Chapter 34
1821-1830
Table of Contents

Title Page
1 Introductory
2 Geological
3 Poetry of the Lakes
4 Description
5 The Aborigines
6 French Discovery and occupation
7 Story of La Salle and the Griffin
8 Struggle for Possession
9 Under English Rule
10 Beginnings of Lake Commerce
11 War of 1812
12 War of 1812, Continued
13 War of 1812, Concluded
14 Growth of Traffic
Commerce Through St. Mary's Canals
15 Early Navigation on Lake Superior
16 The Convention of 1847
17 A Half Century Ago
18 Lake Canals
19 Lake Canals, Concluded
20 Harbors
21 Lighthouses
22 Life Saving Service
23 Development of Lake Vessels
24 The Lake Carriers
25 The Sailor
26 Navigation
27 Lumber Traffic
28 Grain Traffic
29 Coal Traffic
30 Iron Ore and Iron Industries
31 Miscellaneous
33 CHRONOLOGY.The Beginnings
33 After the War of 1812
34 1821-1830
[Introduction]
1821
1823.
1824.
1825.
1826
1827.
1828.
1829.
1830.
35 1831-1840
36 1841-1850
37 1851-1860
38 1861-1870
39 1871-1880
40 1881-1890
41 1891-1898
42 List of Lake Vessels
Table of Illustrations

[Introduction]

Wreck Of The Walk-In-The-Water, 1821 -- Steamer Superior Is Built And Launched, 1822 -- Other Happenings In 1821-1822 -- Commerce Gradually Improves, 1823 -- Some Events In That Year -- the Construction Of The Erie Canal In 1824 -- Other Events - Opening Of The Erie Canal. 1825 -- Valuable Fur Cargo -- Severe October Gale -- Steamer Niagara Built At Toronto -- Other Early Steamships -- Other Events Of 1825 -- First Lake Vessel On The Erie Canal -- Steamer Henry Clay, 1826 - New Steamer Canada -- Erie's First Steamboat, Etc. -- McKenney's Trip Up The Lakes -- Other Events Of 1826 -- Trip To Green Bay, 1827 -- Other Events Of 1827 -- The Schooner Canadian -- Other Events Of 1828 -- First Passage Through The Welland Canal, 1829 -- Other Events Of 1829 -- First Steamboat Explosions, 1830 -- First Three-Masted Steamboats -- Remarkably Late Season -- First Marine Reporting -- Other Events Of 1830.

 


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Some of the transcription work was also done by Brendon Baillod, who maintains an excellent guide to Great Lakes Shipwreck Research.