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Montreal Transportation Co. Annual Directors' Reports 1918-20; Montreal Transportation Co. Directors' Minutes 14 April 1917, 10 August 1918 and 11 November 1921; Montreal Transportation Co. Charter (1917) Schedule B; Montreal Transportation Co. Kingston Grain Ledgers 20 July-18 November 1917, 30 Aug-16 November 1917, 6 May-15 November 1918, 22 May-24 November 1918; Montreal Transportation Co. Ship's Log Arabian 30 April-11 Sept 1917, 12 Sept-5 Dec 1917, 1 May-25 June 1918, 26 June-26 Oct 1918; Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; American Bureau of Shipping Great Lakes Register 1919; Bascom and Gillham Early Ships of Canada Steamship Lines; Beeson's Marine Directory 1917; Bowling Green Great Lakes Vessels Online Index; Bureau Veritas Great Lakes Register 1913, 1914 and 1915; Canada List of Shipping 1910, 1915, 1918 and 1939; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Green's Marine Directory of the Great Lakes 1916; Greenwood Namesakes 1930-1955; Lewis and Neilson The River Palace; Lloyd's Register 1900, 1918, 1921 and 1928; Mercantile Navy List 1898, 1904 and 1923; Milwaukee Public Library Great Lakes Marine Collection; Miramar Ship Index; New Mills List; Page "Vessels of the Canada Steamship Lines Fleet"; Buffalo Enquirer 22 and 26 July 1892; Canadian Railway & Marine World April 1909 and June 1922; Collingwood Bulletin 2 January 1919; Marine Record 14 July 1898, 19 July and 22 October 1900; Marine Review February 1916; Scanner April 1980 and December 1981; Schell "Canada Steamship Lines" Belgian Shiplover 2/73. ARGYLE see GLENGARRY (2). 6 ATIKOKAN ex JOHN B. TREVOR steel bulk carrier (C 131053 ex U 77173). 19171920. Original: 1,713.02 tons gross and 1,318.41 tons net, 308' (between perpendiculars), 320` (overall). Capacity 3,655 tons on a 14' draft. After 1910: 2,004.11 tons gross and 1,291.99 net, 362'. Mean draft 18'4". She was launched on 10 April 1895 and finished the next month by the American Steel Barge Co. at West Superior Wisconsin. Yard #135. "Stemwinder" (Pilot House aft) whaleback. Double bottom. Lap plate hull. Pointed stern. Electric light. Three-cylinder triple expansion = 1,200 indicated horsepower, 900 rated horsepower. 1914 insurance rating = 95/100. 1917 value $200,000. 1918 value $175,000. 1919 value $200,992.77. 1920 value $198,543.13. JOHN B. TREVOR's first owner was the Minnesota Steamship Co. (Pickands Mather). She was aground on Middle Island in Lake Erie on 31 May 1898. In 1899, she was rammed and sunk by her whaleback consort BARGE 131 (U 53278, 1310.82 gross tons) opposite Star Island in the St. Clair River. JOHN B. TREVOR was raised, and then in 1900 was bought by Bessemer Steamship Co. That firm was taken over by US Steel in 1901 and her ownership was transferred to their subsidiary Pittsburgh Steamship Co. She was transferred to Canadian registration (owner F.S. Wiley of Port Arthur Ontario) after being wrecked on Rocky Reef off Rainbow Cove (also described as Grace Harbor) on Isle Royale in Lake Superior on 13 October 1909 (Devendorf said 11 October). She was salved and repaired in the Port Arthur dry dock (the first vessel to use the dock). Her US registration was cancelled on 9 August 1910. She reentered service and was registered in Canada during October 1911, then was renamed on 6 September 1912. Wiley soon transferred her to Canadian Northwest Steamships of Port Arthur. She ran ashore and was wholly up on the beach at Marine City Michigan on 17 August 1913. She was lengthened 19