Steamboat J.C. Morrison

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Named in honor of Joseph C. Morrison, Esq. President of the Ontario, Simcoe & Huron Railroad Union Company, this sidewheel paddle vessell was built for the company in 1854 at Bell Ewart on Lake Simcoe by Captain Hugh Chisholm. A palatial steamer ornately fitted by the Jaques and Hay Furniture Company, the J.C. Morrison was powered by a vertical beam steam engine, making it the fastest of its type on lakes Simcoe and Couchiching. Daily service carried passengers, freight, and mail to ports such as Beaverton, Orillia, and Hawkestone. Pleasure excursions and moonlight cruises were chartered. On the morning of August 5, 1857, the J.C. Morrison took fire at the Barrie wharf and sank just offshore in Kempenfelt Bay, where it now lays.


Kempenfelt Bay
Barrie,  ON





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