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River but was raised. Her owner at the end of 1915 was A. King of Marine City Michigan. BACON was sold to the Lake and River Transportation Co. (R.M. Wolvin) of Montreal in 1916, but still registered in the USA. Montreal Transportation Co. chartered her in 1918 (from Oswego Navigation Co., also owned by R.M. Wolvin) to move coal and then bought her early the next year for $30,000 as part of a package with NICARAGUA, JEREMIAH GODFREY and AVON. Her ownership was transferred to Canada Steamship Lines in 1921 as part of the final winding up of the Montreal Transportation Co. fleet. She was quickly resold to Sincennes-McNaughton. They sold her in 1924 to Dominion Towing and Salvage of Midland and she was broken up in 1930. Montreal Transportation Co. Annual Directors' Report 1920; Montreal Transportation Co. Directors' Minutes 9 October 1917, 11 June 1918, 18 February 1919 and 11 November 1921; Montreal Transportation Co. Engineers' Logs India 4 Sept-4 Dec 1917 and M.P. Hall; Montreal Transportation Co. Kingston Grain Ledgers 20 July-18 November 1917, 30 Aug-16 November 1917, 6 May-15 November 1918, 22 May-24 November 1918; Montreal Transportation Co. Ships' Logs Mary 4 May 1917-8 Oct 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; American Shipmaster's Association Record of American and Foreign Shipping 1897-1900; Bascom and Gillham Early Ships of Canada Steamship Lines; Board of Lake Underwriters (Buffalo) Lake Vessel Register 1878; Bowling Green Great Lakes Vessels Online Index; Bureau Veritas Great Lakes Register 1914; Canada List of Shipping 1927; Greenwood Namesakes 1920-29; Lloyd's Register 1920-22 and 1930; Mercantile Navy List 1921, 1923, 1924, 1925 and 1929; Milwaukee Public Library Great Lakes Marine Collection; Detroit Marine Historian February 1952; Schell "Canada Steamship Lines" Belgian Shiplover 2/73. 92 MILWAUKEE river barge. 1872-1883. 385 tons gross, 352 tons register, 147.6'. Capacity 22,000 bushels. Built by J.B. Auger at Montreal in 1872. 1874 rated 1 and valued at $10,500. 1878 rated 1 and valued at $6,500. 1880 valued at $3,000. 1883 value $3,000. Striking a shoal and grounding in the Alexandria Bay New York narrows on 6 June 1876 was the first event that could be found about this barge. She had a cargo of 21,500 bushels of corn on board of which 16,000 were damaged. She was refloated and towed to Kingston Ontario two days later by the tug LADY FRANKLIN (C 61133, 33 tons). In 1880 she was repaired and was given new bilges. She foundered between Main Duck Island and Galoo Island near Kingston on 10 November 1883 while on passage from Charlotte (Rochester) New York to Montreal with a cargo of 550 tons of coal. She and the Montreal Transportation Co. barge SENATOR were being towed by the Montreal Transportation Co. tug DAVID G. THOMSON at the time. Reports vary, but between four and seven lives were lost. Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; Association of Canadian Lake Underwriters Marine Register 1874; Canada List of Shipping 1877; Directory of the Marine Interests of the Great Lakes 1884; Kohl Kingston's Shipwrecks; British Whig 15 November 158