Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Dominion (1868)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Dominion
Year of Build:
1868
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
St. Catharines, Ontario
Power
Propulsion:
Screw
Hull Dimensions
Tonnage (gross):
601
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Sandwich (Windsor), Ontario, Canada
How:
Burnt
History
Chronology:

First Rebuild: Official Number: 90707 Propulsion: Screw Dimensions: 135 x 26 -- 478 tons Rebuilt: St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada in 1887

137x23x11 Owned by S. Neelon, St. Catharines 1877, 1886; J. Sidley, Belleville 1895; G. P. McGarr, Toronto 1898. Built by L. Shickluna, St. Catharines and launched 15/04/68. First engine 26x18 by G. N. Oill, St. Catharines; after 1883 26½x28 by G. N. Oill. Used Montreal-Upper Lakes. Engine breakdown 17/08/71 Lake Ontario, towed to Kingston and then to Port Dalhousie for repairs. Rescued crew and passengers of burning "Kingston" 12/06/72 Grenadier Island. Stranded in fog 09/10/79 False Ducks, Lake Ontario. Destroyed by fire 02/10/00 while laid up Sandwich, Ont.

Contact
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Dominion (1868)