|   OPENING OF NAVIGATION - The Schooner Maple Leaf cleared on Wednesday evening with a cargo of wheat shipped by Mr. Jas. Sutherland. The Silver Spray commences her regular trips on Monday next. ... |
| OUR HARBOUR The Collingwood people are pleased! With nothing but an artificial make-shift of a harbour, which the elements made shipwreck of last winter, costing the Government $35, 000 and the Northern Railway a like sum to repair it again, they have long envied the splendid natural facilities... |
| Masonic Excursion The annual excursion of the St. George's Lodge of Freemen took place on Monday last, the 28th inst. on the steamer Silver Spray after eight o'clock. The members of the lodge marched down to the boat. About 150 excursionists were on board. The boat was decorated with flags. ... |
| MASONIC EXCURSION - As will be seen by advertisement the Free masons of Owen Sound have arranged for an excursion on the Frances Smith to Meaford on Thursday next. The trip will be a pleasant one... ... |
| THE TWELFTH - On Saturday morning last the Orangemen of Owen Sound assembled to celebrate the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne by an excursion, but owing to a few hours delay of the City of London in arriving from Chicago the excursion could not start at the hour appointed... ... |
| The Collingwood Wrecking Company has agreed to take the Mary Ward from her resting place, and the tug Mary Ann will commence the task immediately. If they succeed the Mary Ward which has not received much injury will be fitted up and put on the line to Chicago with the City of London . ... |
| FATAL ACCIDENT We regret to have to record this week the death by accident of Alonzo Pearson... It appears that on the 21st. Inst., while the vessel on which he was employed was in Detour Channel at Drummond Island Lake Huron, he was reefing the top-sail and catching hold of a rope the end of ... |
| Waubaushene NAVIGATION - The steamer Georgiana sailed into the harbour on the 1st of May for the first time this season. She will run daily between Penetanguishene Midland City, Victoria Harbour and here, connecting with the passenger trains. ... |
| Midland The Tecumseth of Goderich left here on Friday heavily loaded with lumber and shingles. The steamer Waubuno arrived here on her first trip on Friday morning. She is to call once a week. ... |
| MIDLAND An impromptu excursion was got up about 1:00 took advantage of the trip on board the Sarah Jane Marshall which has been undergoing repairs, towed by the tug R. B. Hays There was good music for dancing... The barge Mary Robertson arrived here on Sabbath night with salt and corn.... |
| MIDLAND The barque Mary Robertson arrived here again from Goderich and is again loading lumber at H. H. Cook's mills. ... |
| The steamer Cumberland ran on a rock on her last trip Damage considerable. ... |
| MIDLAND On Monday the steamer Waubuno left with a cargo of excursionists from Collingwood and the Northern Belle brought them back at 4 a.m. on Tuesday They then left for Parry Sound with the Midland and Penetang Masons and their friends. Great preparations are being made for the Sons Of ... |
| MIDLAND The Sons of Temperance excursion came off on Friday 7th inst. And though not as large as had been expected, owing to the fine harvesting weather it was quite a success. The romantic scenery on the route to Parry Sound is well worth seeing, sometimes the vessel passes between two rocks ... |
| MIDLAND Opposition is the life of trade, and the Captain of the Myrtie is a supporter of the maxim. This vessel is a fast running screw wheel steamer, hailing from Port Huron, and is admirably fitted to carry passengers. It is now running opposition to the Georgiana from Waubaushene to ... |
| WAUBAUSHENE We understand that the Georgiana has been taken off the route from this place to Penetang two of them being found to be more than the traffic could support. The Myrtie is a snug little craft fast well officered and equal to all the elements likely to be made upon her during the... |
| COLDWATER On the 24th of May an excursion on board the Maid of Midland will leave here at 9;30 calling at Waubaushene, Green Island, Methodist Island and Victoria Harbour. Music will be provided for dancing . Tickets 25 cents. ... |
| PARRY SOUND A large party of immigrants arrived hee by the steamer Waubuno last night. ... |
| PARRY SOUND The Waubuno 's trips to Penetanguishene are to be suspended after this week. Hence forward she will run to Collingwood five times a week and to French River once. Owing to heavy fog the steamer Maganettawan with the O.Y.B. excursion on board did not arrive in Owen Sound last ... |
| MIDLAND Civic Holiday - The Mayor has issued his proclamation appointing Wednesday 20th inst. Our civic holiday. The occasion will be taken advantage of by the Firemen yo get up a monster excursion to Meaford via Midland. The fine steamer Northern Belle of the Collingwood line has been ... |
| PARRY SOUND About a hundred persons availed themselves of the opportunity offered by the Waubuno on Friday evening last to take a moonlight sail on the lake. The E. C. band accompanied the party, and an enjoyable time was spent. Personals - Mr. J. C. Miller M.P.P. Parry Sound visited us on ... |
| The Excursion - The principal attraction of the civic holiday was the Firemen's excursion to Meaford... On leaving the train post haste was made for the City of Owen Sound one of the largest propellers afloat, large enough we would say to accommodate about 100 passengers with comfort and ... |
| PARRY SOUND ( From the NORTH STAR ) We are glad to learn that it is the intention of the Georgian Bay Transportation Company to replace the Waubuno with another and much more efficient boat next season. The increasing traffic between Collingwood and parry sound demands increased... |
| The steamer Waubuno which left Collingwood for parry Sound on Saturday morning was wrecked near Moose Point and it is feared that all her passengers and crew have perished. No tidings have been received of the steamer Waubuno Three tugs are making a careful search along the islands which ... |
| Wreck of the Steamer Waubuno in Georgian Bay NO TIDINGS OF THE PASSENGERS OR CREW THE NORTH SHORE STREWN WITH FRAG MENTS OF THE WRECK - REPORTS FROM THE WESTERN LAKES Midland, Nov. 24 - Mr. A Cadotte reports that while coming down Georgian Bay Yesterday he passed portions of the cabins and ... |
| Speaking of the Waubuno disaster the Bobcaygon Indepentent refers sorrowfully and kindly of Mr. Fisher, whose death we deplore in common with the other readers of the North Star ;-" Among the passengers was Mr. B. N. Fisher, editor and proprietor of the Parry Sound North Star , a ... |
| The people of Collingwood with most commendable generosity are doing all in their power to help the widows and orphans left destitute by the loss of the Waubuno . PARRY SOUND A meeting of merchants and others who have been losers by the wreck of the Waubuno have been suggested the object... |
| The Waubuno Again INDIANS REPORTED TO HAVE DISCOVERED THE WRECK OF THE VESSEL WHILE FISHING (By Telegraph to the Mail) PARRY SOUND March 22 - A rumour is in circulation here that an Indian having cut a hole in the ice to fish in the supposed vicinity of the wreck of the steamer Waubuno ... |
| PARRY SOUND It has been reported that the hull of the ill-fated steamer Waubuno has been found by an Indian while fishing through the ice, somewhere near what is known as Moose Point. The Indian it is said cut a hole in the ice directly over the works of the engine. He then thought he would... |
| The Waubuno Found ( From the Parry Sound North Star ) Many rumours having been in circulation for some time past as to finding of the ill fated steamer Waubuno which was wrecked in the Georgian Bay on the 22nd of November last, we with others determined if possible to ascertain their ... |
| VICTORIA HARBOUR The ice on the harbour cleared off on Tuesday night. The Bella Taylor waiting the first opportunity to make Owen Sound, put out about 11 o'clock a.m. but on proceeding as far as the Gin Rock lighthouse had to return there being too much ice to get out to Georgian Bay...The ... |
| The Waubuno An expedition, in which THE NORTH STAR is fully represented, started for the wreck of the Waubuno on the 26th inst. As the scene of the disaster is now clear of ice, and the islands free from snow, it hoped, though barely expected, that some bodies may be found or some additional... |
| The Waubuno Disaster NONE OF THE BODIES YET RECOVERED As announced last week, a party consisting of Mr. John Rowland, of Collingwood, whose son was purser on the lost steamer, - and Messrs, A Starkey and Wm. Ireland, jr, of this place, left here on Monday morning of last week, for the scene of... |
| MIDLAND The schooner North Star arrived light. She will load with shingles at Mr. George Chew's mill for Kincardine. The Minnie Hall is busy towing logs from the North Shore and the prospect of as unusaul busy season at his mill is good. Mr. W. Holditch of Nipissing village has bought the... |
| THE WAUBUNO A number of men put out from Midland last week to view the wreck of the Waubuno. They returned on Monday, bringing with them several pieces of plank and some sticks of cordwood, all bearing evidence of a theory as to that vessel which we have not yet seen advanced. These pieces of... |
| A Special Trip to Midland for the Dominion Ministers The new steamer Manitoulin of the Collingwood line was at the wharf gaily decked with flag and banners. No little surprise was expressed at the fact of the bow of the steamer lying with in a few feet of the shore, but this depth of water... |
| The latest regarding the wreck of the "Waubuno" THE HULL TURNED OVER AND FOUND TO BE PERFECTLY SOUND On Monday last the wrecking tug Mary Ann was employed by the Georgian Bay Transportation Company to proceed to the wreck of the Waubuno and turn the hull over. On board was Mr.... |
| MIDLAND H. H, Cook'S tug Minnie Hall is having her boiler replaced by a new one. Messrs Foster and Armstrong have chartered the Midland Rover to take a cargo of tan bark and cedar posts from here to Chicago. ...the schooner Midland Rover ... She has a capacity of 800 tons ... |
| THE LOST WAUBUNO - There is at present going on between the Parry Sound Star and the Collingwood Messenger a dispute as to the condition of the ill fated Waubuno when she set out on her last trip. The former paper declares that the timbers of the vessel were rotten, while the latter ... |
| MIDLAND The Midland Rover left here on Saturday last with a full cargo of lath for Chicago. ... |
