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TELESCOPE Page 63 THE VANISHING CANALLERS by Rev. Edward J. Dowling, SJ. Fleet List Editor, TELESCOPE PART VII: Wooden vessels engaged in the Canal Trade at one time or another. Many of this group were old upper lakes vessels. There were also some wooden canal-size package freighters. re WILLIAM J. AVERFLL (US 81027), 1884 Detroit by Detroit Dry Dock Company for Rutland Tran- sit Company. 241 x 36 x 41. Later Canadian Oatland (C 138107). Abandoned, 1927. CABOTIA (C 133825, ex-Hiawatha; US 95600). 1880 Gibralter, Michigan by Linn & Craig for Wilson. 324 x 36 x 19. Abandoned, 1921. CANOBIE (C 133826, ex-Iron King; US 100412) 1887 Detroit by Detroit Dry Dock Company for The Iron Fleet, 252 x 28 x 20. Damaged by weather on Lake Erie, 1921 and shortly there- after junked. COLIN W. (C 134347, ex-Stanstead; ex-Clyde; US 125346). 1881 Bay City by F. N. Jones for Lehigh Valley Railway. Dismantled at Windsor, 1921. COMPTON (C 130927, ex-Eastwood; ex-Massachusetts; US 91416), 1882 Detroit by Detroit Dry Dock Company for Inter+Ocean Trans. Co. 235 x 37 x 19. Wrecked on Lake St. Louis, 1923 and abandoned. CONESTOGA (US 125669; later C 140998), 1878 Cleveland by Quayle for Erie Railroad (Anchor Line)- 252 x 30% 15. Burned, 1922 at Cardinal, Ontario. CONGERCOAL (C 126268; ex-A. Weston; US 106066), 1882 Mt. Clemens by Dulac for Weston, North Tonawanda, N. Y. 163 x 31 x 13. Burned at Sodus Bay, N. Y., 5/11/17. WILLIAM ye AVERELL Pesha PhotosAuthor's Collection