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128 VALENCIA composite schooner barge (C 92394). 1902-1919. 568.62 tons gross, 542.82 tons register, 178.0'. Built at Garden Island Ontario in 1888 by Thomas O'Brien for the Calvin Co. Three short masts. Round stern. 1892 rated A2 and valued at $20,000. 1897 rated A2½ and valued at $16,000. 1902 value $6,000. 1903 value $5,400. 1906-08 value $4,000. 1910 value $4,500. 1912 value $4,500. 1913-14 value $4,000. 1914 rated 85 (A1¾) and restricted to Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. 1915 value $3,500. 1916 value $3,000. 1917 value $8,000. 1918 value $6,800. 1919 value $5,600. VALENCIA was a consort for Calvin's steam barge D.D. CALVIN (C 83298, 750 tons gross). She was given new decks in 1894. Her ownership was transferred to Montreal Transportation Co. while the Calvin family was represented on the Montreal Transportation Co. board. Repaired in 1910 and in 1915, she was sold "as is" in 1919 to A.A. Larocque as part of a $75,000 package along with nine other barges. Larocque registered her under his Sincennes-McNaughton corporate name. Her registry was transferred from Kingston Ontario to Montreal on 3 April 1919. Sincennes NcNaughton traded her to the Webster Steamship Co., with which W.Q. Stobo was associated. In 1921 she was owned by the Canadian Import Co. of Montreal (W.Q. Stobo). In 1922-25 she was directly owned by Stobo. Her last owner was shown as the St. Lawrence Stevedoring Co. (also W.Q. Stobo) of Montreal. For all practical purposes her ownership was therefore stable from 1919 to 1926 when she was broken up. Alphonse Arsene Larocque (1865-1936) was the managing director of Sincennes-McNaughton tugs. He bought control of the firm in 1917. Sincennes-McNaughton owned Consolidated Sand Co., Touzin Sand and Atlas Transportation as well as other companies. Larocque became a director of the Bank of Hochelaga and 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). Montreal Transportation Co. Annual Directors' Reports 1902, 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; Montreal Transportation Co. Kingston Grain Ledgers 25 March-6 Aug 1903, 25 April-27 November 1903, 13 June-7 Dec 1903, 21 May-17 Dec 1904, 17 Aug-24 November 1904, 15 June-26 Sept 1905, 19 July-22 November 1905, 28 Sept-6 Dec 1905, 29 November 1912-8 Oct 1914, 22 April-31 Oct 1914, 20 July-18 November 1917; Montreal Transportation Co. Ships' Logs Mary 4 May 1917-8 Oct 1918 and Mary P. Hall 3 June 1918-30 November 1918; Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; American Bureau of Shipping Great Lakes Register 1919 and 1921; Bureau Veritas Great Lakes Register 1913 and 1914; Canada List of Shipping 1895 and 1910; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Green's Marine Directory of the Great Lakes 1916; Greenwood Namesakes 1920-1929; Inland Lloyd's Vessel Register Canadian Hulls 1892 and 1897; Lloyd's Register 1919, 1920 and 1922; Marine Museum of the Great Lakes Canadian Ship Registers on line; Mercantile Navy List 1892, 1897, 183