Dana Ashdown, Railway Steamships of Ontario, Boston Mills Press 1988 |
In 1904 while pulling away from Ogdensburg, two cars came loose, causing the boat to sink again.
http://images.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/62341/data |
Once again the ferry was raised but this time the ferry was converted to a drill barge for a company in Trenton and scrapped in 1938.
Back to the first image, both boats belonged to the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company. I went looking online for some better views of the steamboats.
Above, Bohemian shooting the rapids, below Corsican docked in Toronto. The Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company was formed in 1845 by Quebec businessmen for service in the Richelieu river to Lake Champlain but soon expanded to the St Lawrence River and Lake Ontario route. The company was absorbed into Canada Steamship Lines in 1913.
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