L'Outaouaise (Snow, 1759)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Power

Tonnage

History

Classification:: a. Snow, L'Outaouaise (1859-1859)*;
b. Snow, Johnson (1759-1764)
Nationality:: French (1759-1759); British (1759-1764);
Chronology:: 1. 00/00/1759, Fort Niagara, Ontario, captured by the British from the French;
2. 12/13/1764, Oswego, went ashore and wrecked;

Notes

General notes:: *The French schooner was in an unfinished state when she was captured. The British finished her and named her Johnson.
Noted in service on Lake Ontario armed with 12 guns, 1760-1764;
7/30/1778, she is noted as scow Johnston;
Macpherson list her built at Pointe au Baril as a barque, armed with ten guns; Captured at Isle Royale, 1760; Lost November, 1764;
Sources:: 1. George A. Cuthbertson, Freshwater, p. 100, 277;
2. John Poole's notes;
3. Wisconsin Historical Collection, Vol. XI, p. 198;
4. K. R. Macpherson, List of Vessels Employed on British Naval Service on the Great Lakes, 1755-1875, Ontario
Historical Society, September, 1963, Vol. LV, p. 174;

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