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The first owner of this barge in 1877 was L. Lalonde of Coteau Landing. Putting together the information in different entries in the British Whig, she was chartered by Montreal Transportation Co. in 1879 and may have been bought by them in the fall of 1880. She was one of five Montreal Transportation Co. barges involved in the BOHEMIAN (1,139 tons register) incident of 1880 when the basin above Lock Two in the Lachine Canal was drained by the collision of the steamer with the lock gate. LALONDE got 4' of water in her hold and lost 3,000 bushels of her cargo. Her 1884 owner was Paradis of Montreal. She foundered on Lake Ontario in 1884 and her registry was closed on 2 April 1887. Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; Canada List of Shipping 1877; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Marine Museum of the Great Lakes Canadian Ship Registers on line; British Whig 4 May, 30 June, 2 and 6 July 1880 and 25 March 1881; Kingston Daily News 7, 10 and 30 June 1879 and 25 March and 6 July 1881. 84 McCARTHY river barge ex lake barge. 1871-1913. 270 tons new measurement, 254 tons register, 124.9'. Capacity 16,500 bushels. Built at Sorel Quebec by McCarthy in 1871. Rig cut down to a river barge by 1874. Round stern. 1874 rated 1 out of a possible 3 and valued at $7,000. 1878 rated 2 and valued at $5,000. 1884 rated A2. 1897 rated B1, valued at $3,400 and noted required repairs. McCARTHY was presumably bought to fill out the fleet capacity during the glut of grain at the time. She was rebuilt during 1881-82 and was on the Empire (floating) dock at Kingston Ontario in 1883 for repairs. She was also repaired in 1891 and 1894. She was broken up at Sorel in 1913 and was removed from the register on 12 December that year. The McCarthy family of Prescott Ontario, who owned the Grenville Brewery founded in 1869 and also owned at least two barges (see ALFRED and ONONDAGA), may have been related to the McCarthy family of Sorel who were shipbuilders and operators. 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 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; Mills Barges and Scows Before 1890; British Whig 19 September 1881 and 31 August 1883; Kingston Daily News 21 August 1871; 9 September 1872, 27 October 1873, 29 June and 5 October 1874, 24 October 1875, 1 August, 2 September and 5 October 1876 and 11 May 1880; Marine Record 7 April 1887; Marine Review 24 March 1898. McLACHLAN see MARY E. McLACHLAN 152