Wisconsin Maritime Museum

New Dominion (Schooner, 1867)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
New Dominion
Also known as:
Ida Walker
Year of Build:
1867
Rebuilt:
1. 1880, W. D., Ponfine, Sarnia, Ontario;
Official Number:
80772
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Sophiasburg (Robbin's Mills), * Ont.
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Builder Name:
William G. Yomans
Ownership Notes:
Wilson, C., (1867-1869); Norman, R. A., (1867); Wilson, (1873); McLeod, John, (1873-1876); Robertson, Ross, (1875); Robertson, Fred, (1875); Blow, John, (1883); Guy, Fred A., (1883); Allen, Harry, (1883-1885); Savage, James, (1885);
Master(s):
Norman, R. A., (1867); Malott, (1880); Allen, John, (1880); Tait, George, (1883); Montgomery, William;
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1867)
Hull Dimensions
1867
Length: 115' Width/Beam: 25' 10" Depth: 10' 3"
1880
Length: 109' Width/Beam: 26' Depth: 9.1'
Tonnage
1867
Gross: 220
1880
Gross: 187
Enrollments/Registration
July 16, 1867
   Port: Picton Number: 23 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Sarnia 5-20-1880
May 20, 1880
   Port: Sarnia Number: 2 of 1880
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Whitby 5-20-1883
May 20, 1883
   Port: Whitby Number: 5 of 1883
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, New Dominion (1867-1880);
b. Schooner, Ida Walker (1880- )
Nationality:
Canada (1867- )
Chronology:
1. 11/29/1867, Long Point, Lake Erie, ashore and released, $22, 000 loss;
2. 11/00/1873, Chicago Harbor, damaged by collision and repaired, $500 loss;
3. 10/27/1875, Point Au Pelee, ashore and released;
4. 4/17/1880, Buffalo, Lake Erie, struck the old breakwater, sank and raised;
5. 10/25/1885, Amherstburg, struck the wharf, sank and raised, (barley);
6. 00/00/1886, Brighton, ashore;
7. 00/00/00, near Wellington, sank;
Notes
General notes:
*Built at Robbins Mills, by William Yeoman in July of 1867; Robbins Mills is in Sophiasburg Township in Prince Edward County;
She was owned at Toronto, Ontario, in 1867;
She was owned at Picton, Ontario in 1873;
Sources:
1. Enrollment: Picton, Ontario; Sarnia, Ontario; Whitby, Ontario;
2. John Poole's notes;
3. Toledo Blade: 12/21/1867;
4. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
5. Canadian Lake Vessel Register: 1869, 1873;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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Manitowoc, WI,54220
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