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Alphonse Arsene Larocque (1865-1936) was managing director of SincennesMcNaughton tugs. He bought control of the firm in 1917. SincennesMcNaughton owned Consolidated Sand Co., Touzin Sand and Atlas Transportation as well as other companies. Larocque became a director of the Bank of Hochelaga and then president of the Montreal Dry dock and Ship Repair Co. In 1919 he bought AUGUSTUS and ten smaller Montreal Transportation Co. barges (CONDOR, DAKOTA, DORCHESTER, DUNMORE, KINGSTON, LAPWING, MUSKOKA, SELKIRK, VALENCIA and WINNIPEG). J. Gaskin Letter Book 1884-86; Montreal Transportation Co. Annual Directors' Reports 1902, 1903, 1906, 1908, 1910 and 1913-19; Montreal Transportation Co. Charter (1917) Schedule A; Montreal Transportation Co. Directors Minutes 26 May 1916, 31 December 1918 and 14 January 1919; Montreal Transportation Co. Engineer's Log John C. Mann; Montreal Transportation Co. Kingston Grain Ledgers 25 April-26 July 1900, 14 June-24 November 1901, 28 April-26 November 1902, 30 May 1902-4 May 1903, 25 March-6 Aug 1903, 25 April-27 November 1903, 13 June-7 Dec 1903, 8-19 November 1903, 7 May-15 Sept 1904, 29 April-23 June 1905, 15 June-26 Sept 1905, 19 July-22 November 1905, 21 April-24 May 1906, 22 April28 May 1906, 29 November 1912-8 Oct 1914, 6 May-15 November 1918; Montreal Transportation Co. Ships' Logs Mary 4 May 1917-8 Oct 1918, Mary P. Hall 3 June 1918-30 November 1918 and P.B. McNaughton May-Sept 1918; Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; American Bureau of Shipping Great Lakes Register 1921; Bascom and Gillham Early Ships of Canada Steamship Lines; Board of Lake Underwriters Lake Vessel Register 1878; Bureau Veritas Great Lakes Register 1914; Canada List of Shipping 1877, 1895, 1910 and 1927; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Directory of the Marine Interests of the Great Lakes 1884; Greenwood Namesakes 1920-1929; Inland Lloyd's Vessel Register Canadian Hulls 1890, 1892 and 1897; Marine Museum of the Great Lakes Canadian Ship Registers on line; Mercantile Navy List 1892, 1897, 1919, 1921, 1923 and 1925; British Whig 20 June 1880, 24 May 1881, 6 October 1883, 2 December 1886, 1 April 1887 and 1 October 1890; Canadian Railway & Marine World March 1909 and June 1917; Detroit Marine Historian April 1952; Kingston Daily News 18 August 1876 and 28 May 1877; Marine Record 7 April 1887; Marine Review 24 March 1898; Scanner March 2012. 47 DREADNOUGHT river barge (scow). 1869-1874. 136 tons register, 104.2'. Capacity 10,200 bushels. Built at Riviere-du-Loup in 1869. 1874 rated 2 out of a possible 3 and valued at $2,200. DREADNOUGHT was owned by the Montreal Harbour Commission in 1877. A traditional Royal Navy warship name. There had been nine DREADNOUGHTs in the RN by the time that this barge was built, and there have since been three more. Association of Canadian Lake Underwriters Marine Register 1874; Canada List of Shipping 1877; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Colledge Ships of the Royal Navy Vol. 1; Mills Barges and Scows Before 1890; Kingston Daily News 27 citations from 19 December 1869 to 20 July 1874. 48 DULUTH river barge. 1873-97. 353 tons new measurement, 337 tons register, 139.0'. Capacity 22,000 bushels. Built at Quebec City by F. Cantin in 1873. 124