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and they rebuilt her as a twin-screw steamer at Davie in Lauzon Quebec in 1923. She was in collision with the steamer MALTON (C 130439, 1,651 tons gross) in the Welland Canal on 11 June 1923. HAMILTON was laid up in 1930, sold to Chantiers Manseau Ltee of Sorel Quebec (Marine Industries Ltd.) in 1937 and soon broken up. Montreal Transportation Co. Annual Directors' Reports 1903, 1906, 1908, 1910 and 1913-20; Montreal Transportation Co. Charter (1917) Schedule A; Montreal Transportation Co. Directors' Minutes 15 March 1905 and 11 November 1921; Montreal Transportation Co. Engineers' Logs India 4 Sept-4 Dec 1917 and 25 April-1 June 1918 and R.G.A. Weaver 1 May-14 Oct 1917; Montreal Transportation Co. Kingston Grain Ledgers 8 July 1901-29 May 1902, 12 May 1902-2 May 1903, 30 May 1902-4 May 1903, 21 May-17 Dec 1904, 29 April-23 June 1905, 29 April-15 June 1905, 28 Sept-6 Dec 1905, 22 April-28 May 1906, 10 July-29 Oct 1916, 20 July-18 November 1917, 6 May-15 November 1918, 22 May-24 November 1918; Montreal Transportation Co. Kingston Letter Book Sept 1916; Montreal Transportation Co. Ships' Logs Mary May 1918, Mary P. Hall 3 June 1918-30, November 1918 and D.G. Thomson 30 Aug-14 Dec 1919; 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; Bowling Green Great Lakes Vessels Online Index; Bureau Veritas Great Lakes Register 1914 and 1915; Canada List of Shipping 1910 and 1936; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Green's Marine Directory of the Great Lakes 1916; Greenwood Namesakes of Lakes 1930-39; Inland Lloyd's Vessel Register 1907; Lewis and Neilson The River Palace; Lloyd's Register 1919, 1920, 1921 and 1922; Marcil Tall Ships and Tankers; Mercantile Navy List 1923; Canadian Railway & Marine World Nov 1918; Detroit Marine Historian April 1952; Schell "Canada Steamship Lines" Belgian Shiplover 2/73. 60 HARVEST river barge. 1864-1898. Original: 217.45 tons gross, 210.4 tons net, 108.25'. Capacity 14,000 bushels. As rebuilt: 262 tons register, 120.4'. Launched at Montreal by J.B. Auger in 1863. No masts. Round stern. 1864 rated A and valued at $4,000. 1866 rated 1 out of a possible 3 and valued at $3,500. 1874 rated 1 and valued at $7,800. 1878 rated 2 and valued at $5,500. 1884 rated A2½. 1890 noted required repairs. 1897 noted required repairs, rated B1 and valued at $4,700. HARVEST's 1864-66 owners were McLennan & Auger. She was apparently one of the first barges registered to the Montreal Transportation Co. in 1869. She remained in their service without incident until 1880 when she was repaired. She got a new keelson in 1887, was rebuilt in 1891 and was caulked in 1892. Her 1910-15 owner was J.L.B. Leclaire of Sorel Quebec She was broken up and removed from the register in 1916. J. Gaskin Letter Book 1884-86; Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; Association of Canadian Lake Underwriters Marine Register 1874; Board of Lake Underwriters Lake Vessel Register 1866 and 1878; Canada List of Shipping 1877, 1895, 1910, 1912 and 1915; Inland Lloyd's Vessel Register Canadian Hulls 1890, 1892 and 1897; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Classification of Lake Vessels and Barges 1871; Directory of the Marine Interests of the Great Lakes 1884; 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; Kingston Daily News 19 December 1870, 15 August 1871, 16 and 31 May, 7 and 23 August, 9 and 21 September and 6 November 1872, 2 May and 6 133