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Che Betroit Marine Historian JOURNAL OF MARINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY © OF DETROIT Rev. Edward J. Dowling, S. J., Editor Volume 9, No.5 January, 1956 * KK OK OK OK OK OK * eK KK OK KK OK OK * eK RK KK KK KK K OK * OK KK KK OK OK Fleet of OTTAWA STEAMERS COMPANY, incorporated in 1864 as - SEC Foor. Iuvigalion Company By Robert W.Shepherd UY The SOVEREIGN OLDFIELD - 1841 Prescott, wooden sidewheeler, 104 x 17.2 z 8.4. Purchased rom Messrs Jones, Borckville - the first unit of Ottawa Steamers Co. Low pressure engine. In service between Lachine & Carillon until 1853 when sold to Capt.St Louis et al. to run on St.Lawrence betow Montreal. PHOENIX - 1849 Hull, Que. Wooden sidéwheeler 167 x 23 x 7. Single overhead beam engine from SPEED (1846, burned 1848). Purchases from McPherson and Crane sometime before 1847. Broken up 1866 and engines put into ALEXANDRA. Carried H.RsH.EaWard, Prince of Wales (Edward VII) from Grenville to Ottawa in 1860 to lay the cornerstone of the Parliament Buildings. OTTAWA CHIEF - 1848 Hochelaga (Montreal East) by Merritt. Wooden sidewheeler 29 xX 23.6 x 8.3. Beam engine, 34" dia x 10' stroke by Brush, Eagle Foun- dry, Montreal. Drew'too much water, hence sold to Upper Canada Royal Mail Line (Hon.J.Hamilton) and name changed to OTTAWA. LADY SIMPSON - 1849 Montreal by Cantin. Wooden sidewheeler, 143 x 23.7 x 6.8. Beam engine, 32" dia x 8' stroke. Draft forward 2'6", aft 2°10", Operated in freight and passenger service, Lachine to Carillon. Broken up, 1850. »ATLAS - 1853 Montreal by Cantin, formerly RAFTSMAN, wooden sidewheel passen- ' ger and towboat, 127 x 22 x 7. Beam engine by Brush at Eagle Foundry, 32" dia x 8' stroke. Broken up about 1874. PRINCE OF WALES - 1860 Montreal by Cantin, wooden sidewheeler, 153 x 23.3 x +7, beam engine. Passenger service, Montreal and Carillon. Carried H.R.H. Edward, Prince of Wales to Carfllon, 1860, on his trip to Ottawa. Broken up at Carillon, 1894, engineS going into DUCHESS OF YORK, 1895. Continued, next page