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Vessels known to have been built by Frank Phelps at Chaumont, New York. C.A. Cole: steam tug 70' x 15' x 7'. Used as a fish carrier. Built for Claude Cole of Main Duck Island and Cape Vincent, N.Y. Engines came from the wreck of the steamer John Randall. Later converted to diesel. Abandoned on Amherst Island in the 1930's. Emma: two-masted schooner 28 tons 56' x 15' x 5' 1882. Built for Frank Phelps. Aban- doned about 1907, and left to rot in the pond at Chaumont. Franklin D. Phelps: steamer (US 200234) 192 gross tons 85 net tons 90'5" x 20' x 8'1" 1903. Built on the hull of the steamer Cyclone, originally built in Cleveland in 1883. Original dimensions, 96' x 20'8" x 8'. 86 gross tons 45 net tons. Used by Phelps for his personal use. Sebsequent owners included People's Milling Co., Chaumont, Alexander McDougall (Duluth, MN.), Northern Fish Co., and John Roen of Charlevoux and Sturgeon Bay, WI. Cut down to a barge and engines salvaged SEP + OCT, 1986 Page 121 in 1924 for use in steamer Marcus Roen. Abandoned in 1928. Hinckley: steamer (US 96578) 211 gross tons 177 net tons 199'8" x 24' x 11'7" 1901. Built for Augustus R. Hinckley of Cape Vincent, N.Y. Deepened by 3'7" in 1920. Foundered off Stony Point, N.Y., July 29, 1929. Isabella H.: steamer (US 213102) 248 gross ton 141 net tons 100'8" x 25'9" x 11'1" 1915. Built as the combination passenger and package freighter McCormick by Alan Kirby Shipyard, Grand Haven, MI. 1887. Original dimensions 106' x 24'7" x 8'. Purchased by Hinckley and rebuilt at Chaumont. He had the forecastle built up and a steel A frame mounted forward to replace wooden one. Foundered in Oswego Harbor September 28, 1925, in 30 feet of water. Jessie: 2-masted schooner (later barge) (US 46564) 1900 256 gross tons 209 net tons 127' x 25' x 10'8". Built for D.C. Wheeler, Oswego. Later owners included Hinckley and General Electric Co. Abandoned 1922. | mre schooner NORTHERN LIGHTS was a common sight on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River coasting trade in the early 1900s. Author's Collection