Lake Ontario Maritime History

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Banner                               1848     68 tons  64’4” x 18’6” x 6’7” William Gilbert, Master Commodore Perry           1815    61 tons  65’x 13’1” x 4’2”    John G. Parker, owner; John Davis, master Crowninshield                 1847     57  tons            76’ x 14’2” x 5’7”   Canal boat Eagle                                  1829    37 tons  51’ x 14’7” x 5’         Jesse Smith, owner; Alpheus B. Woodard, master Farmer’s Daughter          1816    39 tons  58’ x 15’6” x 4’       Built by Richard Goodale.  Peter Ingalls, owner and master. Wrecked Aug. 7, 1817 near Bull Rock Point, 3 or 4 miles south of Sackets Harbor. Fiat      US#120401                               1880    38 tons   67’ x 15 x 5’     William A. Jenkins, owner and master George                                1831    20 tons  40’ x 11’6” x 4’  George Reed, master

 

 

 

Vessels Built at Ogdensburg (Oswegatchie) N.Y. (Mostly St. Lawrence Marine Railway) Gross Name Registration Type Masts Year Built Builder Length Beam Depth Tonnage Notes Ada 29799 Scow Schooner 2 1874 8 Ajax 29970 Scow Schooner 2 1886 39 Annex 29962 Barge 1885 98 Ark 29503 Scow Schooner 2 1867 G.W. Pearson 64' 16'3" 3' 38 Badger 31223 Schooner 2 1869 46 Benjamin Harrison 31526 Schooner 2 1889 38 Out of service, 1895 Buckey State 229778 Propeller 1930 St. Lawrence Marine 245' 43' 17' 1,180 Scrapped by 1956 Repair Dock Co. Hull #2 Caroline Steamboat 1822 71' 20'5" 5'5" 45 Cataract Steamboat 1 1847 209'6" 27'6" 10'4" 577 Champlain 5848 Propeller 1870 A.C. Keating 185'4" 33'2" 12'5" 835 Later "City of Charlevoix" and "Kansas." Burned Manistee, Mich., Oct. 27, 1924 City of Ogdensburg Barque 3 1853 135' 25'4" 11" 340 Built at "Black River&qu