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Sh ip of the M o n t h - cont'd. 10. the b o i l e r h o u s e as did f ou r large v e n t i l a t o r cowls w h i c h a d m i t t e d fr esh air to the m a c h i n e r y spaces below. The tall and h e a v y ma in ma st, r a ked in p r o p o r t i o n w i t h the f o r e m a s t and the funnel, was set just abaft the stack. The l i f e b o a t s w e r e c a r r i e d one on e i th er side of the boat deck, w o r k e d from rad i a l s te e l d av i ts , and ther e was an e m e r g e n c y s t e e r i n g pos it ion , wi th big dou b l e w h e e l s, far aft on the boat deck. W he n fi rs t commissioned, HADDINGTON had a black hull with a white fo r e c a s t l e , a nd the c l o s e d ra il at her s te rn also was white, as we r e her cabins. H e r s t a c k w as all black. Her m a s ts were buff, and the m a i n m a s t had a b l a c k top. It seem s l i k e l y that, d u r i n g the cou rs e of her o p e r a t i o n by the M a t h e w s fleet, H A D D I N G T O N ' S stack ma y well have be e n given the two s i l ver ban ds w h i c h for so m a n y y e ars were c a r r i e d by M a t h e w s vessels. Ab o u t 1910, H A D D I N G T O N , a l o n g wi t h se ve ra l other M a t h e w s steamers, came u n der the m a n a g e m e n t of the M e r c h a n t s M u t u a l Line which, in due cours e of time, b e c a m e k n o w n as the C a n a d i a n I n t e r l a k e Line Ltd., of Tor ont o. This was one of the c o m p a n i e s w h i c h was s w a l l o w e d up in the f o r m a t i o n of Ca nad a S t e a m s h i p L i n e s Ltd., M o n t r e a l , and thus H A D D I N G T O N be cam e part of the C . S . L. f le et w h e n it was put toge th er d u r i n g June of 1913. C an a d a S t e a m s h i p L i n e s p a i n t e d H A D D I N G T O N up in its u s u a l colours. She was gi v e n a b l a c k h ul l w i t h g r e y cabins, and her stack was red w i t h a bl ack top (the o r i g i n a l C . S . L. s t a c k d e s i g n h a v i n g b een i n h e r i t e d from the R i c h e l i e u and O n t a r i o N a v i g a t i o n C o m p a n y Ltd., the larg est of the fleets i n v o l v e d in the v a r i o u s m e r g e r s w h i c h led to the f o r m a t i o n of C . S . L . ). On the b o w was a larg e red d ia m o n d , outlined in white, on w h i c h a p p e a r e d the legend 'CSL' in lar g e w h i t e let te rs. Of c ou rs e, it w as not l o n g a fter the f o r m a t i o n of the C . S . L. fl eet that W o rl d W a r One bega n, a nd m o st of the best s t e e l - h u l l e d c a n a l l e r s were r e q u i s i t i o n e d for w a r t i m e s e r vi ce on salt water. H A D D I N G T O N was not taken for o v e r s e a s s e r v i c e b e c a u s e of the fact that she ha d a d e pt h of hull of onl y f i f t e e n feet, and it was not c o n s i d e r e d that, w i t h such r e s t r i c t e d draft, she w o u l d be u s e f u l on salt water. A c c o r d i n g l y , she r e m a i n e d in the lake s d u r i n g the h o s t i l i t i e s . By 1916 (and p r o b a b l y e a r l i e r, but that is the date of the fi rst photo w h i c h s h ow s h er w i t h the c h ange), C . S . L. had bu ilt an e x t e n s i o n onto the f or w a r d pa rt of H A D D I N G T O N ' S b o i l e r h o u s e . In fact, this a c t u a l l y was a ca r g o s p a ce w h i c h w as d e s i g n e d to i n c r e a s e her capa ci ty, and the s i xth and fin a l hatch was relocated from the spar deck to the top of the n ew str u c t u r e . Th is r e c o n s t r u c t i o n n e c e s s i t a t e d the r e m o v a l of the a f t e r mo st set of d e c k cr an e s, w h i c h p r e v i o u s l y h ad be en situ ate b e t w e e n the fi fth and six t h h a tc h e s . In a d d i t i o n , a s ma l l " d o g h o u s e ", c o n t a i n i n g a d d i t i o n a l cre w a c c o m m o d a t i o n s , was p l a c e d on the boa t d e c k b e t w e e n the fu nne l and the main mas t. Be c a u s e of the s m a ll a m o u n t of s pa ce a v a i l a b l e in that p a r t i c u l a r location, it looked as if the d o g h o u s e had, l i t e r a l ly , b e e n s q u e e z e d in b e t w e e n stack and mast, and this di d not do a n y t h i n g to i m pr ov e the a p p e a r a n c e of H A D D I N G T O N . In 1919, H A D D I N G T O N was r e n a m e d (b) M A P L E H I L L (II) w h e n C a n a d a S t e a m s h i p Lin es r e c h r i s t e n e d a n u m b e r of its v e s s e l s u s in g the d i s t i n c t i v e l y C a n a d i a n "Map le " p r e fi x. The f i rs t l e tter in the su ff ix of ea ch of the na mes was c h o s e n to s i g n i f y w h at type of ship was in volved. For in stance, w o o d e n h u l l e d c a n a l l e r s r e c e i v e d n a mes w i t h su ff ix es b e g i n n i n g w i t h the letter 'G '. The 'H' in M A P L E H I L L (and also, for instance, in M A P L E H U R S T an d M A P L E HILL ) , d e s i g n a t e d that the s t ea me r was a s t e e l - h u l l e d canaller. Ove r the y e ar s, the s t e a m e r r e c e i v e d se ve ra l f u r t h e r a l t e r a t i o n s . Before she was r e n a m e d M A P L E H I L L , her br id ge s t r u c t u r e had bee n al t e r e d by the a d d i t i o n of an u p p e r p i l o t h o u s e . P la ce d w h er e the op en b r id g e had been, the smal l n e w p i l o t h o u s e was the same size and shape as the lower house . It had