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carrying and suffered hull damage. She was repaired in 1881. During further extensive repairs she was given new deck planks, floor, ceiling, bilge cheeks, steam pump well, keelson and some frames during 1883-84 at Portsmouth Ontario Noted as required repairs in 1892 and 1897. Had large repairs in 1897. She was sold in 1902 (when shown in Montreal Transportation Co. Directors' Report as "on hand but of no value"). In 1910-15 her owner was Alphonse Desrosiers of Lanoraie Quebec according to the List of Shipping, but she was not shown in the Mercantile Navy List for that period. Broken up. Her registry was closed on 4 January 1916. J. Gaskin Letter Book 1884-86; Montreal Transportation Co. Directors' Annual Report 1902; Montreal Transportation Co. Kingston grain ledger 24 Apr-22 June 1900; Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; Association of Canadian Lake Underwriters Marine Register 1874; Board of Lake Underwriters (Buffalo) Lake Vessel Register 1878; Canada List of Shipping 1877, 1895, 1910, 1912 and 1915; Directory of the Marine Interests of the Great Lakes 1884; Inland Lloyd's Vessel Register Canadian Hulls 1890, 1892 and 1897; Mercantile Navy List 1898 and 1904; Mills Barges and Scows Before 1890; British Whig 22 May 1880, 19 November 1884, 20 and 31 March 1885; Kingston Daily News 19 December 1869, 19 December 1870, 1 September 1873 and 7 May 1874, 6 July and 5 October 1876; Marine Record 7 April 1887; Marine Review 24 March 1898. 134 WINNIPEG composite schooner barge (C 100711). 1893-1919. 734.27 tons gross, 681.08 tons register, 179.5'. Built by Ainsley at the Kingston Ontario yard of Montreal Transportation Co. in 1893. Composite (steel band on iron frames). Originally three masts but was cut down to two by 1911 (as shown in the background of a photo of the tug POLANA (C 126930, 296 tons gross) under construction at Kingston). Round stern. 1897 value $25,000 and rated A2½. 1903 value $8,500. 1906 value $7,500. 1907 value $16,000 and rated A1½. 1908-12 value $7,000. 1913 value $6,500. 1914 value $6,000. 191321 insurance rating 90. 1915-16 value $5,500 ($1,500 in improvements 1916). 1917 value $12,000. 1918 value $10,200. 1919 value $8,400 and needed repairs. Restricted to waters between Port Colborne Ontario and Montreal. 1921 restricted to Lake Erie, Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. WINNIPEG sank off Farran's Point in the St. Lawrence on 15 September 1911 but was raised by Hackett. She went into the Kingston Dry Dock for repairs. She was aground again in June of 1912 and in July of 1913 grounded on the Bay State Shoal in the St. Lawrence River. Repaired in 1915, she was aground again (with the Montreal Transportation Co. barge CONDOR) near Bill Johnson's Light in the St. Lawrence in May 1917. WINNIPEG was sold "as is" in 1919 to A.A. Larocque as part of a $75,000 package along with nine other barges. 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 186