The Steamship Carmona -- Her Previous History--Appropriately Named.

The Carmona is a double-decked sidewheel steamer of 590 tons capacity. Her length is 175 x 45 x 11.6.

She was originally known as the Manitoba, and was built at Thorold in 1871 by Melancthon Simpson, who, like his brother John, was a well-known shipbuilder.

She first formed one of the well-known Beatty Line, running from Sarnia on the Upper Lakes. Afterwards her name was changed to Carmona, and in conjunction with the Cambria formed a local line from Owen Sound to the Sault Ste. Marie in connection with the C. P. R.

In the autumn of 1890 the Carmona was transferred to Toronto and in the following season, that of 1891, she ran to Lorne and Grimsby Parks.

In 1892 and 1893 she ran from Toronto to Rochester daily, making occasional trips with excursionists to the Thousand Isles. Her commander is Captain William Parkinson. She was previously under Captains Black and La France and her principal engineer is the well-known Frank White.

The boat is famous for the regularity of her journeys and for the attention that is paid by those on board of her to all who travel by her means from Toronto to Rochester.

She is elegantly fitted throughout, lighted with electricity, and the attractions she offers are greatly appreciated by the travelling public.

A few words as to her name will probably be of some interest. Carmona is a town in Spain in the Province of Seville, and was even so far back as the time of the Romans, noted for its beauty, and was, owing to the excellence of its arrangements, a favorite place of residence. Well, as the ancient Carmona was, through its beauties, favored by its patrons so is the steamer of the same name on the Canadian lakes, and for similar reasons.

The offices of this popular steamship are at 9 Front street east, Toronto. She is owned by the Canada Lake Superior Transit Company.

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This electronic edition is based on the original in the collection of the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston.