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She was cut down to a bulk carrier at the St. Lawrence Marine Railway in Ogdensburg New York during 1912-13. At that time, she was fitted with steel arches and steel plate on her bows for protection in ice conditions. She collided with the tug DOLPHIN (C 80680, 70 tons gross) on 17 August 1915 off Dorval in Lac St. Louis. McVITTIE was on passage Oswego - Montreal. DOLPHIN was a total loss. The American Panama Canal Act of 1915 forced the railways to sell their Great Lakes fleets. John Hannan (Ogdensburg Coal & Towing) became her registered owner. McVITTIE was sold twice in 1917, first to W. McDougald of Sault Ste. Marie Ontario, who brought her under Canadian registry, and then by him to Montreal Transportation Co. Montreal Transportation Co. usually used her as a collier. She was aground at Rock Island in the Alexandria Bay narrows on 9 August 1918 while on passage Oswego - Montreal with a cargo of coal and was towed to Kingston. McVITTIE was damaged in a storm on Lake Ontario in October 1918. She took out a gate of Lock 12 on the Welland Canal on 15 November 1918. She was in a dry dock in Buffalo New York in September 1919. In October of 1919, she suffered storm damage on Lake Ontario and was laid up at Kingston where she settled to the bottom on 21 November. She was soon abandoned to the underwriters. The vessel was raised and moved to the inner harbour in May 1922. Her remains were raised again in July 1925 and scuttled in deep water. She was removed from the register on 5 November 1925. Mr. Alex McVittie (1848-1912), was born in New Brunswick. He was an employee and later the president of Detroit Dry Dock. Montreal Transportation Co. Annual Directors' Reports 1918-20; Montreal Transportation Co. Directors' Minutes 8 October 1917; Montreal Transportation Co. Engineers' Logs A. McVittie 25 April 1918-14 December 1918 and 19 April 1919-10 November 1919, R.G.A. Weaver 1 May-14 Oct 1917; Montreal Transportation Co. Ship's Log A McVittie 25 April 1918-3 December 1918; Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; American Shipmaster's Association Record of American and Foreign Shipping 1898; Bascom and Gillham Early Ships of Canada Steamship Lines; Beeson Steam Vessels of the Northwestern Lakes 1917; Bowling Green Great Lakes Vessels Online Index; Bureau Veritas Great Lakes Register 1913, 1914 and 1915; Canada Annual Report of the Department of Marine and Fisheries 1916; Canada List of Shipping 1918; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Gillham Ships In Trouble 18801950; Greenwood Namesakes 1920-1929; Merchant Vessels of the United States 1896; Milwaukee Public Library Great Lakes Marine Collection; Miramar Ship Index; Moore Kingston Inner Harbour Survey; New Mills List; Buffalo Enquirer 6 May 1895; Buffalo Morning Express 25 October 1893; Detroit Marine Historian October 1952; Marine Record 16 May, 6 June and 15 August 1895; Ogdensburg Journal 20 April 1911; Scanner January 1995. 2 ACTIVE wooden tug (C 100186). 1873-1911. Original: 365 "new" tons, 281 "Inland" or "Custom House measure" tons. 127.2'. As rebuilt 1892: 346 tons gross, 189.7 tons net, 129.3'. Launched in September of 1873 at Montreal by 14