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Kingston Ontario. The steam barge ISAAC MAY (later C 100031 892 tons) and all three of her consorts (including MUSKOKA) were seized by a US Marshall in 1883 for non-payment of a mortgage of $84,000. In 1884-86 her owner was R. Moat of Montreal. In 1887 she was leased to Crosthwaite & Case of Buffalo New York to engage in the Georgian Bay lumber trade. She was rebuilt, including a new deck, in 1889-90 while owned by A. Muir et al of Toronto. During 1892-1901 she was owned by the Collins Bay Forwarding & Rafting Co. MUSKOKA went aground at Sand Beach Michigan on the west side of Lake Huron on 30 April 1897. Her crew were taken off. MUSKOKA came to Montreal Transportation Co. when Collins Bay Forwarding and Rafting was wound up. Montreal Transportation Co. bought her for the coal trade. She was rebuilt in 1902 and repaired in 1915. On 30 September 1918 she was adrift on Lake Ontario. In 1919 she was sold "as is" to A.A. Larocque as part of a $75,000 package along with nine other barges. Her 1920-21 owner was the Atlas Sand Co. (Atlas Transportation) of Montreal. In 1924-27 her owner was Consolidated Sand and then in 1929-34 it was Consolidated Oka Sand and Gravel. She was not in the 1935 Canada List of Shipping, at least not under that name. Alphonse Arsene Larocque (1865-1936) was managing director of SincennesMcNaughton tugs. He bought control of the firm in 1917. SincennesMcNaughton owned Consolidated Sand Co., Touzin Sand and Atlas Transportation as well as other companies. Larocque became a director of the Bank of Hochelaga and then president of the Montreal Dry dock and Ship Repair Co. In 1919 he bought AUGUSTUS and ten smaller Montreal Transportation Co. barges (CONDOR, DAKOTA, DORCHESTER, DUNMORE, KINGSTON, LAPWING, MUSKOKA, SELKIRK, VALENCIA and WINNIPEG). Muskoka is an area of lakes and forest north of Lake Simcoe. In early days it was the source of a great deal of lumber and tanbark. It is now a summer resort and cottage area. Montreal Transportation Co. Annual Directors' Reports 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 4 May 1917-8 Oct 1918; Montreal Transportation Co. Kingston Grain Ledgers 29 November 1912-8 Oct 1914, 17 May-24 Oct 1917, 20 July-18 November 1917; Montreal Transportation Co. Ships' Logs Mary May 1918, Mary P. Hall 3 June 1918-30 November 1918 and P.B. McNaughton MaySept 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; Board of Lake Underwriters (Buffalo) Lake Vessel Register 1878; Bureau Veritas Great Lakes Register 1914 and 1915; Canada List of Shipping 1877, 1895, 1910, 1912, 1918, 1924, 1927, 1929 and 1934; Directory of the Marine Interests of the Great Lakes 1884; Green's Marine Directory of the Great Lakes 1916 and 1920; Greenwood Namesakes 19201929; Inland Lloyd's Vessel Register Canadian Hulls 1892 and 1897; Mills List; Milwaukee Public Library Great Lakes Marine Collection; British Whig 19 May 1880; Canadian Railway & 163