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This vessel seems to be very much underpowered, as she only develops about 360 B.H.P. with both engines and has difficulty with the strong current in the St. Lawrence River. She is also at a disadvantage owing to the absence of a suitable auxiliary air compressor for manoeuvring the main engine when in the locks. The TOILER only makes about six or seven miles an hour. Last fall, the Kingston Ship Building Co. installed a steam boiler and all her auxiliaries were changed over from compressed air to steam, which was found [to be] a decided improvement for lock conditions." (Marine Review of August 1912 as quoted by David Asprey in MarHst-L 5 May 2014) She was rebuilt at Kingston in 1912-13 after having been aground 23-25 November 1912 near Quebec Head at the foot of Wolfe Island. She had been pulled off by the Calvin Co.'s salvage vessel CORNWALL (C 71609, 914 tons) and tug FRONTENAC (C 111767, 111 tons). The work involved converting her to steam with an 1889 fore and aft compound engine of 89 rated horsepower from the steam barge GARGANTUA ex DC WHITNEY (C 123435 ex U 157075, 1,090 tons gross). TOILER emerged from this work with only one engine and one screw. Between 1913 and 1916 she was owned by Great Lakes Transportation (Playfair). Her 1916-18 owner was the Ontario Transportation and Pulp Co. (Warren Curtis Jr. manager) who bought her for $90,706 plus the steamer HONOREVA (C 134700, 1,452 tons). In 1918 Ontario Transportation and Pulp sold her to Canada Steamship Lines for $350,000. She was renamed MAPLEHEATH in 1920. On 8 December of that year she dropped an anchor while entering the St. Gabriel Lock of the Lachine Canal, ran over it, and sank in the lock. She was docked at Kingston for repairs. In 1929 she was reengined again at Kingston using the triple expansion engine from the Canada Steamship Lines ex Montreal Transportation Co. ex Calvin steam barge SIMLA = 750 indicated horsepower, 400 rated horsepower. She got a new boiler in 1947. MAPLEHEATH was sold to McAllister Pyke Towing on 29 November 1959. Her forward superstructure and propeller were then removed and she became a salvage barge based at Kingston. She was broken up at Valleyfield in 1993. TOILER was designed by John Reid of Montreal. Montreal Transportation Co. Directors' Minutes 1 September and 13 October 1911; Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; MarHst-L 11 May 2013, 5 and 6 May 2014; Bowling Green Great Lakes Vessels Online Index; Canada List of Shipping 1912; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Devendorf Great Lakes Bulk Carriers 1869-1985; Green's Marine Directory of the Great Lakes 1916; Lewis and Neilson The River Palace; Lloyd's Register 1913-21, 1923 and 1924; Milwaukee Public Library Great Lakes Marine Collection; Miramar Ship Index; New Mills List; Page "Canada Steamship Lines, The Fleet Develops 1913 82