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Transportation Co. barges (CONDOR, DAKOTA, DORCHESTER, DUNMORE, KINGSTON, LAPWING, MUSKOKA, SELKIRK, VALENCIA and WINNIPEG). Montreal Transportation Co. Annual Directors' Reports 1906, 1908, 1910 and 1913-19 (note was not listed 1902 and 1903); Montreal Transportation Co. Charter (1917) Schedule A; Montreal Transportation Co. Directors' Minutes 14 January 1919; Montreal Transportation Co. Engineers' Logs M.P. Hall and John C. Mann; Montreal Transportation Co. Kingston Grain Ledgers 23 April-14 July 1900, 25 April-26 July 1900, 5 May-4 Aug 1900, 27 July 1900-14 June 1901, 27 July 1900-26 June 1901, 29 June-6 Dec 1901, 8 July 1901-29 May 1902, 14 July-12 Aug 1902, 25 March-6 Aug 1903, 25 April-27 November 1903, 13 June-7 Dec 1903, 19 July-22 November 1905, 29 November 1912-8 Oct 1914, 8 Oct-22 November 1915, 10 July-29 Oct 1916; Montreal Transportation Co. Ships' Logs Mary May 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 1919 and 1921; Bascom and Gillham Early Ships of Canada Steamship Lines; Bureau Veritas Great Lakes Register 1914 and 1915; Canada List of Shipping 1895, 1910, 1927, 1929 and 1931; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Green's Marine Directory of the Great Lakes 1916; Inland Lloyd's Vessel Register Canadian Hulls 1897 and 1907 (title varies); Lloyd's Register 1900, 1919, 1920, 1922 and 1930; Marine Museum of the Great Lakes Canadian Ship Registers on line; Mercantile Navy List 1919, 1921, 1923, 1925 and 1929; Mills Barges and Scows Before 1890; Detroit Marine Historian April 1952; Marine Review 28 March 1895 and 24 March 1898. 50 EAGLE river barge. 1883-1907. 344 tons new measurement, 316 tons register, 136.5'. Capacity (1883) 21,000 bushels. Built by Cantin at Quebec City (Marine Register 1874 said at St. Francis) in 1872. 1878 rated 1 and valued at $8,000. 1884 rated A2. 1890 rated A2½, valued at $5,500 and noted as needing repairs. 1892 needed repairs. 1897 rated A2½ valued at $5000. 1902-03 value $800. 1906 value $500. In 1874 EAGLE was owned by Page & Co. and in 1877-78 by Holcomb & Stewart. She came to Montreal Transportation Co. from St. Lawrence and Chicago Forwarding in 1883 when they took over that firm. She was rebuilt in 1883 at Kingston (successfully re-launched on 8 August after she had first stuck on the ways). She was in the coal trade from Oswego New York that fall. She was in the new Davis Dry Dock at Kingston for caulking in 1890 and was repaired in 1894. She was sold to P. Doyle for $500 in 1907 according to the Montreal Transportation Co. directors' minutes but the List of Shipping continued to show Montreal Transportation Co. ownership to at least 1912. Doyle intended to use her as a coal barge. She foundered near Montreal on 16 November 1913. J. Gaskin Letter Book 1884-86; Montreal Transportation Co. Annual Directors' Reports 1902, 1903 and 1906; Montreal Transportation Co. Barge Accounts 1900; Montreal Transportation Co. Directors' Minutes 26 June and 12 December 1907; 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, 14 June-24 November 1901, 8 July 1901-29 May 1902, 28 April-26 November 1902, 30 May 1902-4 May 1903, 14 July-12 Aug 1902, 25 March-6 Aug 1903, 25 April-27 November 1903, 28 Aug-7 Dec 1903, 8-19 November 1903; Association of Canadian Lake Underwriters Marine Register 1874; Board of Lake Underwriters Lake Vessel Register 1878; Canada List of Shipping 1895, 1910 and 1912; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Directory of 126