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Hulls 1890, 1892 and 1897; Marine Museum of the Great Lakes Canadian Ship Registers on line; British Whig 11-13 and 17 May, 17 June, 7 and 27 July, 2 August and 28 September 1881, 13 May 1882, 20 September and 6 October 1883, 12 May and 7 June 1884, 16 July 1889; Cleveland Herald 26 July 1881; Collingwood Bulletin 2 January 1919; Marine Record 7 April 1887; Marine Review 24 March 1898; Neilson "Montreal Transportation Company" Freshwater 1989. 74 KANSAS river barge (C 70293). 1883-1899. 404 tons new measurement, 357.42 "unit tons". 148.0'. Capacity 24,000 bushels. Built by F. Cantin at Quebec City and launched in June 1874. No masts. Round stern. 1878 rated 1 and valued at $8,500. 1884 rated A2. 1890 rated 00 (uninsurable). Thomas Workman of Montreal was the first owner of KANSAS although she was towed by Montreal Transportation Co.'s tug GLIDE at least once in 1875. In 1878 she was owned by the St. Lawrence & Chicago Forwarding Co. and came to Montreal Transportation Co. in 1883 when they took over that firm. She was in the coal trade out of Oswego New York in 1883 and was repaired in the Montreal Transportation Co.'s Kingston Ontario yard in 1884. Broken up. Her registry was closed on 27 April 1899. Many of Thomas Workman's barges were named after American grain-growing states. J. Gaskin Letter Book 1884-86; Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; Board of Lake Underwriters Lake Vessel Register 1878; Canada List of Shipping 1877 and 1895; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Directory of the Marine Interests of the Great Lakes 1884; Inland Lloyd's Vessel Register Canadian Hulls 1890; Marine Museum of the Great Lakes Canadian Ship Registers on line; Mercantile Navy List 1892 and 1897; British Whig 24 May 1881, 3 May and 6 October 1883 and 29 August 1884; Kingston Daily News 22 July 1874, 10 October 1975 and 5 June 1876; Marine Record 7 April 1887. 75 KILDONAN composite schooner barge later river barge (C 92548). 1888-1916. 522.78 tons gross, 499.06 tons net, 174.1' (between perpendiculars?). Capacity 40,000 bushels. Built in 1888 at Kingston Ontario by Ainsley. Steel frame. Three masts. Round stern. 1890 and 1892 rated A2 and valued at $20,000. 1902 value $6,000. 1903 value $5,400. 1906 value $5,000. 1908, 1910-12 value $4,000. 1913 value $3,500. 1914-15 insurance rating = 85 restricted to Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence River only. 1914 value $3,000 with the same restrictions. 1915 value $2,000. 1919 restricted to lower Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. 1921 insurance rating = 85 coarse freight only [see definitions] and restricted to Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. KILDONAN was stranded near Nicholson's Island (off Brighton Ontario) on 22 October 1898 along with the Montreal Transportation Co. barge HECTOR. Both barges were under the tow of the Montreal Transportation Co. tug JAMES A. WALKER while on passage from Charlotte (Rochester) New York to 146