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In 1870-1877 EUROPE's owner was S. Neelon, a large shipowner. She was rebuilt in 1883 and assigned her official number. She burned on 20 April 1884 in the Welland Canal at St. Catharines Ontario when her owner was Graham Bros. Montreal Transportation Co. bought her and her registry was transferred to Montreal on 23 July 1886. She was renamed, lengthened and rebuilt as a lake barge at Kingston 1886-87. She, with the Montreal Transportation Co. barges BRANDON and JENNIE, was being towed by the Montreal Transportation Co. tug THOMSON en route to Duluth Minnesota when a very severe storm struck them south of Isle Royale on 2 October 1888. BRANDON sank, JENNIE was heavily damaged and REGINA became waterlogged. In August of 1892 REGINA was leaking at Ludington Michigan and the leak was plugged by washing sawdust into the openings from the outside. Her bottom was later properly caulked. Her rig was cut down and she became a river barge by 1895. On 29 November 1901 she struck a pier in the Cardinal Canal and sank with a cargo of cement. The 1902 Montreal Transportation Co. Directors' Report stated she had been lost but she continued to appear in the company books. She sank again on 12 November 1907 along with Montreal Transportation Co.'s barge HURON when the steamer NEEPEWAH (C 102579, 1,799 tons gross) broke the gate of Lock One in the Lachine Canal. REGINA had 25,000 bushels of grain on board, all of which were lost. She was abandoned to the underwriters and her remains were broken up on the spot as they were a hazard to navigation. Her registry was closed on 8 March 1908. Renamed after the North West Territories town that was the centre of a large grain growing area in what is now Saskatchewan. Regina, the "Queen City", is now the capital of the province. Montreal Transportation Co. Annual Directors' Reports 1902, 1903 and 1906; Montreal Transportation Co. Directors' Minutes 26 June and 12 December1907; Montreal Transportation Co. Kingston Grain Ledgers 22 June-4 July 1900, 14 June-24 November 1901, 8 July 1901-29 May 1902, 28 April-26 November 1902, 25 March-6 Aug 1903, 25 April-27 November 1903, 819 November 1903, 7 May-15 Sept 1904, 17 Aug-24 November 1904, 29 April-23 June 1905, 19 July-22 November 1905, 21 April-24 May 1906, 22 April-28 May 1906; Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; Bowling Green Great Lakes Vessels Online Index; Canada List of Shipping 1895 and 1910; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Inland Lloyd's Vessel Register Canadian Hulls 1892 and 1897; Lloyd's Register 1900 and 1905; Marine Museum of the Great Lakes Canadian Ship Registers on line; Mercantile Navy List 1892 and 1897; Mills Barges and Scows Before 1890; Milwaukee Public Library Great Lakes Marine Collection; New Mills List; British Whig 20 July 1886, 20 April 1887 and 5 October 1888; Detroit Free Press 29 August 1892; Duluth News Tribune 30 November 1901; Marine Record 7 April and 10 May1887; Marine Review 24 March 1898. 110 RELIEF river barge. 1872-1878. 160 tons new measurement, 149 tons register, 101.8'. Capacity 11,000 bushels. Built at Sorel Quebec by McCarthy in 1861. 171