Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Northumberland (1835)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Northumberland
Also known as:
Sir Francis Bond Head (1837)
Year of Build:
1835
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Rice Lake, Ontario
Power
Propulsion:
Centrewheel
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Otonabee River?, Ontario, Canada
How:
Wrecked
History
Chronology:

Approx. 120x30 Owned by J. Bethune, Cobourg; to "a Peterborough group" 1837. Used on Rice Lake and Otonabee River. Centre-wheel catamaran. Wrecked about 01/05/36 Peterborough, raised and repaired. "They made nearly a new vessel of her" (Kingston "Chronicle"). Wreck location first reported in papers as Sully's Landing (Harwood) but later corrected. (Cobourg "Star")

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Northumberland (1835)