Welland Canal - The annual election of directors, on the part of the stockholders of the Welland Canal Company , took place, agreeably to notice, on Monday the 3rd inst. at their office in St.Catharines , and resulted in the re-election of Alexander Macdonell and Ogden Creighton , ...

    Lake Ontario Steam Boats Judging by the accounts given in the Kingston , Oswego and Rochester papers we may reasonably anticipate an early resumption, by the numerous steamers, of their trips on Lake Ontario. In Kingston harbour, though the ice at the last accounts still maintained its...

    Opening Of The Desjardin`s Canal - This publick work, about which so much has been said, was opened for vessels not drawing more than eight feet water, on Wednesday last. We embarked on board the Burlington steamer, (which has been built especially to run between Toronto and Dundas) about ...

    Unclaimed Vessels &c. Notice is hereby given that the undermentioned vessels and craft, lately employed in Her Majesty's service, are now at Chippawa, waiting to be claimed, viz: - 3 Schooners, 3 Scows, and 2 Lighters, Sundry Small Boats The owners are requested to prove their ...

    There are 50 steam boats and 160 vessels employed at Buffalo on Lake Erie, valued at four million of dollars. The canal boats engaged in passing to end from Buffalo are numbered at 1,030, valued at one million. The total capital employed in the forwarding business from New York to Chicago, by the...

    Rise Of Water On Lake Erie - The Cleveland Herald mentions the fact that the waters of Lake Erie, at that point, are at least three and a half feet highter than they were three years ago, and eighteen inches above the level of last year. A similar rise has been observed in the upper lakes. ...

    The Great Western, American steamer, on Lake Erie, has been accidentally burnt, while lying at wharf in Detroit. ...

    The Great Western Burnt - The steamer Great Western, on Lake Erie, took fire, a week ago last Sunday evening, while at the dock in Detroit, and was nearly destroyed. The Buffalo Journal says, "the fire burned with such rapidity, that very few of the passengers secured their luggage. One ...

    Shipwreck - The schooner New York, of Oswego, was capsized in the severe gale of Sunday the 15th ult. and drifted ashore and broke in pieces, at Marysburgh, near the Ducks. All hands perished. Two of them were alive, when she reached the shore, and attempts were made to save them; but the surf...

    The schooner Bolivar, of Cleveland, was dismasted on the lake, during the gale of Monday week. The crew were 13 hours on the wreck, and were sheeted with ice before they were relieved. The vessel was taken into Presque Isle; she was laden with salt, which was all washed out of the barrels. ...

    From The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser Of Nov. 25 Gale - For the last twenty hours, we have experienced a strong gale from the west, accompanied with snow. The flats in the lower part of the city are inundated. Cattle are swimming about and there will, no doubt, be considerable loss in wood,...

    Gale On Lake Erie - Vessels and men that were on the lake, during the recent gale, experienced much danger and privation. From the appearance of the schr. Erie, which entered our harbour yesterday, one would think that she had been on the Artick expedition with Parry, or acted as a tender to...

    Disasters On The Lake - The schooner Caroline, of this port, which left here on Saturday for Niagara, with merchandise, came in contact with the schooner Essex, bound down with wheat from Lake Erie, off Sodus, at about 9 o'clock on Saturday night. Both vessels were considerably injured, the ...

    "The Ontario" - This is the name of a steam boat which was built at Prescott last summer by that enterprising gentleman, the Hon. John Hamilton, by whom she is intended to navigate the Saint Lawrence, from Kingston to the Cedars, in Lower Canada, surmounting the rapids of the Long Sault, ...

    Welland Canal Company Publick notice is hereby given, that the annual election of directors for the Welland Canal Company, to serve for the ensuing year, will be held at this office, on Monday the sixth day of April next, at 12 o'clock, noon, as the act directs. By order of the board. ...

    The schooner Victor, of Buffalo, is supposed to have been lost on Lake Erie, about the last of Nov. with all on board. ...

    St. Lawrence Canal - We are glad to see the mercantile body bestirring itself, to promote the immediate completion of the St. Lawrence canal. Nearly four hundred thousand pounds spent on the canal, at Cornwall, is now producing no advantage, as has been the case for several years, for want of...

    Steam Boats - On Saturday last an amusing scene of competition took place on the line from Kingston to Toronto. The large steamer Cobourg, favourably known as a safe and commodious boat, advertised to start at 12 o'clock, noon, and carry passengers for four dollars - six being the ordinary...

    War Steamer - A new steam frigate, the Cherokee, was launched at Kingston last week. ...

    Ericsson Propellers - The steam schooner Oswego arrived here, on Sunday last, in five days from Oswego, with a full cargo of merchandise, for this place and Chicago. - Detroit Adv. ...

    The contracts for finishing the St.Lawrence canal, between Prescott and Cornwall, are given out, and the work, it is expected, will be completed by November next, when the navigation will be open for steam boats, to the Coteau du Lac. ...

    Loss Of A Steamer - The steamer Commodore Barrie, Captain Patterson, from Niagara for Kingston, with a cargo of flour, was completely wrecked on the night of Saturday last, off Presque Isle. The Commodore Barrie and the schooner Canada having come in collision, during the night, the former was...

    Steamer Burned - The small Canada steamer "Western" was burned at the wharf of Watkins & Bissell, at Detroit, at two o'clock on Wednesday morning last. Loss almost total. The fire originated, it is supposed, in the fire room. Crew asleep. - Buf. Com. Adv. ...

    Gale On Lake Ontario - On Friday last the wind hauled suddenly from the south to the north and north east, and "piped up" as we seldom have seen it on this coast. A fleet of schooners were on their way down from the Welland Canal to Oswego and Kingston when they met the gale. The schooners ...

    Dreadful Steam Boat Explosion. - We learn with deepest regret, the Shamrock, one of Messrs. Atkinson, Matthie & Co.'s canal steamers, burst her boiler, on Saturday last, shortly after leaving Lachine. She had on board a great number of passengers, (said to be one hundred and seven) ...

    The Disaster On Lake St. Louis On Monday, an inquest was held in the house of Mr. Laflamme, in Lachine, on view of the body of one of the unfortunate individuals who perished by the explosion of the boiler of the steamer Shamrock. On a rigid examination, it appeared that the conduct and care...

    Beaucharnois Canal - A man named Dan Barron, the same who assaulted Mr. Dunlop, one of the contractors, a few days since, has been taken by the police, and is now in gaol. He is a bad character. Another ringleader, an old offender from Lachine, was taken off the works, yesterday morning. A...

    A diving bell for the purpose of raising the wreck of the Erie, is constructing at the furnace at Fredonia, by Messrs. McClare & Chapin. The weight of the bell is about three tons, and it is capable of being used to the depth of about eighty feet. It will be ready for use in about two weeks. ...

    The Wreck Of The Erie - Alluding to the search for this, the Lockport Balance says - "It will scarcely be credited, that this last company are guided in their search for the wreck, by clairvoyance: yet such is the fact. A lady residing at the place, has seen the boat several times while in the...

    The schooner Chickaluni, about which some fears have been entertained at the West, came safe to port a week ago and has again cleared for Cleveland. - Buf. Jour. ...

    Melancholy Accident - On the afternoon of Sunday the 2d instant, a sail boat, in which were three highly respectable young men, belonging to Dunnville, was capsized, about half a mile from the Canada shore, opposite the Gull Island (which lies a short distance below the mouth of the Grand ...

    Dismissal Of Mr. Robinson - We have been much surprised at seeing the foregoing letter from Wm. B. Robinson, Esq., to the editor of the Toronto Herald, which is so worded as to lead the public to infer that he has not been dismissed from the situation of Superintendent of the Welland Canal. ...

    Opening Of Navigation - We perceived by the Kingston and Toronto papers, that all the harbors on the Canadian side of Lake Ontario are now clear of ice, and that its navigation throughout, has commenced. Capt. Richardson's boats have been running several weeks, between Toronto and Niagara; and...

    The steamer Transit is now running, on alternate days, between Toronto and Niagara. ...

  St. Catharines Journal (St. Catharines, ON), April 8, 1847, page 3page 3  Launches - On Monday next, the 12th inst., two fine vessels, fully rigged and sails all bent, will be launched by Mr. Shickluna , down at the ship-yard here. One is a three-masted schooner, of 400 tons burthen, 133 feet keel and 138 overall, 26 feet beam and 11 feet hold; the other, a ...

    Singular Phenomenon - The following extraordinary account was communicated to the editor of the Cobourg Star by Mr. Thomson Miller of the Grafton steam mills in a letter dated Jan. 9, 1847. The editor has every confidence in his correspondent, whose report was afterwards contributed by A.G. ...

    Vessels Passed Through The Welland Canal British Vessels are marked thus + - steamers * April 27 Belle Sheridan Oswego Toledo salt Carlton Do Do Indiana Toledo Do pork Ocean Detroit Do flour, wheat Acorn Port Dover Do lumber Robert Wood ...

    Steamer Burnt - On Saturday evening as the steamer Queen Of The West was lying at the City Wharf, about ten minutes after her arrival from Toronto, a dense quantity of smoke was observed, by persons on the wharf, issuing from her side. From the fact that the boat had so recently arrived and ...

    St. Catharines, Monday, June 10 - Ship-Carpenters Strike - A few months since an organization call "The Welland Canal Ship Carpenters and Caulkers Union," was formed in this town, all the hands employed on the line of canal becoming members. They demanded an increase of wages and pay every...