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Kingston. WALKER foundered. There was $2,000 damage to KILDONAN. She was aground on the False Ducks near Kingston on 15 May 1905 while carrying coal. She was sold to the Gulf Pulp and Paper Co. in 1916 for $4,500. Her 1918-19 owner was J.G. Rene Transportation of Montreal. J.G. Rene one of the founders of Atlas Transportation, a subsidiary of Sincennes-McNaughton. Her 1920 owner was given as Atlas Transportation. In 1921-25 she was owned by Sincennes-McNaughton. Her last owner was Consolidated Oka Sand and Gravel, also owned by Sincennes-McNaughton. She was laid up in 1928 and broken up in 1929. Kildonan was a grain producing area in Manitoba. Montreal Transportation Co. Annual Directors' Reports 1902, 1903, 1906, 1908, 1910 and 1913-16; Montreal Transportation Co. Barge Accounts 1900; Montreal Transportation Co. Directors' Minutes 26 May 1916; Montreal Transportation Co. Kingston Grain Ledgers 1 Jan-1 November 1900, 5 Oct-28 Dec 1900, 14 June-24 November 1901, 28 April-26 November 1902, 30 May 1902-4 May 1903, 25 March-6 Aug 1903, 25 April-27 November 1903, 13 June-7 Dec 1903, 8-19 November 1903, 21 May-17 Dec 1904, 17 Aug-24 November 1904, 5 Oct-24 November 1904, 19 July-22 November 1905, 28 Sept-6 Dec 1905, 21 April-24 May 1906, 29 November 1912-8 Oct 1914, 28 Aug-7 Dec 1903; Montreal Transportation Co. Kingston Letter Books May and June 1914; 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; Bureau Veritas Great Lakes Register 1914 and 1915; Canada List of Shipping 1895, 1910, 1918, 1925 and 1929; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Green's Marine Directory of the Great Lakes 1916 and 1920; Greenwood Namesakes 19201929; Inland Lloyd's Vessel Register Canadian Hulls 1890, 1892 and 1897; Marine Museum of the Great Lakes Canadian Ship Registers on line; Mercantile Navy List 1897, 1919, 1921, 1923 and 1925; Canadian Railway & Marine World ; Canadian Railway & Shipping World November 1898; Detroit Marine Historian April 1952; Marine Review 24 March 1898. 76 KINGHORN composite river barge. 1871-1897. 303 tons gross, 262 tons register, 131.0'. Capacity 20,000 bushels. Iron frame built by London & Glasgow Engineering & Shipbuilding Co.'s Middleton yard at Govan Scotland on the Clyde. Yard #152. Frame assembled and vessel built by J.B. Auger at Montreal in 1871. 2 iron watertight bulkheads. 1874 rated 1 and valued at $12,000. 1878 rated 1 and valued at $10,500. 1884 rated A1½. 1890 rated A1½ and valued at $11,000. 1892 rated A2 and valued at $10,000. KINGHORN was rebuilt in 1880 and 1890. She foundered in 28m (90') of water on 26 April 1897 while under tow by the Montreal Transportation Co. tug JAMES A. WALKER just off Rockport Ontario She was carrying wheat from Kingston Ontario to Montreal. Her hull is buoyed and is now a popular dive site. She was not removed from the register until 9 February 1915. WALKER frequently towed the barges KINGHORN and MINNEDOSA together in the grain trade from the lakehead [see definitions]. George M. Kinghorn, a Kingston merchant, shipowner and forwarder, was one of the founders of Montreal Transportation Co. 147