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12 B river barge. 1883-1886. 193 tons register, 115.5'. Capacity 12,000 bushels. Built at Batiscan Quebec by Artemis Dunning in 1868. 1874 rated 2 and valued at $2,900. 1884 rated B1. Rated coarse freight only in 1887. In 1864 this barge was owned by the Montreal Elevating Co. Beginning in 1874 she was owned by Coulthurst & McPhee (St. Lawrence & Chicago Forwarding Co.). Repaired in 1878, she came to Montreal Transportation Co. in 1883 when they took over St. Lawrence and Chicago Forwarding Co. Montreal Transportation Co. did not consider her to be worth the cost of insurance and apparently did not fit her out in 1885. She was broken up by 1897 and was later removed from the register in 1899. J. Gaskin Letter Book 1884-86; Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; Association of Canadian Lake Underwriters Marine Register 1874; Canada List of Shipping 1877 and 1895; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Directory of the Marine Interests of the Great Lakes 1884; Mills Barges and Scows Before 1890; Thomas Register of the Ships of the Lakes and river St. Lawrence 1864; British Whig 24 May 1881; Kingston Daily News 19 December 1874 and 29 May 1876; Marine Record 7 April 1887. BACON see MELVIN S. BACON 13 BEAUPORT river barge (C 66075). 1906. 350 tons gross, 333.75 tons register, 145.6'. Capacity 26,000 bushels. Built at Levis Quebec (also given as Quebec City) by Cantin (also given as François Xavier Marquis) in 1873. No masts. Round stern. 1878 rated 1 and valued at $8,000. 1884 rated A2½. 1890 rated A2 and valued at $7,200. 1892 rated A2½ and valued at $6,800. 1897 rated A2½ and valued at $5,500. BEAUPORT's 1874 owners were Miller & Jones. François Xavier Marquis of Levis owned her 1875-77. Ross & Co. of Montreal owned her in 1879. In 1881-1906 her owner was the Kingston & Montreal Forwarding Co. She was partly re-planked at Portsmouth Ontario in the spring of 1885 but struck a rock, broke loose from the Government Tug Line (Calvin Co.) tug TRAVELLER (C 72569, 208 tons gross) and grounded in the Galops Rapids of the St. Lawrence on 12 November that year. She was carrying 400,000' of deals [see definitions]. After that, she was rebuilt at Portsmouth in 1887-88. She was caulked in 1894, repaired in 1897 and came to Montreal Transportation Co. when they bought Kingston & Montreal Forwarding Co. in 1906. She was quickly resold for $1,200. Her 1907 owner was Jos. E Robillard of Montreal and in 1910-17 she was owned by the Department of Public Works. She was not included in the 1918 List of Shipping. Presumably named after Beauport Quebec, a shipbuilding suburb of Quebec City. Montreal Transportation Co. Directors' Minutes 10 October 1906; Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; Association of Canadian Lake Underwriters Marine Register 1874; 101