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This barge originally ran in the Ottawa-Lake Champlain lumber traffic. Her 1864 owners were McLennan & Auger. Her 1866 owner was J. McLennan. 1876 was the last year that she was found in Kingston Ontario newspaper reports. By 1884 she had been sunk in Kingston harbour for some time and the Whig said she was to be raised and then blown up as part of the Dominion Day celebrations. She was raised but for some reason was not used. It was then proposed to blow up LION instead. CONVOY's final fate could not be found. Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; Association of Canadian Lake Underwriters Marine Register 1874; Board of Lake Underwriters Lake Vessel Register 1866, 1873 and 1878; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Marine Museum of the Great Lakes Canadian Ship Registers on line; Mills Barges and Scows Before 1890; Thomas Register of the Ships of the Lakes and river St. Lawrence 1864; British Whig 21 and 24, 25 and 27 June 1884; Kingston Daily News 2 June 1869, 19 December 1870, 15 August 1871, 7 and 23 August and 6 November 1872, 7 May and 29 June 1874, 24 July 1876 and 25 June 1884. 35 CORN CRIB aka CORNCRIB, river barge. 1869-1902. 330 tons new measurement, 296 tons register, 132.1'. Capacity 20,000 bushels. Built at Montreal by Auger & Son in 1868. 1874 rated 1 out of a possible 3 and valued at $8,000. 1878 rated 2 and valued at $6,000. 1884 rated B1. 1890 rated A2 and valued at $6,000. 1892 rated A2 and valued at $6,500. 1897 rated A2½, valued at $5,200 and required repairs. CORN CRIB was on the Marine Railway at Kingston Ontario for repairs in 1876 and in 1881 she was in the Montreal Transportation Co. yard there for repairs and caulking. She was rebuilt in 1889 and caulked in 1893. According to a pencil notation on a page of the Montreal Transportation Co. Fleet list of 31 December 1902 she had been sold but the date of the notation and the identity of her new owner have not been found. Her 1910-15 owner was A. Desrosiers of Lanoraie Quebec Broken up. She was removed from the register in 1916. J. Gaskin Letter Book 1884-86; Montreal Transportation Co. Fleet list 31 December 1902; Montreal Transportation Co. Kingston Grain Ledgers 1896, 6 November 1899-1 November 1900, 24 Apr-22 June 1900; Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; Association of Canadian Lake Underwriters Marine Register 1874; Board of Lake Underwriters (Buffalo) Lake Vessel Register 1878; Canada List of Shipping 1877, 1895, 1910, 1912 and 1915; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Directory of the Marine Interests of the Great Lakes 1884; Inland Lloyd's Vessel Register Canadian Hulls 1890, 1892 and 1897; Mills Barges and Scows Before 1890; British Whig 16 June 1881; Kingston Daily News 7 November 1868, 19 December 1869, 19 December 1870, 24 July 1871, 26 May and 21 September 1872, 27 October 1873, 7 May 1874, 22 May, 3 August, 6 July, 2 September and 5 October 1876, 1 June 1877; Canadian Railway & Marine World June 1917; Marine Record 7 April 1887; Marine Review 24 March 1898. 116