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G. Droulet. Low-pressure single-cylinder engine = 200 rated horsepower. Original cost $30,000. 1873 rated A1 and valued at $26,000. 1878 rated A2 and valued at $15,000. 1884 was rated A2. 1890 noted required repairs. 1897 rated B1 and valued at $7,000. 1903, 1906-08 value $500. Hugh McLennan was ACTIVE's original owner. She was hauled out at Kingston in 1874 and given a new "wheel" (propeller) "in order to suit her towing on the lake". In 1880-81, she was towing coal barges Oswego New York ­ Kingston for the Kingston & Pembroke Railway, as well as towing barges Kingston - Prescott Ontario in the forwarding trade. She broke her propeller in Lake Erie off Port Stanley Ontario in 1882 with the Montreal Transportation Co. barges GLENORA and JOHN GASKIN in tow but continued slowly to Port Colborne Ontario. Her stern bearing was repaired and her hull caulked in April 1883. In August of 1883, the Whig reported that she had suffered two mechanical breakdowns within a few days. She was laid up for part of 1884 due to lack of business and was mostly rebuilt at Portsmouth Ontario during the winter of 1884-85 when $4,000 was spent on her. Among other things, she got a new stern at that time. When she returned to service part way through 1885 she and the barges GLENORA and JOHN GASKIN were chartered to Ogilvie Flour to run Duluth Minnesota - Kingston with grain, returning to Port Arthur Ontario on Lake Superior with coal. The tug DAVID G. THOMSON relieved her on this charter at the beginning of the next season. ACTIVE was rebuilt in 1891-92 at a cost of $16,000. She was broken up in 1902 and her registry was closed on 11 November 1911. J. Gaskin letterbook 1884-86; Montreal Transportation Co. Annual Directors' Reports 1903 and 1908; Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; Board of Lake Underwriters Lake Vessel Register 1878; Canada List of Shipping 1877, 1895 and 1910; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Canadian Lake Underwriters Lake Vessel Register 1874; Directory of the Marine Interests of the Great Lakes 1884; Inland Lloyd's Vessel Register Canadian Hulls 1890 and 1897; Lloyd's Register 1900; Mercantile Navy List 1897; Miramar Ship Index; New Mills List; British Whig 12 May 1879, 8 September and 21 October 1882, 1 May and 10 August 1883, 9 June 1884, 20 March and 23 April 1885 and 28 November 1890; Kingston Daily News 1 and 6 October 1873 and 9 May 1874; Marine Review 24 December 1891; Neilson "Montreal Transportation Company" Freshwater 1989. 3 ADVANCE ex SIR S.L. TILLEY composite steam barge ex package freighter (C 28632). 1904-1921. Original as package freighter: 1,177.77 tons gross, 669.15 tons net, 168.0' (between perpendiculars). After 1904 rebuild as a bulk carrier: 1,031 tons gross and 568 tons net, 175' (between perpendiculars). Capacity 37,000 bushels of wheat = 1,100 tons or 450,000 board feet (would carry 1,200 tons at a 14' draft). Launched as a package freighter on 8 May 1884 at St. Catharines Ontario by L. Shickluna. Iron frame. Round stern. Fore & aft compound engine = 510 indicated horsepower, 116.26 rated horsepower. Cost variously reported as about $80,000 and about $100,000. 1906 value $21,000. 1908 value $20,000. 1910 value $15,000, 1912 value $16,000. 1913 value $15,000, insurance rating 90. 1914 15