Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Canton (Brigantine, 1844)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Canton
Also known as:
Frontier City
Year of Build:
1844
Major repairs:
1851;
Rebuilt:
1. 1847, Beaupree;
2. 1860, Andrew Miller, Oswego, New York;
Official Number:
9150
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Point Ontario, New York
Vessel Type:
Brigantine
Additional vessel types:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Ownership Notes:
Wright, H. C., (1860); Betts, W. A., (1860); Moore, Thomas, (1860-1864); Kitts, A., (1860-1864); Snow, G. H., (1865-1866); Daggett, (1866); Williams, Charles, (1867-1871; Higgie, F., (1872); Brown, C., (1873-1875);
Master(s):
Litts, Lewis, (1860); Snow, G. H., (1865); William, Charles, (1867); Higgie, F., (1872); Brown, C., (1873); Wilson, S., (1875);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1844)
Hull Dimensions
1860
Length: 117' 5" Width/Beam: 23' Depth: 10' 8"
1865
Length: 115.6' Width/Beam: 23' Depth: 9.6'
Tonnage
1847
Gross: 119 + 8/95
1860
Gross: 267 + 68/95
1865
Gross: 200.93
1844
Enrollments/Registration

Next document: Oswego 6-30-1847
June 30, 1847
   Port: Oswego Number: 54 of 1847
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel (Rebuilt)

Next document: Oswego 4-14-1860
April 14, 1860
   Port: Oswego Number: 6 of 1860
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Oswego 3-28-1865
March 28, 1865
   Port: Oswego Number: 1 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Buffalo 2-18-1867
February 18, 1867
   Port: Buffalo Number: 6 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 10-11-1872
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October 11, 1872
   Port: Milwaukee Number: 50 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 1-21-1873
January 21, 1873
   Port: Chicago Number: 98 of 1873
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 8-19-1875
August 19, 1875
   Port: Chicago Number: 15 of 1875
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 11-25-1879

Next document: (Vessel Dismantled)
History
Classification:
a. Brig, Canton (1844-1860);
b. Schooner, Frontier City (1860-1879)
Nationality:
American (1844-1879)
Chronology:
1. 11/12/1852, Port Colborne, Gravelly Bay, damaged cargo, (wheat), and towed into port;
2. 10/00/1855, St. Clair River, collision, (Schooner, Tom Dyer), repaired, $500 loss;
3. 6/00/1860, Welland Canal, damaged hull in a collision with a schooner, repaired, $100 loss;
4. 12/27/1862, Bois Blanc Island, near Mackinaw, ashore and released;
5. 7/00/869, Lake Huron, lost her outfit in heavy weather and replaced, $500 loss;
6. 10/31/1871, near Kincardine, Ontario, at entrance to the Thames River, Lake Huron, ashore and released,
7. 5/00/1874, Lake Michigan, collision, (Propeller, Messenger), repaired, $300 loss;
8. 7/00/1874 hull damaged by heavy weather on Lake Michigan, $100 loss;
9. 9/00/1879, Lake Michigan, dismantled and sank;
Notes
General notes:
1860, she was valued at $1,500; 1871, she was valued at $5,500;
She was noted as having raft ports;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Oswego, New York;
2. Enrollment: Oswego, New York;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860;
5. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856, 3/11/1861;
6. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 3/11/1861;
7. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
8. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
9. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874:
10. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1881);
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
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