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5. Ship of the Month - cont'd. As o ri gi na l l y built, C A N A D I A N was 1 2 2 . 0 feet in length, 1 8 . 9 feet in beam of hull (we do not know her w i d t h on the main deck over the guards) and 5. 8 feet in depth, w it h tonnage of 230 Gross and 145 Net. She was pow er ed by a Co rliss condensing, l o w - pr es su re engine built in 1882 by Inglis and Hunter, Toronto. This en gine had a single cylinder of 20 inches diameter, and a stroke of 42 inches, and p r o d u c e d 165 Ind ic at ed H or se po we r at 35 re vo lu tio ns per minute. Steam was p r o v i d e d by one fir e- bo x boiler, w hi ch m e a s u r e d 6'0" in diameter by 12'0" in length, and was m a n u f a c t u r e d by Perkins at Toronto. The boiler ge n e r a t e d steam at a w o r k i n g pressure of 80 p . s. i. and had one c oa l- fi re d furnace with a grate surface of 24 square feet and a heat ing surface of 733 square feet. We have no p h o t o g r a p h of the steamer at this stage of her career, but we have no reason to think that she looked much different than she did later in her life. She was double-e nd ed , but not in the same manner as Toro nto Island ferries of more recent times. C A N A D I A N had a pi lot hou se and a rudder at each end, so that she could run in either d i r e c t i o n without being turned around, but she was s h a r p - e n d e d and n ev er en d- l o a d e d her passengers. Those t r a v e l ling in C A N A D I A N boa rd ed her and d i s e m b a r ke d via large gangways on each side of the ma i n deck, and she always do ck ed "side-to". In fact, CA NA D I A N was the v er y first d o u b l e - e n d e d ferry steamer to run on Toronto Bay. The 1892 Inland Lloyd's Register, in listing CANADIAN, co mm ent ed that she had "false sides". We are not cer ta in what was meant by this remark, a l though po s si bl y it meant that her sponsons were boxed in along her sides. CA NA DI A N' S main "cabin" was m o s t l y wide open to the air, with num er ou s ar ch ed "windows" w hi ch were glassless, but m a y have been closed in with c a n vas drops or w o o d e n shutters in inclement weather. Amidships, the engine pit w oul d have been open to public v ie w as was the fash ion of the day. The steamer's huge radial p a d d l e w h e e l s were e n cl ose d wit hi n fa nc i f u l l y d e c or at ed p a d d le bo x e s w h i c h rose high above the upper deck. There was a closed woo den bul wa r k all ar ou nd the m ai n deck. The upper or pr o m e n a d e deck was e n ti re ly open and was su rro und ed by a woo den post railing. The stea me r' s one lifeboat was carried under radial davits on this deck, near one of the pa ddleboxes. There was a tall oc ta gon al " bi rd cage" pi lo th ou se near each end of the upper deck, and a tiny cabin for the m a s t e r was located i m m e d i a t e l y abaft one of the pilothou ses . A na rr o w shade deck stre tc he d be tw ee n the p i l o t h o u s es to offer a bit of p r o t e c t i o n from the hot summer sun. A tall and fa ir ly thin smokestack, p r o te ct ed by a small enc lo su re on the p r om en ad e deck, rose up out of the hu rr ic an e deck, where there was noth ing else to keep it com pa ny except for the sidelight br ac ket s set amidships. There was no rail at all around this deck. The ship had no real masts, just a short pole at the back of each pi lo th ou se to hold a runn ing light. A very tall steering pole was carried at each end of the steamer. John C l e n d e n n i n g o r i g i n a l l y o p e r a t e d CA NA D I A N in ex c u r s i o n service on T o r o n to Bay and environs. As the owning comp any was na me d the Toro nto & Humber N a v i g a t i o n Company, we must assume that she ran out into Humber Bay, to the west of the city core, perhaps f e r ry ing passeng ers bet we en that area and the lakeshore c om mu ni ti es to the west, and do wn to wn Toronto. In 1885, however, C A N A D I A N was in service on the bay at Hamilton, runn ing in c o n j u nc ti on with the Ha mi l t o n Street Railway. Under Capt. Angus G. Stanton, CA NA DI AN made h o u r l y trips be tw e e n the James Street Wh arf and Bu rl i n g t o n Beach. She was a d v e r t i s e d as a "powerful new steamer" with a ca pa cit y of 500 passengers. By 1886, C A N A D I A N was in the Tor on to Island ferry fleet that was op er ate d by Capt. John Turner. Not much is known about the specifics of Turne r's o p e r a tions, but C A N A D I A N u n d o u b t e d l y spent most of her time runn ing to Hanl an' s Point, wh ic h was the busiest part of the island chain at that time. It was the site of the large and elegant Hotel Hanlan, and there had begun to spring up the earl ie st at tr ac t i o n s of what was to become one of Canada's