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NEWBORO's first owner was George Chaffey. She was intended for the Rideau ore and lumber trades. In 1868 she was owned by George Mathieson Kinghorn of Kingston Ontario. She sank about 1876 but was refloated. She sank again in the Beauharnois Canal in 1880 and was removed from the register on 12 March of that year. Named after the Rideau lake port. Many of Chaffey's barges had Rideau associated names. Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; Board of Lake Underwriters (Buffalo) Marine Register 1863; Bush Commercial Navigation of the Rideau Canal; Canada List of Shipping 1877; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Directory of the Marine Interests of the Great Lakes 1884; Inland Lloyd's Vessel Register Canadian Hulls 1897; Marine Museum of the Great Lakes Canadian Ship Registers on line; Mills Barges and Scows Before 1890. 101 OAK LEAF river barge. 1869-1877. 192.57 tons register, 110.4'. Built by H. McKinnon at St. Anicet Canada East in 1864. Round stern. 1866 rated 1 and valued at $3,500. Rankin and Stickler were the owners of OAK LEAF in 1866. She sank in Lac St. Francis in November 1869 with a cargo of wheat. The Montreal Transportation Co. barge SAGUENAY was lost at the same time. OAK LEAF was raised but eventually broken up. Her registry was closed on 10 March 1880. Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; Board of Lake Underwriters Lake Vessel Register 1866; Canada List of Shipping 1877; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Marine Museum of the Great Lakes Canadian Ship Registers on line; Mills Barges and Scows Before 1890; Kingston Daily News 2 June and 1 November 1869. ONEIDA see MAGGIE 102 ONONDAGA river barge (C 80913). 1883-1884. 364.01 tons gross, 320 tons register, 136.9'. Capacity 20,000 bushels. Built by Henry Roney at Garden Island Ontario in 1870. No masts. Round stern. 1874 rated 1 and valued at $9,500. 1878 rated 1 and valued at $7,800. 1890 rated B1½ and valued at $4,000. Originally a Calvin & Breck vessel, ONONDAGA went aground on Galoo Isl. Shoal in the NE corner of Lake Ontario on 3 November 1876 while in tow by the American tug W.M. GARDNER (U 80279, 107 tons new measurement) en route to Montreal with a cargo of coal. She went to St. Lawrence & Chicago Forwarding in 1878 and was one of seven of their barges involved when the steamer BOHEMIAN (1,139 tons register) broke the gate of Lock Two in the Lachine Canal in 1880. She was rebuilt and given an official number during 1882-83. 166