Capt. Charles J. Nickerson

Capt. C. T. Nickerson, of Midland, was born at Columbus, Canada, and was educated at Uxbridge and Midland. For a time, with his father and two brothers, he was sawmilling. The firm having bought a tug, young Nickerson was put in command, and his elder brother, who had a practical knowledge of engineering, was chief mate. Through several years experience in the tug Jubilee he became well versed in the navigation of the Georgian Bay, and shipped on the steamer Atlantic, sailing between Collingwood and Mackinac. Then he sailed in the steamer Baltic.

Wishing further knowledge of the north shore of the Georgian Bay,Capt. Nickerson shipped in the steamer Northern Belle, on the run between Collingwood and Killarney, touching at French River.Parry Sound and Midland. That was during the years 1893 and 1894.

He and his brother built the steam yacht Odessa, of which the captain, having secured a certificate as master, took command in 1895, with his brother as chief mate. This vessel still sails on the run between Midland and Victoria House at Honey Harbor.

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