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Globe (Toronto, ON), 18 Jul 1921, p. 7     Widlar Wreck is Nearly Salvaged But Little of Furnishings and Equipment left on the Boat Special Despatch to The Globe.) Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., July 17.--The work of salvaging the wreck of the steamer Frances Widlar, which ...

Globe (Toronto, ON), 26 Oct 1920     Dismantled Hull of Canisteo Burned Port Huron, Mich., Oct. 25.--(Special.) -- The dismantled hull of the former sand and gravel-carrying steamer Canister was towed out into the lake early to-day, set on fire and allowed to sink in deep water out of the way of ...

    The CCGS Griffon docked in the Port of Windsor overnight Tuesday, down at Dieppe. She's a part of the ice-breaking team that run Operation Coal Shovel to keep the lower Great Lakes shipping moving during the heavy freeze. It's a joint Canadian-US operation with the US CGC NEAH BAY and ...

Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 7 Sep 1940     The Widow Woman In the Bible Schooner Days CCCCL (450) (Lake Life of Capt. John Williams, Master Mariner, of Toronto) by C. H. J. Snider <p ...

Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 31 Aug 1940     Kingston to Kingston (almost) Schooner Days CCCCXLIX (449) (Interrupting the career of Capt. John Williams, Master Mariner, to tell the triumph of a Toronto tug captain going strong in his ...

Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 24 Aug 1940     Deckload for Dexter Schooner Days CCCCXLVIII (448) (Lake Life of a Licensed Master Mariner) by C. H. J. Snider "AND NEXT YEAR," ...

Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 17 Aug 1940     Watch and Watch Schooner Days CCCCXLVII (447) by C. H. J. Snider THE WAY young Johnny Williams got the big gold watch which Capt. John Williams, master mariner, retired, wears ...

Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 10 Aug 1940     Turning Lame Duck Into High-Flyer Schooner Days CCCCXLVI (446) (Continuing the lake life of Capt. John Williams, Master Mariner) by C. H. J. Snider <p ...

Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 3 Aug 1940     Insurance Job Schooner Days CCCCXLV (445) by C. H. J. Snider THE OLD MAN was philosophizing on the wheel box as the schooner towed out of Oswego. It was his watch, on the old lake ...

Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 20 Jul 1940     Clipper Sailor from the Cutty Sark Schooner Days CCCCXLIII (443) Interlude by Percy Ghent HIS complexion is ruddy, as a sailor's ought to be, and it is clear and youthful. His eyes, ...

Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 27 Jul 1940     His Own Boss Schooner Days CCCCXLIV (444) (Continuing the life of Capt John Williams of Toronto, Master Mariner) by C. H. J. Snider <p ...

Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 13 Jul 1940     The Blackboard Schooner Days CCCCLXI (442) (Continuing the lake story of John Williams, Master Mariner) by C. H. J. Snider THEY ...

Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 6 Jul 1940     The "CLARA YOUELL" Schooner Days CDXLI (441) by C. H. J. Snider THE CLARA YOUELL always wore green, as far as this compiler's recollection goes. His own first glimpse of her in 1890 ...

Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 29 Jun 1940     Topsail Times as Boy Found 'Em Schooner Days CCCCXL (440) (Lake Life of Capt. John Williams, Master Mariner, Toronto) by C. H. J. Snider <p ...

Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 22 Jun 1940     Queens, Dominions, Goldhunters, and a Port Burwell Belle Schooner Days CCCCXXXVIII (438) (Lake Life of Capt. John Williams, Master Mariner, Toronto) by C. H. J. ...

Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 27 May 1939     Last Call of the NORSEMAN and the Life-Log of the CAROLINE Schooner Days CCCXCIX (399) "THAT," writes Mrs. W. W. Webster from Little Britain, near Lindsay---not to be confused with our Port Britain near Port Hope, but connected with it---"That ...

Snider, Roy, Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 20 May 1939     Rocking Power-Plant of Old Blockade Runner Schooner Days CCCXCVIII (398) Contributed by Roy Snider, who knows steam "LET'er Be," "Chicora," or "Warrenco." Name her as you ...

Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 13 May 1939     Rafting Out Off Port Britain And 'The Island' 80 Years Ago Schooner Days CCCXCVII (397) by C. H. J. Snider PORT BRITAIN'S claim to be a port and a harbor, and not merely a name like ...

Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 6 May 1939     Port Britain's "400" in Time of Ships and Timber Schooner Days CCCXCVI (396) by C. H. J. Snider TWELVE scattered houses, homes of thirty people, form Port Britain to-day. In 1857 ...

Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 29 Apr 1939     Lake Shore Pharaoh Sleeps in His Pyramid Schooner Days CCCXCV (395) by C. H. J. Snider "Inspiring bauld John Barleycorn, Whit dangers thou canst mak us scorn! ...