Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Montreal Transportation Co., 1868-1921, p. 41

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then to Masaba Steamship Co. in 1912. They quickly sold her on 12 June 1912 (US registry was cancelled on 30 September 1912) to F.S. Wiley (also reported as James Whalen) of Port Arthur Ontario who transferred her to Canadian registry on 28 June 1912. She was renamed on 16 September 1912 and her ownership was changed to Canadian Northwest Steamship Co. She came to Montreal Transportation Co. when they took over that firm in 1917 and was wrecked on Fitzwilliam Island near South Bay, Manitoulin Island on 7 October that year. She was abandoned to the underwriters. Salvaged bit-by-bit, her remaining metal was sold for scrap in 1937. George A. Graham was publisher of the Fort William Ontario Times Journal, a shipowner, an investor in lumber businesses and mayor of Fort William in 1912-13. Montreal Transportation Co. Annual Directors' Reports 1917-18; Montreal Transportation Co. Charter (1917) Schedule B; Montreal Transportation Co. Directors' Minutes 14 April and 11 December1917; Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; American Shipmaster's Association Record of American and Foreign Shipping 1898; Bascom and Gillham Early Ships of Canada Steamship Lines; Beeson Steam Vessels of The Northwstern Lakes; Bowling Green Great Lakes Vessels Online Index; Bureau Veritas Great Lakes Register 1914 and 1915; Canada List of Shipping 1918; Canada Sessional Papers Vol XLVII 31 December 1913; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Devendorf Great Lakes Bulk Carriers 18691985; Green's Marine Directory of the Great Lakes 1916; Greenwood Namesakes 1910-1919; Lloyd's Register 1900 and 1905; Marine Museum of the Great Lakes Canadian Ship Registers on line; Merchant Vessels of the United States 1894 and 1896; Milwaukee Public Library Great Lakes Marine Collection; Miramar Ship Index; New Mills List; Marine Review 30 June and 7 July 1898. 28 GLENGARRY ex ARGYLE wooden steam barge ex package freighter (C 90537). 1885-1903. Original: 625.85 tons gross, 396.91 net, 135'. After 1886: 732 tons gross, 438 tons register, 168.5'. The New Mills List and the Canada List of Shipping 1912 both said 509 tons gross, 215 tons register. The Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database gave 509 gross and 372 net after reconstruction. The Canada List of Shipping 1915 gave her registered tonnage as a barge as 373. Capacity 25,000 bushels. Launched at St. Catharines Ontario by J. Shickluna in 1872 as a passenger and package freight steamer. Round stern. Original: single-cylinder engine = 300 rated horsepower. After 1910: compound steeple engine = 380 indicated horsepower. 1897 rated A2 and valued at $22,000. ARGYLE was built for R.C. Graham and Geo. Campbell. On 16 August 1872, she went ashore on Grenadier Island in the St. Lawrence. In 1873-80 she ran Montreal - Chicago in the "Merchant's Line". John E. Graham of St. Catharines was her owner in 1874-77. She was holed and then sank after hitting a pier while coming into Port Burwell Ontario on 3 September 1877. She was raised 41

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