Acadia (Propeller, 1867)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Hamilton, Ontario
Vessel Type:: Propeller
Hull Materials:: Composite*
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Builder Name:: John Malcolmson
Ownership Notes:: Malcolmson, J., (1867-1869); Malcolmson, T. G., (1867-1869); Malcolmson brothers, (1875-1876);
Master(s):: Malcomson, J., (1867);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

July 15, 1867: Port: Hamilton Number: 61 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
July 10, 1877: Port: St. Catharines
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)

History

Classification:: a. Propeller, Acadia (1867-1896)
Nationality:: Canada (1867-1896)
Chronology:: 1. 7/00/1869, broke her wheel in Mississauga Straits, Georgian Bay and repaired, $800 loss;
2. 6/00/1893, in Cornwall Canal, sank and raised;
3. 11/5/1896, mouth of Michipicoten River, Ontario, Lake Superior, ashore and became a total wreck, (grain);

Notes

General notes:: *She had an iron frame that was covered with wood;
She was valued at $32,000, in 1871; $22,000, in 1876; Just listed in 1879 and noted as "decayed";
Sources:: 1. Enrollment; Hamilton, Ontario; St. Catharines, Ontario;
2. Vessel Register: (1871-1879);
3. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
4. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
5. Wright's Master Sheet;
6. Canadian Lake Vessel Register: 1869;
7. John Poole's notes;

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