: Gerald C. Metzler Great Lakes Vessel Database

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Kingston, Ontario
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Scroll Head
Ownership Notes:: Boyle, Edward, (1854- 1860); Yott, John,, (1861); Yott, Edward, (1861); Holland, James, (1862-1864); Kilpatrick,
Thomas, (1864); Bryan, (1866); Bennett, P. D., (1873);
Master(s):: Polly, (1854); Yott, John, (1861);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

Next document: Kingston 9-7-1861
September 7, 1861: Port: Kingston Number: 100 of 1861
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Elizabeth (1850- )
Nationality:: Canada (1850-1864); Americain (1864- )
Chronology:: 1. 12/4/1854, Long Point, Lake Erie, ashore and released;
2. 9/7/1858, Port Burwell, Lake Erie, ashore and released, $125 loss;
3. 8/00/1866, near Kenosha, Lake Michigan, ashore and released;

Notes

General notes:: *Sold to Oswego, New York in 1864;
1854, she was valued at $900; 1860, she was valued at $2,800; 1871, she was listed with no value given;
Sources:: 1. Enrollment: Kingston, Ontario;
2. Canadian Lake Vessel Register: 1854, 1856, 1857, 1860, 1863, 1866, 1871, 1873;
3. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
4. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Canadian Coast of Lake Erie and Huron, 1858-1868;
5. John Poole's notes

Contact

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