1857 List Of Canadian Vessels

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	1857 List Of Canadian Vessels

We present below our annual list of Canadian Vessels, with the names of Masters, Rig, Tonnnge, 0wners, When and Where Built, and Value, as nearly as can be ascertained. Believing that it would be interesting and useful to the commercial public, we have made every effort to make it as accurate as possible, and have to thank many gentlemen interested in the Lake Marine for their aid in its compilation and corrections. There is an urgent necessity for the passage of a law conpelling the registration of vessels, similar to that in force in England and the United States, the advantages of which would be great in insurance operations, or in attaching or seizing any vessels as at present, there is no knowing, except by hearsay, when a vessel was built, who she belongs to, or indeed anything relating to her. A law compelling such registration -- when the vessel is launched and also if she should be sold, making it law to register the sale, would be a measure highly acceptable to shippers and shipowners. The value of the vessel named in this list is, of course, only an approximation, as it would be impossible to obtain it accurately.

Name	Rig	Master	Tons		Built	Owner	Value
Antelope	sch.	McMillan	180	1854	Port Robinson	E. Browne	9,000
Ann	sch.	McKenzie	120	1856	Owen Sound	McKenzie	7,000
Arabian	sch.	P. Boylan	164	1853	Oakville	Hanscombe	5,000
Arabian	stm.	Stauter	350	1852	Niagara	A. Heron	32,000
Avon	stm.	Mowatt	200	1856	Kingston	Hooker, Pridham & Co.	20,000
America	sch.	McGuire	110	1853	Bay of Quinte	McGuire	4,000
Atlantic	sch.	---	122	1842	Cobourg	A. Taylor	3,600
Almedia	sch.	Jas. Saulter	122	1842	St. Catherines	T. Saulter	3,000
Allies	sch.	Farewell	310	1855	Oshawa	T. Farewell	10,000
Australia	sch.	---	131	1854	Sodus	J.G. Beard	6,000
Ayr	brig.	B. Muir	340	1855	Port Dalhousie	A. Muir & Co.	10,000
Alma	topsail sch.	Bates	200	1854	Garden Island	Bates & Co.	6,000
Admiral	sch.	---	100	--	Port Hope	B. Harris	4,000
Acorn	sch.	A. Chant	165	1855	Port Hope	R. McIntyre	4,000
Alice Grover	sch.	McLaughlin	200	1855	Colborne	McLaughlin & Co.	8,000
Alert	sch.	---	100	1851	Bay of Quinte	Ferguson & Co.	2,400
Arabian	3 masted	---	284	1853	Kingston	Wm. Ferguson	10,000
Alice	topsail	---	110	1854	Port Colborne	Doyle & Co.	2,000
Albion	sch.	---	94	1853	Oakville	A. Proudfoot	1,600
Anne Maud		---	60	1856	Port Hope	Dalton & Uilyot	4,000
Alliance	sch.	S.S. Hamilton	180	1856	Oakville	S.S. Hamilton	9,600
Annexation	---		90	1850	---		3,200
Anna Maria	sch.	---	59	1849	Redness Villa	B. Ferguson	1,200
Anna Craig	sch.	Manson	200	1855	Port Hope	Manson & Co.	10,000
Bowmanville	stm.	Perry	250	1855	Hatters Bay	Chas. Perry	30,000
Beaver	brig.	Norris	200	1850	Quebec	Norris & Neeland	4,050
Boston	stm.	Gibson	220	1852	Quebec	Jas. Coleman	20,000
Brantford	prop.	Davis	350	1852	St. Catherines	Holcombe & Henderson	20,000
Bristol	sch.	---	100	1847	Kingston	R. Clarke	2,000
Banshee	stm.	Howard	300	1856	Kingston	Wm. Bowen	36,000
Banshee	prop.	Malcomson	150	1854	Bath	M.W. Browne	14,000
Baltimore	brig.	---	300	1856	Kingston	J. Sutherland	10,000
Bay of Quinte	sch.	Wade	150	--	Bath	Wade	5,000
Bay of Quinte	stm.	Carroll	200	1852	Kingston	Gildersleeve & Co.	24,000
Belle	sch.	Piper	32	1854	Oakville	Whiteside	2,000
Bay Queen	sch.	---	110	1853	Hatters Bay	Wm. Davey	3,000
Britannia	stm.	Davis	300	1848	St. Catherines	Holcombe & Henderson	16,000
British Queen	sch.	---	212	1847	Port Credit	Wade	3,200
Beaver	stm.		100	1832	Montreal	---	3,000
Bytown	prop.	---	---	---	--
Champion	sch.	R. Coot	120	1852	Oakville	S. Robson	4,000
Champion	stm.	A. Sinclair	350	1852	Montrcal	J. Hamilton	22,000
Catherine	sch.	Campbell	130	1853	vOakville	Clemow & Co.	4,800
Catherine	sch.	---	150	1856	Cobourg	J. Boswell	6,000
Canadian	stm.	Smith	140	1853	Cbatham	Smith & Co.	20,000
Collingwood	stm.	---	152	1852	Buffalo	Gibbard & Co.	20,000
Caledonia	sch.	McCorqandale	128	1843	Port Credit	T. Herrington	2,000
Credit Chief	sch.	---	80	1853	Port Credit	S. Robson	3,000
Caroline Marsh	sch.	---	180	1852	Port Hope	Wm. Marsh	9,000
Caroline	sch.		88	1854	South Bay	Lambert & Perry	6,000
Caroline	sch.	Chalmers	80	1847	Belleville	Chalmers	2,000
California	sch.	---	190	1850	St. Catherines	Holcombe & Henderson	4,000
City of the Bay	stm.	---	200	1852	Bath	Gildersleeve & Co.	18,000
Caledonia	sch.	Hetherington	90	1851	Port Union	Brown & Cousins	3,400
Canadian	sch.	Crooks	140	1856	Oakville	Romain & Co.	8,000
Chief J. Robinson	stm.	---	315	1842	Niagara	A. Heron & Co.	10,000
Christina	sch.	---	250	1845	Port Sarnia	H. Waters	7,000
Chieftain	sch.	McKay	300	1847	Oakville	W.M. Gorrie	11,000
Diadem	sch.	D. Saulter	100	1836	Gananoque	T. Saulter	2,000
Dundee	sch.	----	170	1848	Kingston	J. Patterson	2,000
Dexter Cavin	sch.	Davis	100	1848	Kingston	Madoc	2,200
Davey, B.T.	sch.	----	300	1854	Bath	Davey	10,000
Davey, W.H.	sch.	----	250	--	Bath	Davey	9,000
Elk	sch.	Neligan	190	1856	Port Robinson	E. Browne	10,000
Emperor	sch.	McKenna	170	1854	Port Rowan	Kelly & Co.	7,000
Empress	sch.	McKensie	170	1853	St. Catherines	Kelly & Co.	8,000
Emma	sch.	Lewis	100	1850	Oswego	Wm. Lewis	3,200
Eliza Wilson	sch.	---	70	1855	Port Nelson	J. Rowe & Co.	3,000
Enterprise	sch.	---	700	--	Port Hope	Foster & Carson	3,000
Elizabeth	sch.	---	60	1850	Kingston	E. Boyle	2,000
Eliza Maria	sch.	---	40	1850	Presqu'Isle	E. George	7,000
Edith	sch.	---	120	1845	Brockville	----	2,000
Ellen	sch.	---	63	1850	Milford	Cook & Church	2,000
Empire	3 mast sch.	---	248	1847	Niagara	H. Waters	7,000
Europa	stm.	Murdock	450	1855	Hamilton	M.W. Browne & Co.	46,000
Experiment	prop.	Davis	100	1852	Hamilton	G. Tait & Co.	45,000
England	stm.	---	270	1847	Niagara	Pridham & Co.	12,000
Elizabeth	sch.	---	100	1856	Port Hope	S. U11glott	6,000
Eclipse	sch.	---	200	1852	Garden Island	Calvin & Brock	4,000
Forest Queen	sch.	E. Zeland	133	1854	Oakville	Zeland & brother	7,000
Flying Cloud	sch.	P. Lyon	130	1856	Oakville	P. Lyon & Co.	7,000
Forwarder	sch.	---	120	1852	Whitehall	Anglin	2,000
Fashion	sch.	---	37	1843	Amherst Island	Grandshaw	400
Frontenac	sch.	Murney	200	1854	Amherst Island	J. Morton	8,000
Fleur De Marie	brig.	Kent	156	1853	Genora	Kent & Co.	7,000
Free Trader	stm.	Moore	250	1847	Montreal	Hooker, Pridham & Co.	12,000
Fair Wind	sch.	---	120	1853	Kingston	Foster & Co.	4,000
Favourite	stm.	---	100	1842	---	M.W. Browne & Co.	18,000
Frank Stewart	sch.	Ewart	150	1856	Kingston	R.S. Perry	7,000
G.W. Goddard	stm. tug	Moodie	--	1852	Buffalo	Browne,Cousins & Moody	1,800
Gibralter	3 mast sch.	McDonald	320	1854	St. Catherines	Chisholm & Co.	10,000
Governor	sch.	Taylor	224	1848	Hatters Bay	Holcombe & Henderson	6,000
Great Western	sch.	Knox	160	1854	Dundas	Knox & Crawford	7,000
George Moffatt	stm.	Twichell	200	1853	Chatham	Halcomb & Henderson	16,000
George Henry	sch.	---	30	1856	Port Nelson	---	2,000
Georgina	brig.	---	270	1848	Port Rowan	H. Waters	3,000
Hesseona	brig.	---	160	1854	Quebec	Rae & Co.	6,000
H. Merritt	sch.	Smith	200	1853	St. Catherines	Smith & Beatty	7,000
Hannah	sch.	---	90	1852	Whitby	Fenwick	2,000
Highland Chief	sch.	Ryan	40	1840	Frenchmans Bay	Scott & Co.	400
Hamilton	sch.	---	150	1850	South Bay	Westband & Cooper	7,000
Hibernia	prop.	Kirkpatrick	150	1848	St. Catherines	Hooker, Pridham	14,000
Highlander	stm.	Crysler	250	1840	Kingston	McPherson & Co.	24,000
Hope	sch.	Graham	90	--	---		3,000
Huron	stm.	Cummings	360	1854	Sorel	J. Torrance & Co.	20,000
Hebe	sch.	---	300	1842	Quebec	J. Ketchum	2,000
Isaac Buchanan	sch.	---	180	1852	Port Stanley	Hope, Murray & Co.	8,000
Isabella	brig.	Stevenson	150	1552	Toronto	J. G. Beard	8,000
Inkerman	prop.	Browne	200	1856	Quebec	Macintosh & Co.	18,000
Iota	sch.	---	80	1856	St. Catherines	---	16,000
John Rae	sch.	Malcolmson	200	1853	Kingston	Rae & Co.	9,000
John Young	sch.	Bowmen	180	1853	Port Robinson	Rae & Co.	6,000
John Potter	sch.	---	160	1844	Oakville	---	4,400
J.A. Torrance	sch.	MacDonald	166	1842	Wellington Square	MacDonald & McBain	6,000
James Leslie	sch.	---	125	1854	Colborne	John Burk	6,000
John Wesley	sch.	Alwood	--	--	Port Hope	G. Alwood	--
J.D. Schylia	---		110	1849	Sackett's	W. Flint	3,000
Josephine	topsail sch.	---	70	--	---	McFarlane	2,000
Jessie	sch.	Larkin	200	1854	St. Catherines	J.L. Ranney	8,000
J.S. Stockley	topsail	----	90	1853	St.	---	3,000
Jenny Lind	sch.	McClain	28	1852	Port Credit	McClain	1,000
J.C. Wheeler	sch.	McBride	300	1854	Port Dover	McBride	10,000
J.G. Beard	---		180	1856	Oakville	J.G. Beard	8,000
John Mann	stm.	Armstrong	400	1848	Quebec	Torrance & Co.	7,000
J. Shickluna	---		200	1847	St. Catherines	R.N. Dunn	7,000
Indian Queen	sch.	Macdonald	250	1856	Coldwater	Fitch & Co.	10,000
Kingston	stm.	Kelly	350	1856	Montreal	J. Hamilton	40,000
Laffyette Cook	sch.	---	250	1852	St. Catherines	---	9,000
Lilly	sch.	S. Williams	120	1853	Oakville	Williams	6,000
London	sch.	---	73	1850	Cobourg	H.Cook & Co.	2,000
Locomotive	prop.	---	120	1852	Hatters Bay	J. Morton	14,000
Lucinda	sch.	---	96	1852	St. Ores	Chas. Bero	3,000
Leander	sch.	Jones	176	1852	Port Hope	Walker & Berry	6,000
Lowland Lass	sch.	Pontine	100	1852	Catfish Creek	Pontine	3,000
Lochiel	sch.	Martin	165	1853	Port Sarnia	P.S. Stevenson	7,000
Lorwich	topsail sch.	---	140	1854	Port Dover	---	5,000
Lady Elgin	topsail sch.	---	260	1848	Port Dover	---	800
Louisa	brig	---	250	1856	St. Catherines	Norris & Neeland	10,000
Liverpool	sch. 3 masts	---	204	1854	Garden Island	---	4,000
Marsh, S.A.	sch.	T. Jones	261	1853	Port Hope	Jones & Berry	14,000
Mary Francis	sch.	---	104	--	St. Catherines	W.A. Chisholm	3,000
May-Flower	sch.	---	100	1842	Oakville	Chisholm	3,000
May-Flower	stm.	Sinclair	300	1848	Bath	Hill, Sears & Co.	22,000
Merchant Miller	sch.	McCorqundale	110	1842	St. Catherines	Malloy & Browne	5,000
Morning Star	sch.	Mitchell	90	1852	Oakville	Michell & Co.	3,000
Marco Polo	sch.	Jackman	130	1853	Oakville	Gooderham & Worts	6,000
Mary Selina	sch.	---	80	1849	St. Lawrence	Harvey	2,000
Minerva	sch.	---	80	1849	St. Lawrence	---	2,000
Marion	sch.	---	60	1850	Isle of Quinte	J.C. Boswell	2,400
Montreal	stm.	Moody	170	1848	Montreal	Moodie	14,000
Moira	stm.	Barney	200	1855	Belleville	Flint & Co.	16,000
May	sch.	---	120	1850	Whitehall	W. Anglin	4,800
Magaret	sch.	---	64	1854	Port Credit	D. Coucher	2,000
Malta	brig	---	320	1852	St. Catherines	Rae & Co.	12,000
Mary Grover	sch.	Collins	200	1854	Port Colborne	Collins	9,000
Musk Rat	stm.	---	150	1854	Montreal	G. Trunk Contractors	12,000
Mermaid	sch. 3 mast	---	120	1849	Chatham	J. Waddell	3,000
Margaret Ann	sch.	---	20	1847	Bronte	Jno. Lepper	300
Magnet	stm.	Twohy	400	1849	Kingston	Jackson & Co.	30,000
Merchant	sch.	J. Starks	50	1848	Port Hope	J. Starks	1,000
Montmorenci	stm.	---	200	1850	Quebec	J. Noad & Co.	8,000
Maple Leaf	stm.	Schoofield	300	1851	Kingston	Int. Steamboat Co.	28,000
Mohawk	topsail sch.	---	98	1853	Isle of Tante	J. Manny	1,600
Minerva Cook	sch	---	120	1858	Garden Island	Calvin & Brock	3,000
Malakoff	stm.	---	300	1855	Montreal	G. Tait	14,000
Mary	sch.	---	60	1856	Oakville	T. Chisholm	2,000
Maria Josephine	sch.	McDonald	75	--	Kingston	P. Tarrak & Co.	2,000
Northerner	sch.	McCorqundale	120	--	Oakville	Gooderham & Worts	5,000
Northumberland	sch.	Hamilton	278	1852	Cobourg	J.E. Hamilton	9,000
New Era	stm.	Maxwell	200	1849	Kingston	G. Gildersleeve	18,000
Northern Light	sch. 3 mast	Burns	200	1853	Fort Erie	Forsyth	9,000
Novelty	stm.	Sutherland	250	1856	Quebec	A. & D.Shaw	10,000
New Brunswick	sch.	---	200	1841	St. Catherines	Sutherland & Co.	1,600
Orion	sch.	J. Baxter	166	1854	Montreal	Zealand Brothers	7,000
Omar Pacha	sch.	Jackman	220	1853	Oshawa	Gooderham & Worts	9,000
Ottawa	stm.	Hannah	270	1847	Montreal	Hooker, Pridham & co.	18,000
Ontario	sch. 3 masted	--	380	1851	Quebec	H. Waters	5,000
Orkney Lass	---		281	1856	Kingston	Rae & Co.	12,000
Orcadia	sch.	---	200	1854	---	Rae & Co.	8,000
Oliver Cromwell	prop.	Patterson	300	1852	Oswego	Walker & Berry	18,000
Ontario	sch.	Burke	200	--	Wbitby	Rowe & Co	8,000
Perseverance	topsail sch.	Martin	118	1853	Port Dalhousie	J. Martin	6,000
Prescott	stm.	---	300	1849	Kingston	Hooker, Pridham & Co.	8,000
Protection	prop.	---	250	1850	Brockville	Jones, Macdonald & Co.	10,000
Plymouth	sch.	---	300	1854	Garden Island	J. Roe	12,000
Peerless	stm.	J. Dick	400	1853	Clyde	A. Heron & Zimmerman	70,000
Provincial	stm.	---	400	--	Wilmot, N. C.	Provincial Ins. Co.	10,000
Premier	sch.	Belyea	165	1855	Bronte	Williams & Belyea	8,800
Paragon	sch.	J. Kemp	140	1853	Oshawa	J. Kemp	6,000
Phoenix	scb.	---	121	1852	Port Peter	Stanton & Co.	4,000
Petrie	sch.	---	140	1850	Port Dover	---	3,800
Princess Victoria	sch.	---	198	1838	Niagara	Rae & Co.	2,000
Pacific	topsail sch.	---	55	1846	Amherstburg	J. Mathews	400
Passport	stm.	Harbottle	350	1847	Kingston	J. Hamilton	32,000
Queen Victoria	sch.	Tyeland	180	1851	Garden Island	Zealand Brothers	28,000
Quebec	sch. 3 mast	---	212	1850	---		4,000
Royal Oak	---		200	1853	Oakville	Jas. Rowe & Co.	8,000
Reindeer	stm.	Patterson	169	--	St. Catherines	Holcomb & Henderson	14,000
Ranger	stm.	Hayes	156	1855	Montreal	H. Jones & Co.	20,000
Sorel	sch.	Radcliff	196	1840	Sorel	Radcliff	3,000
St. Andrews	sch.	---	220	--	St. Catherines	Norris & Neeland	8,000
Sultan	sch.	S. Kingston	111	1854	Oakville	J. Kingston	5,000
Scotland	stm.	F. Patterson	160	1850	Kingston	Holcomb & Henderson	10,000
Sir C. Napier	brig.	---	220	1854	Port Robinson	Norris & Neeland	9,000
Sarah	sch.	---	85	1852	Hatters Bay	Harris & Co.	3,000
St. Lawrence	prop.	Savage	300	--	Oswego	Hooker, Pridham & Co.	14,000
Sir C. Napier	stm.	Creighton	100	1844	Oswego	Creighton & Co.	6,000
St. Helen	stm.	Mowatt	700	--	Montreal	Glassford & Co.	14,000
St. Lawrence	---		100	1847	Montreal	Capt. Sutherland & Co.	16,000
St. George	barque	Duval	300	1854	Chatham	J. Waddell	10,000
Sweet Home	---		150	1852	Jordan	E. Boyle	4,800
Scotland	sch. 3 mast	---	122	1848	Toronto	Capt. Savage	3,000
Sir E. Head	g.	---	250	1856	St. Catherines	Chisholm & Co.	10,000
Sardinia	sch.	Goodman	140	1856	Coldwater	W.M.Gorrie	8,000
Sarah Ann	sch.	---	41	--	Sacketts	---	2,000
Shannon	sch.	Allen	85	1839	Niagara	Allen	400
Shickluna	sch.	---	250	1847	St. Catherines	R. Dunn	4,000
Shamrock	sch.	---	50	--	---	---	400
Sinbad	sch. 3 mast	---	200	1843	Port Sarnia	M. Cameron	4,000
Superior	sch. 3 mast	Donalson	380	1857	Quebec	Donalson & Co.	5,000
Teresa	sch.	Penett	250	1855	St. Catherines	Chisholm & Co.	8,800
Three Bells	sch. 3 mast	W. Wilson	220	1853	Oakville	R.K. Chisholm	7,500
Trade Wind	sch.	G. Wright	180	1853	Colborne	G. Wright	8,000
Two Brothers	topsail sch.	Macdonald	150	1855	Oakville	Macdonald	8,000
Trenton	stm.	---	100	1852	Montreal	---	14,000
Triton	sch. 3 mast	---	190	--	---	---	5,000
Victoria	stm.	Graham	80	1855	Toronto	P. Carroll & Co.	5,000
Welland	stm.	Butterworth	120	1856	Montreal	P. D. & T. R. R. Co.	20,000
Welland	sch.	Nungton	100	1847	St. Catherines	Livingston	4,000
Welland Canal	sch. 3 mast	---	200	--	St.	---	4,000
Western Miller	prop.	Ryan	300	1848	Toronto	Holcomb & Henderson	12,000
Wm. Raynor	sch.	G. Golding	180	1855	Port Nelson	R. Moody	4,000
Whitby	stm.	J. Lepine	156	1856	Montreal	H. Jones & Co	20,000
Wellington	stm.	McGray	250	1855	Garden Island	Hooker, Pridham & Co.	34,000
Zimmerman	stm.	Milloy	400	1854	Niagara	E. & O.R. R. Co.	40,000

In the above list are enumerated 43 steamers, 12 propellers, and 172 schooners in all 227 vessels, the tonnage of which amounts to 40,037 tons, and the estimate of which is 2,127,950 dollars. This list does not include scows and other small craft engaged in the wood and stone trade along the south shore.

We give below a list of vessels now being constructed, as far as information can be obtained.
One large vessel building at Port Robinson, by Messrs. Abby's, of about 300 tons.
One " " " " Port Dalhousie, by A Muir & Co. " " 300 tons.
One " " " " St. Catherines, by Donaldson & Andrews " " 320 tons.
One " " " " Oakville, by C.W. Thompson of about 305 tons.
One " " " " Oakville, by M. Simpson of about 208 tons.
One vessel building at Oakville, by John Potter, of about 110 tons.
One " " " Oakville, by John Potter, of about 75 tons.
One " " " Hamilton, by T. White, of about 300 tons.
One " " " Niagara, by Wm.Walkerly of about 66 tons.
One " " " Port Hope, by Wm. Manson of about 150 tons.
One " " " Port Britain, by Wm. Marsh of about 220 tons.
One " " " Cobourg, by Wm. Hatter of about 150 tons.

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