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BAYFIELD SHIPS THAT BAYFIELD (65113 C.) For informa- NEVER DIE tion on this vessel I am indebted #12 to William A, McDonald, of De- troit, to whom I submitted a pho- to long in my possession. Built in 1864 at Buffalo by William Cros- thwaite as the GENERAL U.S. GRANT. Original- ly a sidewheel steamboat of 210 g.t. (10283 U.S.) served in the U.S. Navy on the Atlantic coast during the Civil War. When the war ended, returned to the Great Lakes and was registered at Detroit in 1872. Rebuilt there and changed to a propeller. Sold in 1874 to Canadian owners under the name EDSALL (S.S.EDSALL ?), James Murray, of Toronto, being given as the owner. In 1877 Andrew Wilson, of Montreal, is listed as own- AND WHO can enlighten fellow memver Ken Macpherson, of ‘onto e EURYDICE shown at tl ‘ight? He has only this print -- y one made off a glass plate which the photographer then des. troyed. Macpherson deli it was made about 1910. He delights in teas- ing us with these obscure gems -- o to find our knowledgeable members equal to any challenge he can throw to them, From Prof. Landon's collection er and tonnage is given as 165. In 1894 the Canadian Minister of Marine is listed as owner and the vessel is used as a survey steamer with the name changed to BAY- FIELD, in honor of the great British surveyor of the Great Lakes, Dimensions at this time are given as 110 X 18.5 X 9.3, 150 g.t. and 9h nete In 1904 the vessel was sold to John Harri- son and renamed HARRISON. Renamed CHURCHILL in 1909, The vessel passed out of register in 1937, having been broken up in 1936 because of age. Harrison was still the owner. This was the first Canadian government steamer BAYFIELD. Fred Landon