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June in the Rapide du Plat below Prescott Ontario and subsequently grounded on Doran's Island while on passage Trenton Ontario - Quebec City under tow by the Kingston & Montreal Forwarding Co. tug IONA (C 94922, 231 tons gross). SIREN had 800,000' of deals [see definitions] on board at the time. Calvin's tug REGINALD (C 100654, 186 tons reg) pulled her off. After the purchase of Kingston & Montreal Forwarding Co. by Montreal Transportation Co., SIREN was quickly sold for $1,350 although Kingston & Montreal Forwarding Co. continued to be mistakenly shown as owners in the Canada List of Shipping as late as 1917. She was broken up about 1916 and her registry was cancelled on 5 February 1919. Newspapers sometimes spelled her name "Syren". Montreal Transportation Co. Directors' Minutes 10 April 1906; Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; Bascom and Gillham Early Ships of Canada Steamship Lines; Board of Lake Underwriters Lake Vessel Register 1878; Canada List of Shipping 1877, 1895, 1910, 1912 and 1918; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Directory of the Marine Interests of the Great Lakes 1884; Inland Lloyd's Vessel Register Canadian Hulls 1890, 1892 and 1897; Marine Museum of the Great Lakes Canadian Ship Registers on line; Mercantile Navy List 1892 and 1897; Mills Barges and Scows Before 1890; Polk's Marine Directory of the Great Lakes 1888; British Whig 25 March 1881, 29 October 1883, 17 June 1887 and 28 November 1888; Canadian Railway & Marine World April 1906; Detroit Marine Historian January 1953;Marine Record 22 July 1897; Marine Review 28 March 1895 and 2 April 1896; Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin 14 July 1897; Montreal Herald 4 November 1889. 118 STAGHOUND river barge 1869-1874. 139 tons register, 103.4'. Capacity 10,000 bushels. Built at Riviere-du-Loup Quebec in 1869. 1874 rated 2 and valued at $2,200. From 1877 to 1915, STAGHOUND was owned by the Montreal Harbour Commission. Broken up. Her registry was closed on 7 February 1916. Association of Canadian Lake Underwriters Marine Register 1874; Canada List of Shipping 1877, 1895, 1910, 1912 and 1915; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Mills Barges and Scows Before 1890; Kingston Daily News 19 December 1869, 19 December 1870, 26 May and 21 September 1872, 7 and 13 May 1874. 119 STAR No. 1 river barge. 1880-1903. 347 tons new measurement, 321 tons register, 136.3'. Capacity (1883) 21,000 bushels. Built by A. Cantin at Quebec City in 1872 (Lake Vessel Register 1878 and Lloyd's 1892 said in 1873). 1878 rated 1 out of a possible 3 and valued at $6,500. 1884 rated A2. 1890 rated B1 and valued at $4,500. 1892 still rated B1 but valued at $4,000 and required repairs. 1897 rated A2½ and valued at $6,000. 1902-03 value $500. STAR`s 1877 owners were Holcomb & Stewart. Later that year and into 1879, her owner was lumber dealer W. McRossie of Kingston Ontario. She was rebuilt during 1883-84 at Kingston. In 1888 she was chartered to the Ogdensburg Coal and Transport Co. She was repaired in 1894 and in 1897 176