nd, 1994, at the age of 66. Dougal Hea lth Born in Gordon Township, Dougal Ca mpbell had sailed the lakes for 45 years before his re tirement in October of 1992, hav ing wo rk ed aboard vessels of the Al go ma Ce ntral and Canada St ea msh ip Lines fleets. Cap ta in Ca mpbell had been a me mb er of the Toronto Marine H i s t o r i c a l Soci ety for a number of years. We extend our most sincere sym pat hy to his p a r t i c u l a r l y to his wife, the former Joan Purvis. large family, and * * * * * THE AN N U A L T . M . H . S. DI N N E R M E E T I N G Wewould remind our readers to hold the ev en in g of Saturday, May 7th, open for our Annual Dinner Me et i n g which will be held abo ard J A D R A N on the T o r o n to waterfront. Please see details on the front page and send your ticket o r der to our Chief Purser as soon as possible.