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Steel arches. Three- cylinder triple expansion = 400 indicated horsepower, 100 rated horsepower. 1913-14 insurance rating = 90 coarse freight only. 1919 value $35,000. 1920 value $32,375. NICARAGUA was originally built to carry timber. In 1905 James Davidson sold her to the Ogdensburg Coal and Towing Co. for $29,500. On 12 September 1905 she hit and damaged the Canada Atlantic Railway bridge across the Soulanges Canal at Coteau Landing Quebec Her boiler was replaced about 1906 and her bottom was caulked in 1913. In May of 1914 she was aground at Point Vivian between Clayton and Alexandria Bay New York while downbound with a cargo of coal. She was sold to Oswego Navigation (R.M. Wolvin) about 1917 and was chartered to Montreal Transportation Co. (also then controlled by R.M. Wolvin) 1917-18 to move coal. Montreal Transportation Co. bought her in 1919 as part of an $186,000 package with MELVIN S. BACON, JEREMIAH GODFREY and AVON. She hit the gates of Lock 18 of the Cornwall Canal on 8 June 1920 and later sank at the LaSalle Causeway in Kingston's inner harbour. Her hull was declared unseaworthy by March 1921. Her ownership was transferred to Canada Steamship Lines a little later that year and then she was raised and her engine was removed. That engine was later used to power the Canada Steamship Lines ex Montreal Transportation Co. barge THUNDER BAY. NICARAGUA's registry was closed in 1923. Kohl says that her hull was towed to Montreal where she was presumably broken up. Montreal Transportation Co. Annual Directors' Report 1920; Montreal Transportation Co. Directors' Minutes 8 October 1917, 11 June 1918, 18 February 1919 and 11 November 1921; Montreal Transportation Co. Engineer's Log Nicaragua 20 Apr-26 Aug 1919; Montreal Transportation Co. Ship's Log Nicaragua 20 May-1 Sept 1919; 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; Bowling Green Great Lakes Vessels Online Index; Bureau Veritas Great Lakes Register 1913, 1914 and 1915; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Detroit Dry Dock Company Around the Lakes 1894, Devendorf Great Lakes Bulk Carriers 1869-1985; Greenwood Namesakes 1920-1929; Kohl Kingston's Shipwrecks; Lewis and Neilson The River Palace; Lloyd's Register 1920 and 1921; Mercantile Navy List 1923; Merchant Vessels of the United States 1896; Milwaukee Public Library Great Lakes Marine Collection; Miramar Ship Index; Moore Kingston Inner Harbour Survey; New Mills List; Buffalo Evening News 10 March 1905; Canadian Railway and Marine World April 1907, July 1920 and September 1921; Detroit Marine Historian November 1952; Ogdensburg Journal 20 April 1911; Schell "Canada Steamship Lines" Belgian Shiplover 2/73. 48 NORTH wooden propeller ex SIMCOE. 1864-1869. Original: 335.38 tons register, 137.08'. Capacity 15,000 bushels. After 1870: 345 tons gross, 236 tons net, 138.8'. Capacity 25,000 bushels. Built by A. Cantin or Charles Tate at Montreal in 1864. One mast. Round stern. Engine developed 45 indicated horsepower. Cost $28,000. 1864 rated A and valued at $24,000. 1866 rated A1 and valued at $18,000. 64