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August 1916 and was repaired. SIMLA hit a shoal off Coronation Island 2 miles above Brockville Ontario on 3 October 1916 and sank. She was salvaged by Donnelly and taken to the Kingston Dry Dock for major repairs. Along with several other Montreal Transportation Co. vessels she was sold to Angel B. Lagueruela of Havana Cuba in 1918 for $110,000 (deposit $50,000). The buyer defaulted. Continuing under Montreal Transportation Co. ownership, she was towing the Montreal Transportation Co. (ex Calvin) barge BURMA at Port Dalhousie Ontario on 31 March 1919 when BURMA hit the west entrance pier and sank. SIMLA was transferred to Canada Steamship Lines ownership in 1921 as part of the final winding up of the Montreal Transportation Co. fleet. Canada Steamship Lines owned her 1921-26. They did not use her much and by 1926 she was laid up at Portsmouth Ontario. She burned to the waterline at her layup berth on 18 November (also reported as 23 November) 1926. Her engines were removed and installed in the Canada Steamship Lines freighter MAPLEHEATH ex TOILER (C 129767) in 1929. MAPLEHEATH kept them until 1959. SIMLA was removed from the register in 1929. She subsequently sank but was raised on 6 September 1937 and scuttled in deep water off Kingston that November. SIMLA may have been the last wooden bulk carrier in existence on the lakes (Devendorf). Her name (that of a city in India) may relate to the diplomatic efforts being made about Tibet at the time of her construction. These diplomatic moves eventually resulted in the Simla Convention of 1914. Montreal Transportation Co. Annual Directors' Reports 1914-20; Montreal Transportation Co. Charter (1917) Schedule A; Montreal Transportation Co. Directors' Minutes 3 July 1914, 10 August and 10 September 1918 and 11 November 1921; Montreal Transportation Co. Kingston Grain Ledgers 12 May-24 November 1917, 20 July-18 November 1917, 30 Aug-16 November 1917; Montreal Transportation Co. Kingston Letter Book May 1914; Montreal Transportation Co. Ship's Log Glide 2 May-15 Dec 1919; Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; American Bureau of Shipping Great Lakes Register 1919; Bascom and Gillham Early Ships of Canada Steamship Lines; Bowling Green Great Lakes Vessels Online Index; Bureau Veritas Great Lakes Register 1914; Canada Annual Report of the Department of Marine and Fisheries 1916; Canada List of Shipping 1918 and 1927; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Devendorf Great Lakes Bulk Carriers 1869-1985; Greenwood Namesakes 19201929; Kohl Kingston's Shipwrecks; Lloyd's Register 1905, 1918, 1920 and 1921; Marine Museum of the Great Lakes Canadian Ship Registers on line; Mercantile Navy List 1923; Milwaukee Public Library Great Lakes Marine Collection; Miramar Ship Index; New Mills List; Swainson A Shipping Empire: Garden Island; Buffalo Daily Courier 5 and 16 October 1916; Canadian Railway and Marine World October 1908, August 1911 and July 1919; Detroit Marine Historian January 1953; Marine Museum of the Great Lakes vertical files; Scanner November 1972 and April 1976; Schell "Canada Steamship Lines" Belgian Shiplover 2/73. 57 STORMOUNT (1) steel canaller (C 122409) (signal letters HPMD). 1907-1916. 1,955 tons gross, 1,231 net, 249.1' (between perpendiculars?) 257.5' 76