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In 1871 Hall & Gardiner of Ogdensburg New York were JESSIE HALL's owners. The St. Lawrence & Chicago Forwarding Co. bought her from Buffalo owners and she came to Canadian registry in 1874. She sank on a shoal off Refugee Island in the St. Lawrence River (just above Brockville Ontario) in May of 1878, but was raised by Donnelly (who was working for Calvin & Breck at that point) and taken to Montreal. She was aground again in late July 1878 without damage. She broke her shaft and eccentric in 1879. Large repairs were done in 1880. She was in collision with the American schooner EMERALD (U 36340, 286.77 tons gross), which lost her bowsprit, in October 1880. This tug was refitted in March 1881 and again in May 1882. She burst her cylinder head four miles below Brockville in June 1883 and the Montreal Transportation Co. tug GLIDE towed her back to Kingston for repairs. JESSIE HALL was rebuilt in 1889 when she got a new boiler and her engine was compounded by the Kingston Locomotive Works. In 1909 Montreal Transportation Co. sold her to Sault Ste. Marie Ontario owner Thomas Ganley for $2,000. Her 1914 owner was Matthew F. Griffith of Sault Ste. Marie. She was owned by Charles W. Cox of Port Arthur Ontario at least 1915-35. In 1936 her owner was the Pulpwood Co. of Appleton Wisconsin although she was registered in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario. She foundered in Thunder Bay, Lake Superior, on 1 October 1936. J. Gaskin letterbook 1884-86; Montreal Transportation Co. Annual Directors' Reports 1903, 1906 and 1908; Montreal Transportation Co. Directors' Minutes 5 April 1909; Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; Board of Lake Underwriters Lake Vessel Register 1878; Bureau Veritas Great Lakes Register 1915; Canada List of Shipping 1877, 1895, 1910, 1912, 1915, 1929 and 1935; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Green's Directory of the Great Lakes 1920; Inland Lloyd's Vessel Register Canadian Hulls 1890; LytleHoldcamper List (Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States 1790-1868); Marine Museum of the Great Lakes Canadian Ship Registers on line; Marine Interests of the Great Lakes 1884; Mercantile Navy List 1913, 1914, 1923 and 1925; Merchant Vessels of the United States 1871 and 1873; New Mills List; British Whig 4-6 October 1876, 1 August 1878, 6 October 1879, 18 October 1880, 24 March 1881, 14 May 1882, 1 July 1883 and 23 January, 18 April and 9 May 1889; Brockville Recorder 1 August 1876; Kingston Daily News 28 August 1876, 8, 20 and 27 May and 1 and 2 August 1878; Marine Record 9 June 1883. 36 JOHN BRIGHT screw wooden harbour tug (C 61130). 1872. 29.95 tons gross, 13.77 tons net, 53.6'. Built at Buffalo by G.H. Notter in 1869. Bow plated with iron. Elliptical stern. 35 rated horsepower. 1873 rated A2 and valued at $4,000. 1874 rated A2 and valued at $3,800. BRIGHT came to Canadian registry in 1869 when she was bought by Gibson of Morrisburg Ontario. In 1870 she was towing between Montreal and Kingston Ontario. She was laid up at Kingston during the winters of 1871-72 and 187273 where she broke the harbour ice in April 1872. The Kingston Daily News said she "belongs to the Montreal Transportation Company" and quoted John 52