Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Champion (1877)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Champion
Also known as:
Cambria (1888)
Year of Build:
1877
Official Number:
74297
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Levis, Quebec
Power
Propulsion:
Sidewheel
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (gross):
323
Final Disposition
How:
Broken Up
History
Chronology:

First Rebuild: Official Number: 74297 Propulsion: Sidewheel Dimensions: 175 x 23 -- 937 tons Rebuilt: Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada in 1889

131x23x11 Owned by A. T. Beaulieu, Lévis 1877; to Canadian Pacific Railway 1883; to J. Harris, Owen Sound 1885; Smith & Keighley, Toronto 1888; to G. W. Brown, Port Arthur 1893. Built by G. T. Davie, Lévis 1877. Engine 40x81 (maker unknown). Originally towboat below Quebec; Montreal-Fort William 1883-5 re Canadian Pacific Railway construction; thereafter Windsor or Owen Sound to Soo. Moved to Thousand Islands for summer excursions 1897. Sold 1902 for use Buffalo-Crystal Beach, stranded Martindale Pond, Welland Canal en route to new purchaser, broken up "after many vicissitudes". In early days known as "Champion No. 2"

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Champion (1877)