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24 October 1875, 30 June, 3 July and 2 and 28 September 1876, 1 June 1877; Marine Record 7 April 1887 and 31 March 1898; Marine Review 24 March 1898 and 6 April 1899. 80 LAPWING composite river barge ex schooner (C 96918). 1906-1918. 536.11 tons gross, 515.71 tons register, 175.7' (between perpendiculars?) 182' (overall). Capacity 40,000 bushels. Built at Garden Island Ontario in 1892. Iron frame. Two masts. Round stern. Rig reduced and classed as a river barge by 1897. 1897 rated A2, valued at $15,500 and noted that she required repairs. 1906 value $5,500. 1908-12 value $5,000. 1913 value $4,500. 1914 value $7,500. 1914-15 insurance rating = 85 restricted to Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. 1915 value $6,500. 1916 value $6,000. 1917 value $14,000. 1918 value $11,900. 1919 value $9,800. 1921 insurance rating 90 restricted to Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. The Calvin Co. was both LAPWING's builder and first owner. She came to Montreal Transportation Co. from the Kingston & Montreal Forwarding Co. when they took over that firm. She was repaired in 1914. She was sold "as is" to A.A. Larocque as part of a $75,000 package with nine other barges. In 1920 her owner was Atlas Transportation. In 1921-29, she was owned by Sincennes-McNaughton directly and after that by Consolidated Oka Sand and Gravel Co. (a Sin-Mac subsidiary). She sank near Sorel Quebec on 16 September 1932. Her registry was closed five days later on 21 September. Montreal Transportation Co. Annual Directors' Reports 1906, 1908, 1910 and 1913-19; Montreal Transportation Co. Charter (1917) Schedule A; Montreal Transportation Co. Directors' Minutes 14 January 1919; Montreal Transportation Co. Engineers' Logs Mary P. Hall 4 May 1917-8 Oct 1918 and John C. Mann; Montreal Transportation Co. Kingston Grain Ledgers 21 April-24 May 1906, 29 November 1912-8 Oct 1914, 8 Oct-22 November 1915; Montreal Transportation Co. Ships' Logs Mary May 1918, Mary P. Hall 3 June 1918-30 November 1918 and P.B. McNaughton May-Sept 1918; 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, 1929 and 1930; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Green's Marine Directory of the Great Lakes 1916 and 1920; Greenwood Namesakes 1910-1919; Inland Lloyd's Vessel Register Canadian Hulls 1897; Marine Museum of the Great Lakes Canadian Ship Registers on line; Mercantile Navy List 1897, 1919, 1921, 1923, 1925 and 1928-31; Swainson A Shipping Empire: Garden Island; Canadian Railway & Marine World April 1906 and June 1917; Detroit Marine Historian September 1952. LaSALLE see SELKIRK. 81 LION river barge. 1883-1884. 203.28 unit tons. 107.8'. Capacity 13,000 bushels. Built at Montreal in 1863 by George Tait. No masts. Round stern. 1864 rated A and valued at $6,000. 1866 rated 1 and valued at $3,000. 1878 rated 2 and valued at $3,000. 1884 rated B1½. George Tate, her builder, was LION's first owner. In 1869-70 she was owned by J.H. Henderson. She was repaired in 1870-71. In 1874-83 she was owned 150