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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 (Buffalo) Lake Vessel Register 1878; Canada List of Shipping 1877, 1895 and 1910; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Directory of the Marine Interests of the Great Lakes 1884; Inland Lloyd's Vessel Register Canadian Hulls 1890, 1892 and 1897; MarHst-L contributors Paul Adamthwaite, David Asprey and Roland Webb; Mills Barges and Scows Before 1890; British Whig 19 September 1881; Buffalo Evening News 30 April 1897; Kingston Daily News 15 and 18 August 1871, 11 August 1873, 16 and 18 October 1875, 13 May and 2 September 1876 and 1 June 1877; Marine Record 7 April 1887; Neilson "Montreal Transportation Company" Freshwater 1989. 77 KINGSTON composite barge (C 103958). 1883-1919. 599 tons gross, 578 register, 181.0' (Bascom and Gillham said 190' but that may have been overall). Built at Montreal Transportation Co.'s Kingston Ontario yard in 1883. Rigged as a lake barge by 1887. 1902 value $15,000. 1903-06 value $14,500. 1908 value $14,000. 1910 value $9,000. 1912 value $8,500. 1913 value $8,000. 1913-15 insurance rating = 90 restricted to Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River only. 1914 value $7,500. 1915 value $6,500. 1916 value $6,000. 1917 value $15,000. 1918 value $12,750. 1919 value $10,500. 1921 insurance rating was 90 restricted to Lake Erie and the St. Lawrence River. The barge KINGSTON was apparently not active on the upper river in 1884 and was not included in the Montreal Transportation Co. fleet list published in the Marine Record in 1887. Rebuilt in 1898? She was ashore somewhere at the foot of Lake Ontario on 5 October 1918 and was soon sold "as is" to A.A. Larocque as part of a $75,000 package along with nine other barges. The real buyer was Sincennes-McNaughton. Her 1920 owner was Atlas Transportation that was owned by Sincennes-McNaughton, who owned her directly in 192127. During 1929-35 her owner was Consolidated Oka Sand and Gravel, owned by Sin-Mac. She was finally scuttled off Becancour Quebec in 1936. As early as the 1850s what is now Kingston Ontario was the operational base of the transshipment or forwarding trade on the upper St. Lawrence. The major commodity moved was grain. Montreal Transportation Co. dominated the trade through most of its existence. J. Gaskin Letter Book 1884-86; Montreal Transportation Co. Annual Directors' Reports 1902, 1903, 1906, 1908, 1910 and 1913-19; Montreal Transportation Co. Charter (1917) Schedule A; Montreal Transportation Co. Directors' Minutes 14 January 1919; Montreal Transportation Co. Engineer's Log Mary P. Hall 1 Sept 1918-10 Dec 1918; Montreal Transportation Co. Kingston Grain Ledgers 1 Jan-1 November 1900, 24 Apr-22 June 1900, 5 May-4 Aug 1900, 14 June-24 November 1901, 8 July 1901-29 May 1902, 28 April-26 November 1902, 30 May 1902-4 May 1903, 14 July-12 Aug 1902, 25 March-6 Aug 1903, 25 April-27 November 1903, 27 April-28 Sept 1905, 19 July-22 November 1905, 28 Sept-6 Dec 1905, 21 April-24 May 1906, 22 April-28 May 1906, 30 Aug-16 November 1917; Montreal Transportation Co. Ships' Logs Mary May 1918, Mary P. Hall 3 June 1918-30 November 1918 and 29 Apr 1919-30 November 1919, P.B. McNaughton May-Sept 1918; Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; American 148