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Che Artroit Marine Historian Journal of MARINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY of Detroit Volume 19, No. 9 May, 1966 a BENMAPLE BUILT BY Great Lakes Engineer- ing Works at Ecorse (HULL 135) in 1914 for J. L. Crosthwaite. She was originally named INTER- NATIONAL. She was canal sized, 250". x 43" x 173 1729 g.te and 1047 n.te About 1917 she was sold French and went overseas under the un- romantic name of S.N.A. 1. In the early 1920s she returned to the Lakes, this time entering Canadian registry (146135). She OT ae Photo Courtesy of Ralph S. Misener was owned by the Maple Leaf Flour Mills of _ Port Colbourne but in her early years with this company she was operated by a subsidiary, Port Colbourne and St. Lawrence Navigation Co. She was the only ship in her fleet. On Auge 31, 1936, she collided with the French liner LAFAYETTE and sank off Father Point, Que. Dave Glick 2K KK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK KOK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK GEORGE AYOUB reports on the ERIE BELLE (DMH April, '66). Wooden screw, built. Cleve- land, 1862, as HECTOR, 112' KieeOe5' x%), 951", 221 gets 111 n.t. Registered Windsor, 1R7Q (#74068) . Daniel B. Odette only owner officially listed. Re TUSCARORA, Ayoub says she sailed Montreal Dec.6, 1917, and not since reported. is listed as foundered. Thank Georgee