Erie Belle (Schooner, 1873)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Port Burwell, Ontario
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Builder Name:: George W. Pontine
Ownership Notes:: McLeod, John; Russel Construction Company; Youell , William, and Company;
Master(s):: Manson, Donald; McDermard, Charles, (1873);

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

History

Classification:: a. Schooner (Barge), Erie Belle (1873- )
Nationality:: Canada (1873- )
Chronology:: 1. 00/00/00, Bronte, dismasted and repaired;
2. 00/00/00, Chippewa, burned and repaired;
3. 00/00/00, French Creek, sank;
4. 00/00/00, Toronto, sank;
5. 9/19/1884, Lake Erie, mid-lake, dismasted and repaired, (iron ore);
6. 00/00/000, Eastern Gap, sank;
7. 5/00/1874, broke 4 gates in the Welland Canal and repaired, $900 loss;
7. 10/27/1875, Port Colborne, ashore and released, (wheat);
8., 9/26/1888, Ashtabula, Lake Erie, sprang a leak and went ashore, sank and raised, (coal);

Notes

General notes:: She went to Chatham, New Brunswick in the 1890's;
She was used as a floating tool shed by the Russed Construction Company;
Sources:: 1. John Poole's notes;
2. Canadian Lake Vessel Register: 1873;
3. Chicago Inter Ocean: 12/25/1874:

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