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The hydraulic flour mills at Glenora Ontario were on the shore of the Bay of Quinte immediately below the "Lake on the Mountain" from which they obtained their water. Some of the mill buildings are still standing. J. Gaskin Letter Book 1884-86; Montreal Transportation Co. Annual Directors' Reports 1902, 1903, 1906, 1908, 1910, 1913, 1914 and 1916; Montreal Transportation Co. Directors' Minutes 26 May 1916; Montreal Transportation Co. Kingston Grain Ledgers 14 June-24 November 1901, 8 July 1901-29 May 1902, 28 April-26 November 1902, 30 May 1902-4 May 1903, 25 March-6 Aug 1903, 25 April-27 November 1903, 21 May-17 Dec 1904, 29 April-23 June 1905, 15 June-26 Sept 1905, 19 July-22 November 1905, 21 April-24 May 1906, 29 November 19128 Oct 1914; Montreal Transportation Co. Kingston Letter Book May 1914; American Bureau of Shipping Great Lakes Register 1919 and 1921; Bureau Veritas Great Lakes Register 1914 and 1915; Canada List of Shipping 1877, 1910, 1918, 1928, 1929 and 1931; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Directory of the Marine Interests of the Great Lakes 1884; Green's Marine Directory of the Great Lakes 1916 and 1920; Greenwood Namesakes 1920-1929; Inland Lloyd's Vessel Register Canadian Hulls 1890, 1892 and 1897; Lloyd's Register 1900 and 1905; Marine Museum of the Great Lakes Canadian Ship Registers on line; Mercantile Navy List 1892, 1897, 1919, 1921, 1923 and 1925; Mills Barges and Scows Before 1890; Neilson "Montreal Transportation Company" Freshwater 1989; British Whig 2 August 1881, 4 and 13 July and 1 August 1882, 9 June 1884, 24 March 1885, 20 May 1886 and 19 October 1887; Buffalo Enquirer 1892; Canadian Railway and Marine World June 1917; Canadian Railway & Shipping World November 1898; Marine Record 7 April, 24 November and 15 December 1887; Marine Review 24 March 1898; Toronto Mail & Empire 18 May 1896. 62 HIAWATHA lake barge (C 96904). 1906-1917. 539.18 tons gross, 518.01 tons net, 176.5'. Capacity 40,000 bushels. Built by Thomas O'Brien at Garden Island Ontario in 1890. Cost $20,000. Originally no masts. As rebuilt: three masted with a small pilot house on a raised fo'c'stle. Round stern. 1892 rated A1½ and valued at $19,000. 1897 rated A2 and valued at $14,500 and noted required repairs. 1906 value $5,500. 1908 value $3,000. 1910 value $5,000. 1912-15 insurance rating = 90 restricted to St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario. 1912 value $5,000. 1913 value $4,500. 1914 value $4,000. 191516 value $3,000 ($1,161.28 in improvements). 1917 value $10,000. HIAWATHA's first owner was the Calvin Co. She was aground off Charlotte (Rochester) New York on 5 November 1891. On 12 October 1894 she was adrift on Lake Erie. She had been sold to the Kingston & Montreal Forwarding Co. by 1895 and came to Montreal Transportation Co. when they took over that firm. She was rebuilt in 1909, was aground at Prescott Ontario in June 1912 and was repaired in 1916. She foundered near Galoo Island (southeast of Main Duck Island) near Kingston Ontario on 20 September 1917 while under tow by the Canada Steamship Lines tug MAGNOLIA (C 103690, 367 tons gross) along with the Montreal Transportation Co. barge HILDA. Five men, two women and one child were lost. The only survivor was picked up by the Montreal Transportation Co. steamer McVITTIE. HIAWATHA was carrying coal from Oswego New York to Montreal at the time. Her registry was closed on 1 October 1917. 135