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1900-6 July 1901, 5 Oct-28 Dec 1900, 14 June-24 November 1901, 29 April-12 June 1901, 28 April-26 November 1902, 30 May 1902-4 May 1903, 25 March-6 Aug 1903, 25 April-27 November 1903, 28 Aug-7 Dec 1903, 7 May-15 Sept 1904, 29 April-15 June 1905, 29 April-23 June 1905, 19 July-22 November 1905, 22 April-28 May 1906; Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; Board of Lake Underwriters Lake Vessel Register 1878, Canada List of Shipping 1877, 1895, 1910, 1912 and 1918; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Directory of the Marine Interests of the Great Lakes 1884; Inland Lloyd's Vessel Register Canadian Hulls 1890, 1892 and 1897; Marine Museum of the Great Lakes Canadian Ship Registers on line; Mercantile Navy List 1892 and 1897; British Whig 24 May 1881, 14 March 1882 and 1 April 1887; Buffalo Evening News 30 April 1897; Kingston Daily News 6 July, 1 August, 5 and 9 October 1876, 1 July and 25 September 1877; Marine Record 18 December 1884, 7 April 1887 and 24 March 1898. 3 ADVANCE river barge. 1870-1890. 243 tons gross, 240 tons "carpenter's measure", 200.54 tons register, 107.3'. Capacity 13,000 bushels. Built by Henry Roney at Garden Island in 1854. No masts. Round stern. 1866 rated 2 and valued at $2,500. 1874 rated 2 and valued at $3,000. E. Berry owned ADVANCE in 1854-66. She was rebuilt in 1863. G.M. Kinghorn (who was a director of Montreal Transportation Co.) owned her in 1868. She was rebuilt again in 1869 and was in some Montreal Transportation Co. tows. Montreal Transportation Co. apparently became her owner on 4 January 1870. She was repaired at Kingston in 1874 and was rebuilt there for the third time in 1883 with some new timbers, new deck and sides. Despite that work, Inland Lloyd's 1890 noted that she required repairs. J. Gaskin Letter Book 1884-86; Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; Association of Canadian Lake Underwriters Marine Register 1874; Board of Lake Underwriters Lake Vessel Register 1866 and 1878; Bush Commercial Navigation on the Rideau Canal; Canada List of Shipping 1877; Canadian Heritage Ship Information Database; Classification of Lake Vessels and Barges 1871; Directory of the Marine Interests of the Great Lakes 1884; Inland Lloyd's Vessel Register Canadian Hulls 1890; Marine Museum of the Great Lakes Canadian Ship Registers on line; Mills Barges and Scows Before 1890; Polk's Marine Directory of the Great Lakes 1888; Register of British Ships Inland Waters 1854; Swainson A Shipping Empire: Garden Island; Thomas Register of the Ships of the Lakes and river St. Lawrence 1864; British Whig 7 May and 18 July 1881, 18 July 1883; Kingston Daily News 20 October 1870, 1 September 1873, 15 May and 22 August 1874, 19 August and 3 and 5 October 1876; Marine Record 7 April 1881. 4 ALBERT river barge (C 71606). 1883-1895. 88.98 tons register, 95.9'. Built at Montreal by J.B. Auger in 1873. No masts. Round stern. In 1874 was rated 1 and valued at $6,800. 1878 rated 1 and valued at $5,200. 1884 was rated B1. Rated coarse freight only in 1887. In 1874-77 ALBERT's owner was variously reported as the Montreal Elevating Co. and as the St. Lawrence and Chicago Forwarding Co. Either way, she was sometimes in Montreal Transportation Co. tows and by 1878 she was definitely owned by St. Lawrence & Chicago Forwarding Co. She was caulked at Portsmouth Ontario in 1881 while St. Lawrence and Chicago Forwarding Co. 96