Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Canada
Year of Build:
1852
Rebuilt:
1. 1868;
Official Number:
5362
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
White Hall, New York
Vessel Type:
Steamer
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
John Englis
Ownership Notes:
Schuyler, George L., (1853); Comstock, Peter, (1853); Sherman, R. W., (1853); Champlain Transportation Company, (1853-1870); Saratoga & Whitehall Railroad, (1856);
Master(s):
Davis, (1857);
Hull Dimensions
1852
Length: 260' Width/Beam: 33' 6" Depth: 10'
Tonnage
1852
Gross: 716 + 67/95
1868
Gross: 905.60
Enrollments/Registration

Next document: Champlain 6-10-1853
June 10, 1853
   Port: Champlain
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Champlain 00-00-1854
1854
   Port: Champlain
History
Classification:
a. Steamer, Canada (1852-1870)
Nationality:
American (1852-1870)
Chronology:
1. 7/001858, Detroit River, damaged machinery and repaired, $600 loss;
2. 10/00/1858, collapsed a flue and scalded to death 3 of her crew, repaired, $200 loss;
Notes
General notes:
Her first home port was Plattsburg, New York;
Machinery: Vertical beam engine;
She was condemned and abandoned in 1870;
Sources:
1. John Poole's notes;
2. Early American Steamers, Vol. III;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1/15/1859;
5, Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

Agency street/mail address:
75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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