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54 Telescope The W. D. MATTHEWS Pesha Photo Fleet of the ST. LAWRENCE AND CHICAGO STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY This fleet operated in the upper lakes, canal, and St. Lawrence River areas from the early Nineties until 191o when its vessels passed to Canada Steamship Lines. It was among the first companies to bring British-built "Canallers" into the Great Lakes. All the ships described below were steel vessels. ALGONQUIN, 1888 Glasgow. 2i|5 x lj.0 x 20.6. ROSEDALE, 1888 Sunderland. Originally c.22 x 35 x 21. Lengthened in 1891 to 211.6*. Later in Inland Lines and C.S.L. To Coast, 1917 and lost in collision at sea, 1919. IROQUOIS (ex TADANAC), 1902 Toronto. 2lj.7 x x 25.6. Later C0L0R0D0, DORNOCH, BROOKTON, GEORGE HINDMAN,and BROOKDALE. Still sailing in the Reoch Fleet. W.D. MATTHEWS, 1902 Collingwood. 358 x 1+8 x 28.Later C.S.L*s, BRENTWOOD. Scrapped in middle Thirties. G.R. CROWE, 1907 Dundee, Scotland. 252 x |3 x 27. Lengthened 1910, Collingwood, to 331*• Sold 1916 to salt and converted into a tanker. Lost at sea during World War I. E.B. OSLER, 1908 Bridgeburg, Ontario. J4.9I x 56 x 31. Later C.S.L. OSLER. Converted to seIf-unloader. I9I4.O, Collingwood. Renamed R.O. PETMAN, 1956. In service. JAMES CARRUTHERS, 1913 Collingwood. 529 x 58 x 31. Foundered on Lake Hurem in the Great Storm of 1913. J.H.G. HAGARTY, I9I4 Collingwood. 529 x 58 x 31. Still sailing in C.S.L. fleet today as HAGARTY. NOTE: The colors of the ships of the St. Lawrence and Chicago Steam Navigation Company, described on this pagewere black hull, white cabins and black stack with bright red diamond on the sides.