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TELESCOPE Page 122 Frank Phelps shipyard at Chaumont, New York ca. 1910. (Apparently used as a barge on the Barge Canal). John S. Parsons: 3-masted schooner (US 76999) 1892 115.26 gross tons 109.50 net tons 92'7" x 21'4" x 9'4". Converted to steam barge 1896; to tow barge by 1910. Owned by Frank Phelps. Foundered off Oswego, November 24, 1913, and broke up. Lena L.: sloop 10 gross tons 1896 42' x 11' x 3' Built at Three Mile Bay. Owned by D. Silver, Chaumont. M.G. Phelps steamer (US 213393) Launched December 23, 1914 99 gross tons 73 net tons 100' x 21'5" x 4'6" Built for Jay W. Robinson, Auburn, N.Y. Sold later to Traverse City Navi- gation Co., Grand Haven, MI. Scrapped in 1932. M.I. Wilcox schooner 28 gross tons 1894 61' x 16' x 4' Owned by S. Failing, Point Peninsula (near Chaumont) used as a hay scow. Northern Lights: 2-masted schooner 1899 39 gross tons 65' x 17' x 6'. Owned by Capt. William R. Sheely, Cape Vincent. Uncle Paul: barge 1900 67 gross tons 80' x 22' x 5'. Owned by Adams & Duford, Chau- mont. Uncle Paul No. 2: barge 1909 94 gross tons Owned by Augustus R. Hinckley. Bibliography My thanks to the Rev. Edward Dowling,S.J. of Detroit and Loren Joyce of Mississauga, Ontario, for furnishing information about vessels. Data regarding Mr. Phelps came from newspaper clippings, copies furnished by Watertown Daily Times, Watertown, N.Y. Also consulted were Beeson's Marine Direc- tory, registers of the American Bureau of Ship- ping and Inland Lloyds. O Richard Palmer is a journalist for the Herald-Journal in Syracuse, N.Y. Mr. Palmer has written many articles on the shipping history of Oswego for Telescope and other marine publications. This is the second installmant about shipbuilding in the small ports on Lake Ontario. Author's Collection