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Toronto, ON

1   East. At the end of the war, both Niagara and York were blackened ruins, while Kingston with its

2   three round trips per month from Kingston to York and Niagara, the cabin fare, one way, being

3   Head of the Lake (Hamilton), Wm. Allan, York, Wm. B. Smyth, Kingston and Trotter & Douglas,

4   item in the United Empire Loyalist, published at York and dated 21 April 1827 stated that Wm.

5   Jas. Lockhart at Niagara; Wm. Bergin at York; John Ross at Dundas, and at "Burlington Bay" -

6   The ports of call were Brockville, Kingston, York and Niagara. The fare from Prescott to York or

7   ports of call: Brockville, Kingston, Cobourg, York, Burlington Canal, Grimsby, Port Dalhousie and

8   Gananoque, Kingston, Cobourg, Port Hope, York and Burlington Bay or Hamilton before ending her

9   Canal, with whiskey, pork, and passengers for York. Hamilton Harbour was still locked tight in

10   CONSTITUTION, 1832, Oakville TORONTO, 1824, York ST. GEORGE, 1833, Kingston BRITANNIA, 1833,

11   and that she was to operate between Hamilton and York. Her master was William Kerr. Another new vessel

12   first vessel specifically for the Hamilton and York service. She measured 133 x 23 ft.; 150 tons. She

13   beam engines rated at 50 HP each, built in York by Sheldon, Dutcher & Co., the "York Foundry".

14   at 6 a.m., called at Oakville, and arrived at Toronto (no longer "Muddy York") at 9

15   on Sunday and Thursday, calling at Oakville, Toronto, Port Hope and Cobourg, before crossing to the

16   Jos. Moffat, Orange Co., N.Y., and D. Macaulay, Toronto, U.C., August 22nd,

17   calls at Presqu'Ile Bay, Cobourg, Port Hope and Toronto. She made two trips per week and D. C. Gunn was

18   and Pt. Hope on Friday morning, arrived in Toronto at 6 a. m. Saturday, went on to Hamilton that

19   Herchmer, left Hamilton daily at 7 a.m. for Toronto, returning from Toronto at 2 p.m. with stops at

20   his basic training in the Debtors' Prison in York. After being baled out of that hell-hole, he

21   and boarded the steamboat EXPERIMENT for Toronto, on the 6 December. The following day, Bond Head

22   militiamen" of St. Catharines and district to Toronto. However, the BRITANNIA, when about half way

23   before embarking on the COMMODORE BARRIE for Toronto. This steamboat made her first stop at Bath, where

24   not call there and when they wished to go to Toronto, they had to row across to Queenston, to board the

25   Capt. Hugh Richardson, was in service between Toronto, Queenston and Lewiston, while the BRITANNIA,

26   James, who was a successful wharfinger at Toronto for many years. Moving to Hamilton in 1836,

27   of the steamboat BURLINGTON, at Queen's Wharf, Toronto on 27 March. The Kingston Whig gave a fairly

28   was in service from the Genesee to Cobourg and Toronto, while the ADMIRAL was on the Niagara, Toronto,

29   built at Niagara, made her first crossing to Toronto. Her time was two hours and forty-five minutes.

30   arrived here yesterday afternoon, direct from Toronto.... She is advertised to leave Quebec to-morrow,

31   Her cargo was mostly flour and butter from Toronto. The channel she used, had only recently been

32   to commence service on the 27 December, between Toronto, Niagara & Lewiston, weather

33   down to Montreal in two and a half days, from Toronto.

34   in 1841 at Kingston, was placed on the Kingston, Toronto and Hamilton run by Capt. Ives, who was

35   On the 24 March, the steamboat ECLIPSE, from Toronto, attempted to enter Hamilton, but was unable to do

36   railroad fever upon them, as well as those of Toronto." This writer had reached Hamilton on the steamboat

37   with the arrival of the steamboat ECLIPSE from Toronto and the departures of several vessels for

38   the flames of animosity between Hamilton and Toronto. Untold barrels of printers' ink would be wasted,

39   now had to transfer at Kingston, instead of Toronto, but the editor of the Spectator doesn't seem to

40   together with "a contemplated steamer direct to Toronto and

41   the MAGNET, Capt. Sutherland, from Hamilton to Toronto and Kingston, CITY OF Toronto, from Lewiston &

42   Hamilton and Toronto service was maintained by the steamboat ECLIPSE,

43   considered by him to be unacceptable to "Toronto the

44   awaited the arrival of salvage equipment from Toronto. She was then taken to the Niagara shipyard and

45   Harrison made her first call of the season from Toronto, on Wednesday, 28 March. The ROCHESTER, Capt.

46   on the subject of wharves, Jos. C. Morrison, of Toronto, placed a notice in the Spectator on 7 June,

47   every Wednesday and Saturday morning for Toronto and Kingston." She had just been completed at

48   noting that she came up from Kingston to Toronto in 13 hours, despite storms and boisterous seas.

49   pay him the fare on all passengers they bring to Toronto, on their way to Lewiston, whether they go by that

50   Line placed the PRINCESS ROYAL on the Hamilton, Toronto and Kingston service, leaving Hamilton on Tuesday

51   made his first voyage of the season west from Toronto, landing his passengers and cargo at Wellington

52   per barrel and bring a West Indies cargo back to Toronto @ 2s. per cwt. We shall watch with much interest

53   Hamilton during the coming season, with calls at Toronto,

54   included. She is owned by Donald Bethune of Toronto. On Saturday afternoon, a large concourse of

55   22 March when he brought the AMERICA in from Toronto. The steamboat had been built in 1840 at Niagara

56   Thursdays for Cobourg, Pt. Hope, Pt. Darlington, Toronto and Hamilton. The PASSPORT made her first

57   institute service between St. Catharines and Toronto about the 15 April with the steamboat MAZEPPA.

58   from Ogdensburg-Prescott to Kingston, Oswego, Toronto, Hamilton and Port

59   managed by Macpherson & Crane, would leave to Toronto and Hamilton on 3 May, followed by Hooker &

60   Steamer CITY OF HAMILTON, Capt. J. Gordon, from Toronto, passengers and general cargo; Schooner NIAGARA,

61   out a larger and finer vessel than any owned in Toronto. He, therefore, attempted to infer that some shady

62   OF HAMILTON, Capt. Duncan McBride came in from Toronto. Departures were: to Montreal, steamer LORD ELGIN,

63   from Montreal and the CITY OF HAMILTON from Toronto. The schooner MARIE JOSEPHINE, Capt. H. Moreland,

64   Capt. Duncan McBride, commenced her run from Toronto to Pt. Credit, Oakville, Bronte and Wellington

65   refused 1s. 6d. per barrel for flour from Toronto to Montreal, although the rate last year was 10d.

66   packages of bonded, and domestic merchandise for Toronto and Hamilton, the greater part of which only came

67   after which the MAZEPPA would return to the Toronto-St. Catharines

68   6 and 7 p.m. the QUEEN OF THE WEST arrived from Toronto and tied up at Macpherson & Crane's James Street

69   steamer PEERLESS on the Lewiston, Niagara and Toronto route. She made the crossing in two hours and

70   Niagara & Northern Railroad. between here and Toronto. These things will prove that there is some

71   the company has sold two passenger cars to the Toronto railway company and they will be shipped in a few

72   L. J. Privat, who owned the Peninsula Hotel at Toronto.

73   between Toronto and Rochester was to be handled by the PRINCESS

74   PEERLESS was slated for two trips a day between Toronto and Lewiston and rumour had it that the steamer

75   the steamer ADMIRAL tied up at Browne's Wharf in Toronto, on a regular trip from Rochester. The captain,

76   Co., Prescott, Hooker, Pridham & Co., Kingston, Toronto and Hamilton, M. W. Browne and Land & Routh of

77   travellers who found it necessary to visit Toronto, had the choice of two steamers. The MAZEPPA,

78   remainder of the season, ply between Hamilton, Toronto and Oswego, where her agents were Messrs. Clemow

79   Capt. Perry and the QUEEN CITY, Capt. Evatt from Toronto. From Kingston came the MAGNET, Capt. Twohy and

80   R. R. Co. made a trial run from Niagara to Toronto on the 23 November and covered the distance in 2

81   The HIGHLANDER and the CHAMPION would form the Toronto and Cape Vincent Line. The PRINCESS ROYAL, after

82   the MAZEPPA might be placed in service between Toronto and

83   British steamers running between this city and Toronto, is now in Europe contracting for two swift and

84   HAMILTON arrived with passengers and mail from Toronto. The partnership of James Nixon and John E. Swales

85   January, while she lay at the Queen's Wharf in Toronto. The steamers CHIEF JUSTICE ROBINSON and WELLAND

86   Masson would commence service from Hamilton to Toronto and Oswego on Monday, 18 June, daily except

87   which the new steamer CANADA made a trial run to Toronto and we quote the Hamilton Spectator of Monday, 25

88   WELLAND, Donaldson, Holcomb & Henderson, from TorontoStr. CHIEF JUSTICE ROBINSON, Murdock, Nixon &

89   one for the steamer RANGER, Capt. Hayes, leaving Toronto for Chatham and intermediate ports on or about

90   McGrath, sailing for Hooker, Pridham & Co., left Toronto on the evening of Saturday, 21 July, with a cargo

91   schooner WILLIAM RAYNER, Goldring, arrived from Toronto and the schooner AGNES, Wm. Hall, arrived from

92   between Hamilton and Toronto was to be provided by the steamers WELLAND, Capt.

93   CHIEF JUSTICE ROBINSON, Capt. Murdock from Toronto with passengers and general cargo for Nixon &

94   followed by the PEERLESS, Capt. Jas. Dick, from Toronto. The PEERLESS would operate daily, except Sundays

95   steamer LORD ELGIN, while en route from Toronto to Montreal with a cargo of 2,000 bbls. of flour

96   the new propeller TINTO, bound from Montreal to Toronto was destroyed by fire a little above Kingston. Of

97   steam was being raised for her regular trip to Toronto. This was a heavy loss for the citizens of St.

98   Bridge. The passenger train was a local from Toronto, drawn by the locomotive "Oxford" and consisting

99   P. G. Chrysler from Edw. Browne's Wharf, for Toronto and North Shore ports to Kingston and Cape

100   at 9:00 p.m. on Saturday, 23 May for Kingston, Toronto, Hamilton and St. Catharines. She left Kingston at

101   and EUROPA would ply between that port and Toronto in connection with railroad's three daily trains.

102   where, during the vacation, Professor Weir of Toronto, has been preaching and where now, we believe,

103   the 20 July, the ZIMMERMAN took an excursion to Toronto and followed It up with an evening cruise around

104   be on the Hamilton, Oakville, Port Credit and Toronto service. The fare was $1.00, cabin or 75¢ deck

105   Provincial Exhibition in Toronto brought good crowds to the City Docks late in

106   in port, having had a troublesome voyage from Toronto. She had left there on Saturday evening, towing a

107   Grand Trunk Railway for building their line from Toronto through Stratford to Point Edward, thereby giving

108   in 1860. She had left Kingston at 8:00 p.m. for Toronto and Hamilton, and after passing the Light at Nine

109   which had been chartered to take him to Toronto. The young Prince was accompanied by the Governor

110   round trip, about 8 or 9 days. Perry & Black, Toronto and E. L. Ritchie & Co.,

111   sentence: "It is expected that both Hamilton and Toronto will contribute a portion of the capital to carry

112   of the leading people of Montreal, Kingston, Toronto and Hamilton to be called, we think, The Inland

113   She was bound up the Lake from Ogdensburg to Toronto and at about 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, she attempted

114   steamer BOWMANVILLE, Capt. Perry, cleared. for Toronto, from Anderson & Ford's Wharf. She would go

115   mate were lost. She was owned by Capt. Milloy of Toronto, who had purchased her from the estate of Samuel

116   on the 23 September and the BANSHEE remained in Toronto. The propeller INDIAN, downbound from Hamilton to

117   in the Kingston area. The steamer CHAMPION left Toronto at 3 p.m. on Friday, 30th and did not reach

118   of Kingston and the designer is S. Risley of Toronto."

119   the Welland House and included many guests from Toronto, including the mayor of that city. This was the

120   she sailed for Havana, Cuba. George F. Wyatt, of Toronto, her managing owner, had sold her to Alonzo

121   Montreal and St. Catharines, with calls at Toronto, upward.

122   building a new steamer for the Pt. Dalhousie-Toronto service.

123   line of packets would operate from Liverpool to Toronto, Hamilton, Cleveland and other ports. It was

124   with calls at St. Catharines, Lewiston, Niagara, Toronto, Cobourg and Kingston. She would spend four days

125   the following morning at the Highlands, east of Toronto.

126   in 1865, run their steamers from Hamilton to Toronto, thence across to Charlotte and from there to

127   steamer GEORGE MOFFATT was bound up the Lake for Toronto with a cargo of salt and the weather was bad. At

128   charge of the Western end of their business at Toronto, in place of E. Pridham, who had left the firm.

129   would commence service between Hamilton and Toronto on 27

130   by the Orangemen of Hamilton for an excursion to Toronto on the 12 July. To keep the festivities on a high

131   at Quebec on 10 May with general cargo for Toronto and Hamilton. The THERMUTIS was at Bruce Mines

132   listed the ports of call as follows: Hamilton, Toronto, Pt. Darlington, Pt. Hope, Cobourg, Kingston,

133   of the hull was supervised by Mr. Currie of Toronto. In the knocked-down condition, her hull comprised

134   Provisional Directors was quite impressive: from Toronto, Hon. Wm. McMaster, M. L. C., Hon. Wm. Pierce

135   & Passenger Line from Montreal to Kingston, Toronto, Hamilton and St. Catharines" and listed these

136   harbour and was reported to be operating between Toronto and the

137   schooner PEERLESS, Capt. Roberts' arrived from Toronto, to load staves for the Calvins of Garden Island.

138   which was executed by Mr. J. F. Peterkin of Toronto. The new schooner will be commanded by Capt. James

139   ROTHSAY CASTLE commenced regular trips to Toronto, calling at Oakville en route. She sailed from

140   of the schooner PERSIA, Capt. MacCallum for Toronto. The first arrival of the season was the schooner

141   passenger steamers from Montreal to Kingston, Toronto, Hamilton and St. Catharines; and the steamer

142   extended and nicely fitted up. She will run from Toronto to

143   to commence service between Hamilton and Toronto, sailing from the Victoria Wharf, near the Great

144   begin her regular trips the following day to Toronto, calling at Oakville. Exactly two months later,

145   that same day. The un-named traveller left Toronto on the ATHENIAN, passing Port Hope and Cobourg

146   six days previous, were 24,000 bus. of barley to Toronto; 7000 bus. of barley to Oswego; 5,600 bus. of

147   The schooner MAGDALA of Hamilton, bound from Toronto to Oswego with a cargo of timber and was about

148   & Neelon in St. Catharines; by S. F. Holcomb in Toronto and at Montreal, the agents were Messrs. Peterson

149   fitted in her hull. She would be placed on the Toronto and Halifax service again this year, whichg

150   the MAGNET left at 8:00 a.m. for a day in Toronto, round trip 75

151   from Wilson, N.Y. and the WANDERER, from Toronto.

152   for about 100 guests. These included from Toronto, the Scarth brothers, owners of the schooner, Miss

153   for the purpose of macadamizing the streets of Toronto. The stone is to be broken at the wharf, ready for

154   to as the FERGUSON from Port Credit, home of Toronto's stonehooker fleet, She was owned by Mr. J.

155   Western Ry. to carry cargo between Hamilton and Toronto, owing to the destruction by fire of the railway

156   the steamer SILVER SPRAY now owned by Milloy of Toronto, began service between Pt. Dalhousie and Toronto.

157   Ogdensburg. The schooner GARIBALDI arrived from Toronto with lumber, while the ANNIE CRAIG and PANDORA

158   and was to be placed on the Port Dalhousie-Toronto route, making connections with trains of the

159   and PRUSSIA in daily service from Montreal to Toronto, Hamilton and St. Catharines. The ASIA, ARGYLE,

160   was performed by Miss Jessie S. Hughes of Toronto, in very fine

161   would leave Hamilton on or about 1 July for Toronto, Montreal, Quebec, Shediac, Charlottetown and

162   Zealand, took a "Grand Excursion and Picnic" to Toronto. This was sponsored by the Canadian Order of

163   of local Orangemen and their friends, to Toronto and, succeeded in landing them all safely in

164   Jas. S. McCuaig of Picton. She made a trip from Toronto to Burlington Beach and Hamilton on Mondays and

165   Beach during the past two seasons, was towed to Toronto by the tug GOLDEN CITY on the 11 September, to

166   Creek) at the trestle bridge carrying the Toronto Branch line. For some time, there had been a

167   BELLE was advertised for sale by auction in Toronto. This was the former ROTHESAY CASTLE and the sale

168   as sailing from Sylvester Bros. Wharf in Toronto about the 1 May for Sydney, C.B. for a cargo of

169   buyers in 1860 and in 1877 she was rebuilt in Toronto, at which time she was owned by J. O. Clendenning

170   "leaving the Ocean House, Burlington Beach for Toronto". Her connection to Hamilton was provided by the

171   special excursion to Toronto on the 24 May, was billed for the steamer EMPRESS

172   8 April that years sold her to J. S. Playfair of Toronto. Her Hamilton registry was closed on 17 December

173   called the PRINCE ARTHUR, owned by R. G. Lunt of Toronto and capable of carrying 1,000 persons. She is

174   SOUTHERN BELLE was back on the Hamilton and Toronto route in August, making two round trips per day,

175   propellers ACADIA and LAKE ONTARIO both left for Toronto. The CALIFORNIA headed for Port Dalhousie. Messrs.

176   BELLE brought some 800 passengers over from Toronto in the morning. She then made a round trip to

177   in 1879, was seized by the Customs Officials at Toronto on the 3 August. Her owners had ignored repeated

178   of flour were shipped by L. Coffee & Co. of Toronto and below decks, she had grain from the Northern

179   left Fairhaven with 350 tons of coal for Toronto, under command of Capt. McGlenn and after much

180   in St. Catharines in 1875 and was wintering in Toronto. There were also the sidewheeler FRANCES SMITH and

181   floating bottom-up outside the Eastern Gap at Toronto. Nearby, was a water cask and a provision box. The

182   and ST. LAWRENCE. The DENMARK was dropped off at Toronto on the way up. The tug had to break some ice in

183   to pick, according to Mr. Barlow Cumberland of Toronto.

184   at which time she was owned by W. E. Cornell of Toronto.

185   Toronto Globe printed an article on the 26 July, chiding

186   Thos. Myles. The Hull Inspector had come from Toronto to inspect the LAKE MICHIGAN, LAKE ONTARIO,

187   have the CUBA and ARMENIA in service between Toronto and Ogdensburg, while the CITY OF MONTREAL will

188   the PICTON, Capt. Dunn, which had been on the Toronto-Port Dalhousie route for the past five years and

189   He would sail from Hamilton on Saturday for Toronto, to load grain for Buffalo. Such was not to be. At

190   and two hours later, cast off for the return to Toronto. A stiff North-East wind was beginning to make

191   for Myles. The D. FREEMAN cleared from Myles' to Toronto to load wheat, while Murton & Reid had two

192   business, Peter Buchannan & Co. of Glasgow, at Toronto. Later, he opened in Hamilton under the title of

193   the Merchant's Line service between Montreal, Toronto and Hamilton. The first trip of the MYLES would

194   steamer CITY OF Toronto, berthed in Port Dalhousie, caught fire about

195   service from Hamilton to Oakville and Toronto on the 11

196   SOUTHERN BELLE making two round trips daily to Toronto, with calls at Oakville. This was the former

197   & Reid's. The propeller LAKE ONTARIO cleared for Toronto and Montreal with passengers and

198   luck on the 22 November when she was bound from Toronto to Montreal and blundered onto a shoal opposite

199   with the occasional return cargo of grain from Toronto or St.

200   on the 18 February 1885 with J. H. G. Hagarty of Toronto as president, Capt. John B. Fairgrieve of

201   Her managing owner was John A. Clendenning of Toronto."

202   August, brought the news of a great fire on the Toronto waterfront. It started in the sugar refinery on

203   to a newly organized stock company known as "The Toronto & Hamilton Navigation Co. Ltd." It was

204   14 x 140 engine built by Ingles & Hunter of Toronto. Her hull dimensions were 101.0 x 20.0 x 5.7;

205   spent on her. Her owners, Crangle & Geddes of Toronto, valued her at

206   Roberts, built in 1871 for Wm. B. Scarth of Toronto. She was outward bound from Chicago with 26,600

207   N.Y. while on a voyage from Cleveland to Toronto with a cargo of block stone. All hands reached

208   SCOTIA, Capt. Fraser, from Charlotte to Toronto, with the schooner ORIENTAL, Capt. Geo. Stewart,

209   Simpson and was owned by Smith & Keighley of Toronto. She was valued at

210   to have a steamer built by Melancthon Simpson of Toronto, at Robertson's Shipyard. The cost was to be

211   and she will be capable of running, to Toronto in a little over two hours. She is to be

212   GREYHOUND was to be placed in service between Toronto and Grimsby Beach camp ground, under command of

213   to take on barley. The schooner LAURA of Torontog had arrived with 370 tons of coal from Toledo

214   already the stonehooker UNA had made a trip to Toronto and back to the Beach for a load of sand. Capt.

215   place of Capt. McGiffin, who had a vessel out of Toronto this

216   service on Lake Ontario, between Hamilton and Toronto. The arrangements made for the accommodation of

217   from Winnipeg, Port Arthur, St. Catharines, Toronto, Kingston and Montreal, as well as the Canadian

218   Lake Ontario, specifically between Hamilton and Toronto. It being intended, from the high rate of speed

219   steamer MACASSA in Toronto Photo: Author's Collection One week later, the

220   contractor of Hamilton and E. B. Osler of Toronto.

221   took a cargo of sand from Burlington Beach to Toronto on the 30 March, at which time, there was still

222   the same day, the stonehooker UNA sailed for Toronto with a cargo of moulding sand and the schooner

223   steamer LAKESIDE. The latter vessel had left Toronto 10 minutes behind the EMPRESS OF INDIA and very

224   the late James Browne who was a wharfinger in Toronto. Having mastered the basics of the business, he

225   The ACADIA was undergoing some repair work at Toronto, while the CELTIC and LAKE MICHIGAN were loading

226   and owner. The UNDINE, with a cargo of coal for Toronto, was driven ashore at Braddock's Bay, about ten

227   already the stonehooker UNA had made a trip to Toronto and back to the Beach for a load of sand. Capt.

228   place of Capt. McGiffin who had a vessel out of Toronto this Toronto and R. O. MacKay of Hamilton. The

229   with the result that they drove right on past Toronto, without being able to sight a landmark. By now,

230   propeller ACADIA, Capt. Malcolmson, arrived from Toronto. This was a fairly early opening and it caught

231   landed and were able to board a train bound for Toronto. A telegram was sent from the station and in

232   a train of 23 cars of coal left Fort Erie for Toronto, in charge of a conductor by the name of Campbell.

233   the channel and the MODJESKA, outward bound for Toronto, managed to get past it. The battered cars

234   Capt. Irvine, made her regular trips to Toronto through the turbulent seas and driving rain, On

235   Light. She was on a voyage from Kingston to Toronto with a cargo of building stone and her master was

236   December to load stone from Hancock'sQuarry for Toronto. She had been built in 1864 at Normandale by

237   repainted and the former vessel was to go to Toronto the next day for dry-docking and a change of

238   LILLIE which was running from Geddes' Wharf, in Toronto to Mimico, this season, had some trouble on the

239   which was repeated a couple of days later at Toronto.

240   for catering on its vessels to T. P. Phelan of Toronto and the contracts for coal went to MacKay's in

241   the 5 May, when the tug ST. GEORGE unwisely left Toronto, towing two dump scows and a boarding scow for the

242   Two years later, brother James moved to Toronto and Thomas carried on in Hamilton until his

243   Hon. Frank Smith, Barlow Cumberland, and other Toronto capitalists, together with William Hendrie,

244   the Lake was lashed by a strong east wind and a Toronto reporter printed a sensational item stating that

245   R. & O. steamer CORINTHIAN sailed from Toronto on the morning of the 19 September, with 70

246   to build a large side-wheel steamer for the Toronto and Niagara River service. The contract was said

247   improvements at Toronto were creating some schooner traffic in Hamilton.

248   Rankin, naval architects and marine engineers of Toronto. These men were also supervising the construction

249   Wharf and the P. E. YOUNG, loading stone for Toronto.

250   build a steam yacht for Albert E. Gooderham of Toronto. The designer was G. L. Watson of Glasgow and the

251   of the painters and was expected to commence her Toronto trips about the end of the month. The MYLES, at

252   steamer MACASSA grounded off Old Fort York at Toronto during dense fog on the 21 July. She

253   MODJESKA some very unpleasant trips to and from Toronto, but assisted the schooners T. R. MERRITT from

254   STRATHCONA arrived at Toronto on the 18 August with a cargo of scoria blocks

255   Lawrence & Chicago Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. of Toronto.

256   MACASSA, with 30 passengers was returning from Toronto. Capt. Crawford was unable to find the Canal piers

257   rated at 500 HP, built by John Inglis & Son of Toronto. A separate brick boiler house was located close

258   with 675 tons of coal for the Conger Coal Co. in Toronto, stranded one mile west of the piers, after losing

259   service, was badly damaged by fire at Toronto on the 28 November. The fire started when an oil

260   This company's MACASSA and MODJESKA came in from Toronto on Saturday, 23 June with some 200 employees of

261   expected that the MACASSA would begin service to Toronto on the 22

262   on which to erect a blast-furnace plant. In Toronto, they were shown a swamp by the name of

263   pressure engine built by Neil Currie & Bro. of Toronto. The date of build was not

264   steamer CHIPPEWA leaving Toronto Photo: Author's Collection Tuesday, 2 May, was a

265   the MACASSA was making her regular runs to Toronto and Mathews Bros. new steamer ACACIA began

266   about 300 guests, all charter members of the Toronto Social Register, to witness the launching of the

267   paces were J. J. Foy and Barlow Cumberland of Toronto, Andrew Fletcher and S. Taylor of New York, Frank

268   Light Co., the schooner MARCIA A. HALL from Toronto, to load stone, the ST. MAGNUS in from Montreal

269   a number of vessels ashore between Hamilton and Toronto, at different times and, he was credited with the

270   Hamilton and Montreal. Calls would be made at Toronto, Pt. Hope and all Bay of Quinte ports, both ways.

271   and the steamer A. J. TYMON, which cleared for Toronto. The dredge was having machinery trouble and was

272   when the propeller ST. MAGNUS arrived from Toronto. She had loaded coal in Oswego, but had run for

273   were busy. The MACASSA was making daily trips to Toronto and the steam barge CHUB was hauling stone to

274   On the 15 May, she stopped at Geddes' Wharf in Toronto and picked up 200 tons of cargo for

275   steamer MAZEPPA came off the dry dock at Toronto on the 17 May and left for Hamilton the following

276   Presqu'ile Bay. The CUBA made her regular run to Toronto and Hamilton, but some of her passengers were not

277   steamer CITY OF WINDSOR, on a regular trip from Toronto to St. Catharines, took all four gates off old

278   had been purchased by Elias Rogers & Co. of Toronto, together with the schooner

279   Toronto's civic holiday on the 13 August, the Hamilton

280   engine trouble. While up bound from Montreal to Toronto and Cleveland with general cargo and a few

281   Thomas Harbottle, Steamboat Inspector at Toronto died on the 12 October at his residence, 62

282   December. The ARABIAN, Capt. Patenaude, reached Toronto on 30 November with grain from Fort William. Much

283   of reaching Hamilton. He managed to get her into Toronto, where she tied up at the Queen's Wharf and the

284   on the Montreal run. The OCEAN had wintered in Toronto and had acquired a new boiler. She was almost

285   the 11 May, the MAZEPPA went to Toronto for a visit to the Toronto Dry Dock

286   STEINHOFF brought a large excursion party from Toronto on the 18 July and the return fare was

287   was dense fog in the vicinity of Toronto on the 22 July and the MODJESKA went aground on a

288   the CORSICAN took them aboard for the voyage to Toronto and Hamilton. This took place on the 26

289   parties, the former to Queenston, the latter to Toronto. On the same day, word from Toledo told of the

290   Geddes, president of the Association, went from Toronto.

291   and Arthur McCarthy and all hands were taken to Toronto by the CLARA

292   Silversides of the SEVERN, was published at Toronto on the 12 October. It reads in part, "We left

293   season the 2 November. She had made 492 trips to Toronto and had missed only one sailing. That was on the

294   W. T. GREENWOOD, on a voyage from Oswego to Toronto with coal, was wrecked 12 miles west of Charlotte

295   her season on the 20 April, when she cleared for Toronto with cargo and 40 passengers. While she was in

296   plant was visited by a distinguished group from Toronto, including Lieut. Gov. Kirkpatrick and Sir Casimir

297   O. & A. B. MacKay met with Capt. Neelon in Toronto on 21 April and finalized the purchase of the SIR

298   the pirate was one W. D. Hind, a member of the Toronto stonehooking fraternity, whose raking craft was a

299   barge CHUB was loading sand at McIlwraith's for Toronto. Over on MacKay's Wharf, a team of horses were

300   J. TYMON and QUEEN CITY brought excursions from Toronto on the 6 June and that night, the ACADIA tied up

301   aground in Presqu'ile Bay while en route from Toronto to Montreal. The steam barge ABERDEEN was sent to

302   season on the 2 November and before sailing from Toronto, Capt. Crawford was presented with a set of parlor

303   being received from foundries in Owen Sound, Toronto, Galt, Guelph, Sarnia, London, Preston and many

304   the steamer QUEEN CITY brought an excursion from Toronto, the steamer HAMILTON was in on the Montreal

305   advertising their "Family Books" of tickets to Toronto. For $5.00 a family could have 10 round

306   Steamboat Co. wharf for transshipment to the Toronto steamers.

307   MACASSA made her last trip of the season to Toronto on the 30 October. The steamer HAMILTON was back

308   over 100 passengers and a good general cargo for Toronto. The propeller MYLES was laden with barrel staves

309   St. Lawrence & Chicago Steam Navigation Co. of Toronto. The same night, the Montreal Transportation

310   Salvage & Wrecking Co. and was brought to Toronto.

311   western Pennsylvania. In 1876 Rogers returned to Toronto and set himself up in the wholesale and retail

312   bound on the 26 August on her morning trip to Toronto, when she was attacked by the schooner ELLA

313   to Alexandria Bay, but the sailing was from Toronto at 3:00 p.m. Evidently the extension of the

314   R. O. & A. B. MacKay, W. A. Geddes of Toronto and Geo. E. Jaques & Co., of Montreal, planned to

315   MACASSA began her daily service to Toronto on the 21 April, leaving Hamilton at 9:00 a.m.

316   days later by the LAKE MICHIGAN which left for Toronto and

317   MACASSA would commence a twice-daily service to Toronto on 7 June. The departure times from Hamilton were

318   was supplied by the Bertrams Engine Works Co. of Toronto.

319   OF INDIA, might be placed on the Hamilton, Toronto and Charlotte service, was made known on the 25

320   and became a total loss. She was on a voyage to Toronto with coal for the Toronto Electric Light Co. and

321   Pat Walsh and Chief Engineer Wm. Durham, went to Toronto on the 17 April to have a new funnel

322   on which to erect a blast-furnace plant. In Toronto, they were shown a swamp by the name of

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