Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Montreal Transportation Co., 1868-1921, p. 187

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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). In 1919 WINNIPEG's owner was Atlas Transportation, a subsidiary of Larocque's Sincennes-McNaughton. At least 1921-33 she was owned by Sincennes-McNaughton and then Sin-Mac. She was renamed NORTHLAND on 23 February 1924 and then COMPTON on 25 January 1926. Lewis and Neilson state that WINNIPEG was renamed WOODLANDS in 1918 but Canadian Railway & Marine World and Mercantile Navy List 1923 both stated that WOODLANDS was the former American barge MIDDLESEX. The last year she was found in the List of Shipping was 1933. Montreal Transportation Co. Annual Directors' Reports 1903, 1908, 1910-11 and 1913-19; Montreal Transportation Co. Charter (1917) Schedule A; Montreal Transportation Co. Directors' Minutes 14 January 1919; Montreal Transportation Co. Engineers' Logs Mary P. Hall and John C. Mann; Montreal Transportation Co. Kingston Grain Ledgers 23 April-14 July 1900, 25 April26 July 1900, 5 May-4 Aug 1900, 27 July 1900-14 June 1901, 27 July 1900-26 June 1901, 29 June-6 Dec 1901, 8 July 1901-29 May 1902, 14 July-12 Aug 1902, 25 March-6 Aug 1903, 25 April-27 November 1903, 13 June-7 Dec 1903, 28 Aug-7 Dec 1903, 21 May-17 Dec 1904, 29 April-15 June 1905, 29 April-23 June 1905, 15 June-26 Sept 1905, 19 July-22 November 1905, 21 April-24 May 1906, 29 November 1912-8 Oct 1914, 30 Aug-16 November 1917; Montreal Transportation Co. Ships' Logs Mary May 1918, Mary P. Hall 3 June 1918-30 November 1918 and P.B. McNaughton May-Sept 1918; Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; American Bureau of Shipping Great Lakes Register 1919 and 1921; Bascom and Gillham Early Ships of Canada Steamship Lines; Bureau Veritas Great Lakes Register 1913 and 1914; Canada List of Shipping 1895 and 1910; Green's Marine Directory of the Great Lakes 1916; Inland Lloyd's Vessel Register Canadian Hulls 1897; Inland Lloyd's Vessel Register 1907; Lewis and Neilson The River Palace; Lloyd's Register 1919, 1920 and 1922; Marine Museum of the Great Lakes Canadian Ship Registers on line; Mercantile Navy List 1897, 1919, 1921, 1923, 1925, 1927 and 1933; British Whig 4 November 1911; Detroit Marine Historian February 1953; Marine Review 22 March 1894 and 24 March 1898. 135 WINONA river barge (C 70295). 1883-1890. 250 tons new measurement, 227.23 "unit tons", 121.0'. Capacity 16,000 bushels. Built by F. Cantin at Quebec City, launched in June 1874. No masts. Round stern. 1878 rated 1 and valued at $6,000. 1882 rated A2 and valued at $5,000. 1884 rated A2. WINONA's first owner that could be found was Thomas Workman of Montreal. By 1877 she was owned by Coulthurst (St. Lawrence & Chicago Forwarding) and she came to Montreal Transportation Co. in 1883 when they took over that firm. She got some new frames in 1885. Condemned in 1886. She was rebuilt in 1886-87. In 1891-1915 her owner was shown as Francois Sauve of Beauharnois Quebec. She was removed from the register on 26 August 1916 as she was presumed to be "out of existence". 187

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