Buffalo Daily Gazette (Buffalo, NY), November 20, 1843
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- STEAMBOATS ON LAKE ONTARIO.
From the Albany Daily Advertiser
The following lists of steam vessels employed in the navigation of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence, include all that have been so employed, from the first use of steam on those waters, and whether built on the United States or the Canadian side. We are indebted for the statement, to Mr. John Distrnell, whose industry and care in collecting statistics, are well known to our readers. The amount of tonnage propelled by steam from the Canada side, will be seen to be not far from four times more than the amount belonging to our side; a difference which, though in part accounted for by the greater extent of waters exclusively Canadian, than of our own northern waters, is still, notwithstanding this fact, a greater difference than would, we apprehend, have been generally supposed to exist.
The following is a list of American Steamboats, built, and running on Lake Ontario, since their introduction, in 1816.
When Built Names Tons Where Built 1816 Ontario * 400 Sackett's Harbor 1818 Sophia * 75 " " 1823 Martha Ogden * 150 " " 1830 Brownsville * 150 Brownsville 1831 Charles Carroll * 100 Sackett's Harbor 1831 Paul Pry * 50 Ogdensburgh 1832 United States 450 " 1833 Black Hawk † 200 French Creek 1834 Oswego ‡ 400 Oswego - - John Marshall 60 Lake Erie 1836 Oneida 300 Oswego 1837 Telegraph 200 Dexter 1839 St. Lawrence 450 Oswego 1839 Express 150 Pultneyville 1841 George Clinton 100 Oswego 1841 President 60 " 1842 Lady of the Lake 425 " 1843 Rochester 400 " Total tons = 4,120 Ericcson Propellers, running from Oswego to Chicago, Ill. 1841 Vandalia 150 Oswego 1842 Chicago 150 " 1842 Oswego 150 " 1843 New York 150 " Total tons = 600 * = broken up † = now named Dolphin, and owned in Canada ‡ = hull used as timber ship List of British Vessels, built and running on Lake Ontario Year built Names Tons Where built 1816 Frontenac * 600 Kingston 1817 Charlotte * 150 " 1819 Dalhousie * 350 Prescott 1821 Toronto * 200 Toronto 1824 Queenston * 350 Queenston 1825 Canada 250 Toronto 1825 Niagara * 400 Brockville 1828 ? Alciope * 430 Niagara 1830 Sir James Kempt * 200 Kingston 1830 Great Britain * 700 Prescott 1831 Iroquois * 100 " 1832 John By * 200 Kingston 1832 William 4th 400 Gananoque 1832 Transit 350 Oakville 1833 Britannia (laid up) 200 Kingston 1833 Cobourg 500 Cobourg 1833 Brockville 350 Brockville 1833 Kingston 200 Kingston 1834 Com. Barrie † 275 Kingston 1834 Union 300 Oakville 1835 St. George 400 Kingston 1837 Sir Robert Peel ‡ 350 Brockville 1837 Gore 200 Niagara 1838 Queen Victoria 200 " 1839 Henry Gildersleeve 250 Kingston 1840 Highlander 300 Coteau du Lac 1840 Albion 200 Brockville 1840 America 300 Niagara 1840 City of Toronto 500 " 1840 Sovereign 475 " 1841 Princess Royal 300 " 1841 Canada 450 Prescott 1841 Frontenac 200 Kingston 1841 Sir Charles 200 " 1842 Prince of Wales 200 " 1842 Admiral 400 Niagara 1842 Chief Justice Robinson 400 " 1843 Eclipse 400 " Total tons = 12,600 British Government vessels 1835 Traveler 350 Niagara 1838 Experiment 150 " 1842 Mohawk (iron vessel 150 Kingston 1842 Cherokee 700 " Total tons = 1,350 In addition to the above list of British steamboats of a large class, there are a number of smaller boats and ericsson propellers, running from Kingston to Montreal, passing down the rapids of the St. Lawrence river, and returning through the Rideau Canal, carrying an immense amount of produce, merchandize and passengers. When the Beauharnois canal is completed, vessels of a large class can run direct from Montreal to the upper lakes.
* = broken up
† = lost in 1842
‡ = destroyed by the Patriots in 1838 - Media Type
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- Newspaper
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- Clippings
- Date of Original
- November 20, 1843
- Local identifier
- GLN.4967
- Language of Item
- English
- Donor
- William R. McNeil
- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to the applicable Canadian or American laws. No restrictions on use.
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