, 5 Jul 1856  Woodcut engraving of the Port of Genesse, on Lake Ontario, N.Y. from an ambrotype by E. T. Whitney of Rochester. The principal steamboats are, from left to right, the MAPLE LEAF, HIGHLANDER and ONTARIO. The original ambrotype is featured in Gerald T. Girvin, "The Maple Leaver Story Prior to the...

  "History of Steam navigation on Lake Ontario," Onondaga Standard (Syracuse, NY), Sep. 29, 1847  From the Oswego Commercial Times History of Steam navigation on Lake Ontario _______ The rapid increase and general improvement in the commercial marine of the Lakes, impart a high degree of interest to every thing relating to the early history and progress of our steam navigation. We have ...

  "The Steam Boat Ontario," Ontario Repository (Canandaigua, NY), Tues., Aug. 9, 1817  Oswego, August 7. The Steam Boat Ontario, Capt. Mallaby, touched here this morning from Niagara on her way to Sackets harbor, Ogdensburgh, &c. She was so much crowded with passengers that the captain was under the necessity of leaving a number of applicants at Niagara, for want of more ...

  1873  ex TRANSIT, CONSTITUTION

  1885  ex FLOWER CITY

    ex TRANSIT

  1830  route

  1848  new vessel

  1860  revenue seizure

  1873  lengthened

  1862  winter layup mishap

  1816  launch & first trip

  1880  history

  1856  thief caught

  1843  early steamers 1816

  1819  route

  1818  route

  1819  advertising route

  1825  route

  1840  new steamer

  1863  Reason: aground Lives: nil Hull damage: $100 Cargo: $100 Remarks: Got off

  1854  Reason: aground Lives: nil Hull damage: $30,000 Freight: Sugar &c. Remarks: Total loss

  1853  Reason: collision Lives: nil Hull damage: $500

  1860  Reason: collision Lives: nil Hull damage: $300 Remarks: Repaired

  1827  Reason: aground ? Remarks: Got off

  1818  Reason: aground Lives: nil Remarks: Got off

  1826  Reason: aground Lives: ? Remarks: Got off

  c1855  Hand coloured Bird's eye view of Oswego, New York showing the mouth of the Oswego River at Lake Ontario. Oswego, N.Y. Published by Smith Brothers & Co., 225 Fulton St. N.Y. Lewis Bradley Del On stone by D. W. Moody

  1987  This article appears on the 'net essentially as it originally appeared in FreshWater, vol. 2, no. 1 (Summer 1987): 28-39. A few of the notes have been altered to reflect the change of name of the National Archives of Canada (NAC) from the Public Archives of Canada (PAC), and the subsequent...

  1876,   Engraving of the American Express Line steamboat ONTARIO, whose captain was Horatio Nelson Throop of Pultneyville, NY. From History of Wayne County, 1876 Steamer "Ontario" Built at Clayton 1847 by John Oades for Ontario & St. Lawrence Steamboat Co. 232'1" x 32'2" x 11'6" 832 tons. Cut by ice...