Boats

Acadia

The Acadia was a composite-hulled steamship built in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1867, notable for being one of the earliest Great Lakes vessels constructed with oak planking over iron frames, carrying...

Billy Blake

Steam tug built in Gore Bay, Ontario in 1932. Gross tonnage: 39.82 Length: 59 feet.

CGS Lambton

The CGS Lambton was a Canadian Government lighthouse tender built in 1909 that operated on the Great Lakes to deliver and support lighthouse keepers and supplies. In April 1922 she...

Captain Jim

A steam tug currently wrecked in Quebec Harbour. Length: 78 feet Hull: Wood Built in Goderich, Ontario Originally owned by Booth Fisheries Co then sold to Purvis Fisheries November 13th,...

Caribou

Chicago

The steamer Chicago was a steel-hulled Great Lakes package freighter launched in 1901 that operated mainly on Lakes Superior and Huron carrying mixed cargoes. On October 22, 1929, while bound...

Columbus

The Columbus was 136 foot long wooden hulled steamer that burned and sank in Gargantua Harbour, Lake Superior.

Golspie

The Golspie was a wooden steamer approximately 200 feet in length, owned by the MacKay Company based in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

Hiram R. Dixon

Built in Mystic, CT in 1883. Length 118.00 Width 20.42 Depth 9.58 Gross Tonnage 155.99 Net Tonnage 97.24 Hull Material Wood

J. S. Seaverns

The J. S. Seaverns was a cargo ship that was built August, 1880 in Saugatuck, Michigan and sank May 10, 1884.

Large Gas Boat

The hull of a wooden shipwreck found in a bay just west of False Ganley Harbour. Length, size and hull materials unknown.

R.H. Dobson

Where Built: Goderich, Ontario Gross Tonnage: 43 Official Number: 111971 Ship Registration Index: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/ship-registration-index-1787-1966/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=58973