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SS Kamloops was a Canadian lake freighter that was part of the fleet of Canada Steamship Lines from its launching in 1924 until it sank with all hands in Lake Superior off Isle Royale, Michigan, United States, on or about 7 December 1927.
HMCS Cape Breton was a Royal Canadian Navy Cape-class maintenance ship.Originally built for the Royal Navy as HMS Flamborough Head in 1944, she was transferred in 1952. Upon her commissioning she was the second ship to bear the name Cape Breton.
SS Peerless, Savona (north shore berth), 1885. In 1869, the wagon road from Savona to Kamloops was completed. [38] In 1872, the Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) built the small steamer SS Kamloops to carry supplies for surveyors from Savona. Mara and Wilson, Kamloops merchants, bought the Marten from the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) in 1875. [39]
HMS Port Napier was a British motor ship that was designed and laid down as a civilian cargo ship but completed in 1940 as an auxiliary minelayer for the Royal Navy.An engine room fire caused an explosion that destroyed her in November 1940.
HMS St Lawrence was a 102-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy that served on Lake Ontario during the War of 1812.Built on the lake at the Royal Navy dockyard in Kingston, Ontario, she was the only Royal Navy ship of the line ever to be launched and operated entirely in fresh water. [1]
Salvage operations began, with a number of tugs and other vessels attempting to save the ship. [5] However, the wreck was rapidly deteriorating, and by August 12 salvage operations were given up. [3] The ship broke apart entirely on August 18; [7] sections remained visible for several weeks, [5] but the ship was completely submerged by early ...
Algoma (Official #85766) was built in 1883 by Aitken & Mansell in Glasgow, Scotland, for use by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. [3] Algoma was 262 feet (80 m) long, with a 38-foot (12 m) beam, a depth of 23 feet (7 m), [3] [4] and had a gross register tonnage of 1,750 tons as originally built. [5]
[7] [9] The Minong Copper Company continued work until June 1883, when they suspended mining operations, due in part to the low price of copper. [7] [9] A few individuals continued mining operations for another two years or so, but by 1885 all activity had ceased. [7] In the ten years between 1875 and 1885, Minong Mine produced 249 tons of ...