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up at an inappropriate location that effectively narrowed the entrance to the river. Her main boom and fore gaff were repaired and work done to her deck and caulking in 1884. In November of 1885 she wound up broadside on the head of Stag Island in the St. Clair River during fog. She was loaded with ore at the time. GODFREY was docked for caulking and repairs in 1886. Her crew left her after being urged to do so by union men while in Cleveland Ohio in 1887 but soon returned. She suffered storm damage in November 1890. On 10 July 1891 she ran aground in the St. Mary's River. Her owner in 1894 was Farwell Navigation. In 1896 she was bought by Wm. Dulac for $14,000. Between 1898 and 1903 she was registered at Detroit and often engaged in the coal and ore trades. She was rebuilt in 1899. Most of her crew deserted her in 1902 when she was loading iron ore at Duluth Minnesota. They said she was overloaded. The cargo was then lightered [see definitions] to bring her up to her waterline. Her bottom was caulked in 1902 and she was dry docked in 1904. She was being towed by CHARLES A. STREET (U 126485, 512 tons gross) on Lake Huron when STREET caught fire in 1908. GODFREY's crew rescued STREET's crew. She was aground in the Niagara River on 5 November 1911. GODFREY's beam was reduced from 34' 10" to 29' 8" at Detroit in 1911-12. By 1914 GODREY's owner was the Grace Harbor Lbr. Co. Montreal Transportation Co. chartered her (from Oswego Navigation Co.) in 1917-18 to move coal and bought her in 1919 for $15,000 as part of an $186,000 package with NICARAGUA, MELVIN S. BACON and AVON. Oswego Navigation was legally an American company, with vessels registered in the United States, but headquartered and owned in Montreal by R.M. Wolvin et al, who also controlled Montreal Transportation Co. and was part of the Canada Steamship Lines syndicate. Her ownership was transferred to Canada Steamship Lines in 1921 as part of the final winding up of the Montreal Transportation Co. fleet. She was laid up in 1928 and broken up in 1938. J.A. Godfrey (1839-1882) was a Michigan lumberman. Montreal Transportation Co. Annual Directors' Report 1920; Montreal Transportation Co. Directors' Minutes 8 October 1917, 11 June 1918, 18 February 1919 and 11 November 1921; Montreal Transportation Co. Engineers' Logs India 4 Sept-4 Dec 1917 and Mary P. Hall 1 Sept10 Dec 1918; Montreal Transportation Co. Kingston Grain Ledgers 6 May-15 November 1918, 22 May-24 November 1918; Montreal Transportation Co. Ships' Logs Mary 3 June-30 November 1918, Mary P. Hall 3 June 1918-30 November 1918, P.B. McNaughton May-Sept 1918 and D.G. Thomson 30 Aug-14 Dec 1919; Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; American Bureau of Shipping Great Lakes Register 1921; American Shipmaster's Association Record of American and Foreign Shipping 1898 and 1900; Bascom and Gillham Early Ships of Canada Steamship Lines; Bowling Green Great Lakes Vessels Online Index; Bureau Veritas Great Lakes Register 1914; Canada List of Shipping 1925; Directory of the Marine Interests of the Great Lakes 1884; Greenwood Namesakes 1930-1955; Lloyd's Inland Register 1907; Lloyd's Register 1920-22; Mercantile Navy List 1923 and 1925; Merchant 143