Kingston News (Kingston, ON), May 2, 1844

p.2 The steamer Sovereign, on her way down the river for wood on Tuesday, struck on a shoal, by which she was so much damaged as to render it necessary to haul her out on the railway for repair.

The Welland Canal - work progressing. [British Colonist]

- workers rehired at Lachine Canal Works, after being fired for leaving works during election. [Montreal Gazette]

The Emerald, which was unfortunately run aground in a fog opposite Grand Island the middle of last week, was got off on Saturday and taken up to Buffalo to be overhauled. It is not believed that she has sustained much damage. Great credit is due to the proprietors of two of the Buffalo steamboats, who sent down their vessels to assist in getting the Emerald off, and after the service was performed would accept no remuneration beyond for the wood they consumed. It is a pleasant duty to record acts of this description, and so long as the friendly feelings in which they originate are cultivated by the inhabitants of the two countries, so long will harmony prevail on the frontiers. [Niagara Chronicle]

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1844

MONTREAL AND KINGSTON

MAIL LINE

OF STEAM BOATS AND STAGES.

The Public are informed that the following are the arrangements for the Season:

The Commodious and Fast Low Pressure

STEAMERS

HIGHLANDER, CAPTAIN STEARNS,

CANADA, CAPTAIN LAWLESS,

GILDERSLEEVE, CAPTAIN BOWEN,

Downwards,

Will ply daily from Kingston to Coteau du Lac, (45 miles from Montreal,) leaving Kingston every morning, at 7 o'clock, arriving at Coteau du Lac early the same evening; from which place Passengers are conveyed to the Cascades in Stages (on a planked road), sleep on board the Steamer Chieftain, and arrive in Montreal the next morning at 7 o'clock.

Upwards,

From Coteau du Lac, the Boats leave every evening, on the arrival of the Mail and Passengers from Montreal; and reach Kingston the following afternoon, in time for Passengers to take the Steamers for any Port on Lake Ontario.

The Boats pass through the splendid Long Sault Canal, the magnificent rapids of the St. Lawrence, and the Lake of the Thousand Islands by day-light, affording Passengers the most desirable, safe, and expeditious route between Kingston and Montreal.

The above Steamers call at the following places: Gananoque, Brockville, Maitland, Prescott, Ogdensburgh, N.Y., Matilda, Williamsburgh, and Cornwall.

Steam-Boat Office, Commercial Wharf,

Kingston, 26th April, 1844.

We understand that the steamer Frontenac is about to take her place on the Lake, between Kingston and Hamilton, and will commence her trips early in the ensuing weeks.