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Co. tug H.F. BRONSON lost her tow of five barges. BRONSON pulled ENERGY off a few days later. ENERGY had a cargo of corn and phosphates at the time. She was one of five Montreal Transportation Co. barges damaged when the steamer BOHEMIAN (1,139 tons register) broke the gate of Lock Two in the Lachine Canal in 1880. ENERGY was rebuilt a third time in 1881 and yet again in 1886. She was sold sometime between 1892 and 1895. In 1895-1915 she was owned by J.T. Scadden of Montreal. Many of E. Berry's barges were named after desirable human characteristics. J. Gaskin Letter Book 1884-86; Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; Association of Canadian Lake Underwriters Marine Register 1874; Board of Lake Commissioners (Buffalo) Lake Vessel Register 1866; Board of Lake Underwriters Marine Register 1863 and 1878; Canada List of Shipping 1877, 1895 and 1915; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Classification of Lake Vessels and Barges 1871; Directory of the Marine Interests of the Great Lakes 1884; Inland Lloyd's Vessel Register Canadian Hulls 1890 and 1892; Marine Museum of the Great Lakes Canadian Ship Registers on line, Mills Barges and Scows Before 1890; British Whig 22 March 1862, 30 June, 2 July, 8, 11-13 September 1880 and 7 May 1881; Kingston Daily News 19 December 1870, 15 August 1871, 7 and 23 August 1872, 9 May and 27 October 1873, 7 May and 29 June 1874, 23 October 1875, 9 October 1876 and 27 May 1886; Marine Record 7 April 1887. 53 ETHEL steel harbour lighter, later river barge (C 96863). 1907-1920. Original: 349 tons gross and 335 tons register, 130'. As rebuilt: 438 tons gross, 399 net 167'. Original capacity 24,000 bushels. Built by Bertram Engineering Works of Toronto in 1897. A sister to BELLE. Steel hull with wood-sheathed bottom. Original cost $10,500. 1908 value $4,000. 1910-1916 value $10,000. 1914 insurance rating = 90 restricted to St. Lawrence River. 1917 value $20,000. 1918 value $17,000. 1919 value $14,000. 1920 value $12,600. 1921 insurance rating 90. ETHEL's first owner was the Prescott Elevator Co. Ltd. After that firm went bankrupt in 1902 she was owned by the Ottawa Trust Co. and then by the St. Lawrence Terminal Co. of Quebec City. She was bought by Montreal Transportation Co. for $4,000 to be a harbour lighter at Montreal and then chartered to the Montreal Warehouse Co. She was rebuilt and lengthened at Kingston in 1909-10 at a cost of $4,500. After that she was re-registered on 26 June 1911. She was sold to the Montreal Warehousing Co. in 1920 for $14,000. The Montreal Harbour Commissioners were her owners 1925-35 and the National Harbours Board then owned her 1936-41. Her 1948-58 owner was Sin-Mac. She was broken up at Sorel Quebec in 1960 although she was still in the List of Shipping up to 1965. Bascom and Gillham say she was also owned by the Harrigan Tug Line at one point. All the barges of the Prescott Elevator Company carried the first names of women. 128