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Although built for Calvin & Breck, CHEROKEE was included in Montreal Transportation Co. tows in 1876 and 1877. Calvin sold her to the Kingston & Montreal Forwarding Co. about 1879. She was repaired in 1890 and was caulked in July 1892 after going ashore near Oswego New York with a cargo of coal while on passage to Montreal. She was repaired again in 1894. In 1906 she was transferred to Montreal Transportation Co. when they took over Kingston & Montreal Forwarding Co. and in 1910 Montreal Transportation Co. sold her to A. Desrosiers of Lanoraie Quebec who owned her until at least 1914. She was renamed ANTOINE AUGER by her final owner (Auger and Son of Quebec City) in 1916. Broken up. Her registry was closed on 25 February 1938. One of a series of barges built on Garden Island that were named for Iroquoian First Nations, although in this case while the Cherokees spoke an Iroquoian language, they were not a member of the Iroquois Confederacy. Montreal Transportation Co. Annual Directors' Report 1906; Montreal Transportation Co. Directors' Minutes 14 December 1910; Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; Board of Lake Underwriters (Buffalo) Lake Vessel Register 1878; Canada List of Shipping 1895, 1910, 1912, 1918 and 1937; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Inland Lloyd's Vessel Register Canadian Hulls 1892 and 1897; Marine Museum of the Great Lakes Canadian Ship Registers on line; Mercantile Navy List 1892, 1897, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1921, 1923 and 1930; Mills Barges and Scows Before 1890; British Whig 25 March 1881, 28 May 1895 and 2 April 1896; Buffalo Enquirer 19 July 1892; Canadian Railway & Marine World April 1906; Kingston Daily News 6 and 11 July, 9 August, 28 September and 9 October 1876, 30 April, 1 June and 23 August 1877; Montreal Herald 4 November 1889. 28 CHICAGO river barge. 1872-1912. 350.84 tons net, 146.6'. Capacity 22,000 bushels. Built at Montreal by J.B. Auger in 1872. One mast. 1874 rated 1 out of a possible 3 and valued at $10,500. 1878 again rated 1 and valued at $7,500. 1884 rated A2½. 1892 again rated A2½ and valued at $5,000. 1897 rated B1 and valued at $3,500. The barge CHICAGO was rebuilt in 1884, got a new deck in 1891 and was recorded as "Repairing" in 1897. The 1902-12 Montreal Transportation Co. Directors' Reports and minutes showed her as "on hand but of no value". She was abandoned in the Cataraqui River at Kingston about 1908 and removed from the register in 1915. Named for the port of Chicago Illinois that was then the largest grain shipping port on the lakes due to extensive western railroad connections. J. Gaskin Letter Book 1884-86; Montreal Transportation Co. Annual Directors' Reports 1902, 1908, 1910 and 1912; Montreal Transportation Co. Barge Accounts 1900; Montreal Transportation Co. Kingston Grain Ledgers 1 Jan-1 November 1900, 24 Apr-22 June 1900, 25 April-26 July 1900, 5 May-4 Aug 1900, 27 July 1900-26 June 1901, 5 Oct-28 Dec 1900; Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; Association of Canadian Lake Underwriters 111