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  • Riddle of Lighthouse Point: Schooner Days LXI (61)
    Riddle of Lighthouse Point: Schooner Days LXI (61) NewspaperText
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 12 Nov 1932     Riddle of Lighthouse Point Schooner Days LXI (60) This season's low water has again uncovered an ancient wreck on the south shore of the Island, just around the south-west corner, before you come to
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 12 Nov 1932   Riddle of Lighthouse Point Schooner Days LXI (60) This season's low water …
  • Waiting for the Light: Schooner Days LXII (62)
    Waiting for the Light: Schooner Days LXII (62) NewspaperText
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 19 Nov 1932     Waiting for the Light Schooner Days LXII (62) Capt. John Williams, of 57 Islesworth avenue, and his brother, Mr. Joseph Williams, the laird of Simcoe Point, down Pickering way, by Duffin's Creek, bot
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 19 Nov 1932   Waiting for the Light Schooner Days LXII (62) Capt. John Williams, of …
  • The CONDUCTOR: Schooner Days LXIII (63)
    The CONDUCTOR: Schooner Days LXIII (63) NewspaperText
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 26 Nov 1932     The CONDUCTOR Schooner Days LXIII (63) It was seventy-eight years ago last Thursday--November 24th, 1354--that Abigail Becker rescued the crew of the schooner Conductor, wrecked on Long Point, Lake E
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 26 Nov 1932   The CONDUCTOR Schooner Days LXIII (63) It was seventy-eight years ago last …
  • Spade Work on the Wreck: Schooner Days LXIV. (64)
    Spade Work on the Wreck: Schooner Days LXIV. (64) NewspaperImageText
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 3 Dec 1932     Spade Work on the Wreck Schooner Days LXIV. (64) They say the spade is really the best archaeologist. It was applied last Saturday to that ancient wreck on the island shore which has defied all comer
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 3 Dec 1932   Spade Work on the Wreck Schooner Days LXIV. (64) They say the …
  • Through the Snow: Schooner Days LXV (65)
    Through the Snow: Schooner Days LXV (65) NewspaperText
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 10 Dec 1932     THROUGH THE SNOW Schooner Days LXV (65) Dozens of identifications of the ancient wreck on the south shore of the Island, which reappears with each period of low water, have been received by The Teleg
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 10 Dec 1932   THROUGH THE SNOW Schooner Days LXV (65) Dozens of identifications of the …
  • Two Rats and Vanished Vessel: Schooner Days LXVI (66)
    Two Rats and Vanished Vessel: Schooner Days LXVI (66) NewspaperText
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 17 Dec 1932     TWO RATS AND VANISHED VESSEL Schooner Days LXVI. (66) Many more guesses at the identity of the ancient wreck which reappears with each season of low water, on the south shore of the Island, opposite
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 17 Dec 1932   TWO RATS AND VANISHED VESSEL Schooner Days LXVI. (66) Many more guesses …
  • The Horse Boy: Schooner Days LXVII (67)
    The Horse Boy: Schooner Days LXVII (67) NewspaperText
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 24 Dec 1932     The HORSE BOY Schooner Days LXVII (67) Being an attempt to expound a dead-and-done institution of early sailing days on the Great Lakes. IT was always a mystery of the old lakers how the horseboy man
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 24 Dec 1932   The HORSE BOY Schooner Days LXVII (67) Being an attempt to expound …
  • Timber Droghing : Schooner Days LXVIII (68)
    Timber Droghing : Schooner Days LXVIII (68) NewspaperText
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 31 Dec 1932     TIMBER DROGHING SCHOONER DAYS LXVIII. (68) What the original "drogher" was Noah only knows. The name looks like an Irish one, but isn't. The word comes from our own Anglo-Saxon verb "drag." In the We
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 31 Dec 1932   TIMBER DROGHING SCHOONER DAYS LXVIII. (68) What the original "drogher" was Noah …
  • Belle Sheridan: Schooner Days LXIX (69)
    Belle Sheridan: Schooner Days LXIX (69) NewspaperText
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 7 Jan 1933     BELLE SHERIDAN SCHOONER DAYS LXIX. (69) In old Albert Hall, on the east side of Yonge street, between Queen and Shuter, about where Scholes' Hotel is now, the Longshoremen's Union used to gather for
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 7 Jan 1933   BELLE SHERIDAN SCHOONER DAYS LXIX. (69) In old Albert Hall, on the …
  • White Oak Shavings: Schooner Days LXX (70)
    White Oak Shavings: Schooner Days LXX (70) NewspaperText
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 14 Jan 1932     White Oak Shavings Schooner Days LXX (70) Had the White Oak of Oakville, been christened the G. K. Chisholm or Dominion or Alice, the chances are that her undoubted merits would not have rescued her
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 14 Jan 1932   White Oak Shavings Schooner Days LXX (70) Had the White Oak of …
  • Mosquito Fleet: Schooner Days LXXI (71)
    Mosquito Fleet: Schooner Days LXXI (71) NewspaperText
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 21 Jan 1933     Mosquito Fleet or Vulgar Jim's Vengeance SCHOONER DAYS LXXI (71) Nearly all of them scows of from 20 to 50 tons, and manned largely by French-Canadians, the "Lake St. Clair Mosquito Fleet" carried co
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 21 Jan 1933   Mosquito Fleet or Vulgar Jim's Vengeance SCHOONER DAYS LXXI (71) Nearly all …
  • The Lady Elgin: Schooner Days LXXII (72)
    The Lady Elgin: Schooner Days LXXII (72) NewspaperText
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 28 Jan 1933     The LADY ELGIN Schooner Days LXXII (72) Writing from Burlington, "I. S. B. " mentions that it was stated some time ago in this column that the schooner Col. Cook was one which attempted the voyage to
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 28 Jan 1933   The LADY ELGIN Schooner Days LXXII (72) Writing from Burlington, "I. S. …
  • Brothers Under the Horns: Schooner Days LXIII (73)
    Brothers Under the Horns: Schooner Days LXIII (73) NewspaperText
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 4 Feb 1933     Brothers Under the Horns Schooner Days LXXIII (73) This story of the Brothers of Bronte, came from Capt Joseph Williams, of Simcoe Point, Pickering, hale and eighty-two, one afternoon during this las
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 4 Feb 1933   Brothers Under the Horns Schooner Days LXXIII (73) This story of the …
  • More Brothers: Schooner Days LXXIV (74)
    More Brothers: Schooner Days LXXIV (74) NewspaperText
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 11 Feb 1933     More Brothers Schooner Days LXXIV (74) ONE of the many pleasures in running over the names of the seventeen hundred and forty-two lake vessels listed by this compiler is the recurrence of the name "B
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 11 Feb 1933   More Brothers Schooner Days LXXIV (74) ONE of the many pleasures in …
  • Birthday Party: Schooner Days LXXV (75)
    Birthday Party: Schooner Days LXXV (75) NewspaperText
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 18 Feb 1933     Birthday Party Schooner Days LXXV (75) Capt. Joseph Williams recalls when they loaded flour in Duffins' Creek, and a Grand Trunk engine nipped the nose off a schooner that climbed the Esplanade. --Wo
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 18 Feb 1933   Birthday Party Schooner Days LXXV (75) Capt. Joseph Williams recalls when they …
  • The Rights of It: Schooner Days LXXVI (76)
    The Rights of It: Schooner Days LXXVI (76) NewspaperText
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 25 Feb 1933     The Rights of It: Schooner Days LXXVI (76) "Cockney Bill" of the waterfronts of forty years ago, Mr. William Kingdon, of this city, at the present time, came into the office last week with half a gal
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 25 Feb 1933   The Rights of It: Schooner Days LXXVI (76) "Cockney Bill" of the …
  • Half-Past-Six: Schooner Days LXXVII (77)
    Half-Past-Six: Schooner Days LXXVII (77) NewspaperText
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 4 Mar 1933     HALF-PAST-SIX SCHOONER DAYS LXXVII. (77) It must have been a fearful gale on the 27th of November, 1860, for the old file of the Toronto Leader thus outlines the night's ravages, in a Kingston despat
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 4 Mar 1933   HALF-PAST-SIX SCHOONER DAYS LXXVII. (77) It must have been a fearful gale …
  • Out o' Port Hope: Schooner Days LXXVIII (78)
    Out o' Port Hope: Schooner Days LXXVIII (78) NewspaperText
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 11 Mar 1933     OUT O' PORT HOPE Schooner Days LXXVIII (78) R. W. Johnson, chartered accountant, of St. Thomas writes of his boyhood recollections of lake vessels interestingly to friends that it seems a pity follow
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 11 Mar 1933   OUT O' PORT HOPE Schooner Days LXXVIII (78) R. W. Johnson, chartered …
  • The Palmateers: Schooner Days LXXIX. (79)
    The Palmateers: Schooner Days LXXIX. (79) NewspaperText
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 18 Mar 1933     THE PALMATEERS Schooner Days LXXIX. (79) Something has already been said of the experiences of Capt. Nelson Palmateer, of Picton, that sturdy scion of a seagoing stock who has organized the send-away
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 18 Mar 1933   THE PALMATEERS Schooner Days LXXIX. (79) Something has already been said of …
  • Pirates in Chains and St. Catharines Slaver Alexander Muir Saw: Schooner Days LXXX. (80)
    Pirates in Chains and St. Catharines Slaver Alexander Muir Saw: Schooner Days LXXX. (80) NewspaperText
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 18 Mar 1933     PIRATES IN CHAINS AND ST. CATHARINES SLAVER ALEXANDER MUIR SAW Schooner Days LXXX. (80) First drydock to be built on the Welland Canal, and now the last of eight which have flourished on that Great L
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 18 Mar 1933   PIRATES IN CHAINS AND ST. CATHARINES SLAVER ALEXANDER MUIR SAW Schooner Days …

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Schooner Days


"Schooner Days was a newspaper column which ran Saturdays in the Telegram for more than a quarter of a century beginning in 1931. In it, C.H.J. Snider described in vivid detail the lake shipping scene of the late nineteenth century, touching on both sail and steam, and drawing on experience gained from his own years of service aboard such sailing vessels as the ALBACORE and the famous STUART H. DUNN. Many accounts draw on the memories of a wide range of correspondents from around the Lakes.