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$90,000 ($50,000 cash and $40,000 Montreal Transportation Co. stock). She ran aground near 1000 Islands Park on 29 May 1918. WESTERIAN was sold to Angel B. Lagueruela of Havana Cuba in 1918. The Montreal Transportation Co. steamer PAIPOONGE and barge THUNDER BAY were sold to Lagueruela at the same time. It is unclear whether Lagueruela represented sugar interests or if he was a broker. The price paid for WESTERIAN was $213,750 with a deposit of $40,000. It was reported in the corporate minutes that the price was paid and the deal completed. That must have been incorrect because when the buyer got into difficulty she was taken back and sold again. After being rebuilt at Halifax Nova Scotia, she had St. John's Newfoundland registry 1919-21 when owned by Job's and then by Westerian Steamship Co. (R.D. Bassett). In 1922 she was returned to US registry and was owned by A. Hubbard and then by the Sula Steamship Co. of Mobile Alabama in 1923. They renamed her SULA and ran her in the banana trade. Sold in a US Marshall's sale, she returned to Canada and became WESTERIAN again for the International Waterways Navigation Co. of Montreal. Storm damage fractured her hull in 1923 while on her first voyage for them, which was from Orange Bay Newfoundland to Quebec City. She was taken to St. John's where she served as a floating warehouse until she was scuttled off that city on 9 November 1935. Montreal Transportation Co. Annual Directors' Reports 1918-1; Montreal Transportation Co. Directors' Minutes 14 April 1917 and 8 August, 10 September and 8 October 1918; Montreal Transportation Co. Kingston Grain Ledgers 12 May-24 November 1917, 20 July-18 November 1917, 30 Aug-16 November 1917, 6 May-15 November 1918; Montreal Transportation Co. Ship's Log Westerian Apr-Sept 1917; Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; American Bureau of Shipping Great Lakes Register 1919; 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 1913, 1914 and 1915; Canada List of Shipping 1912 and 1915; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Greenwood Namesakes 1920-1929; Lloyd's Register 1900, 1910 and 1918-1924; Mercantile Navy List 1923 and 1925; Merchant Vessels of the United States 1877 and 1896; Milwaukee Public Library Great Lakes Marine Collection; Miramar Ship Index; New Mills List; University of Detroit Mercy Dowling website; Buffalo Evening News 1 May 1905; Canadian Railway and Marine World April 1907 and September 1914; Collingwood Bulletin 2 January 1919; Detroit Marine Historian February 1950; Scanner April 2015. 62 WESTMOUNT (1) steel canaller (C 114445) (signal letters TMKJ). 1903-1915. 1,875 tons gross, 1,171 net, 248.7' (between perpendiculars) 255' (overall). Drew 20' 7" with 39,000 bushels of wheat on board. Launched on 2 April 1903 by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson at Newcastle (Wallsend) England. Yard #287. Fitted with electric light by 1904. Triple expansion = 1,200 indicated horsepower, 230 rated horsepower. 1903 value $125,000. 1906 value $115,000. 1908 value $110,000. 1910 value $107,000. 1912 88