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Other name(s): Campana

Ship owner: Canada-Lake Superior Transit Co.; Canadian Pacific Railway; Northwest Trans. Co.; Quebec Steamship Co.

Ship builder: Aitken & Mansell, Glasgow, Scotland

Engine builder: David Rowan & Co., Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland

Year ship built: 1873

Year engine built: 1873

Final disposition: Stranded, St. Lawrence River, below Quebec, June 17, 1909.

Notes:

Built for cattle trade, South America to United Kingdom. Came to Lakes in 1881. Had to be cut in two for transit of St. Lawrence canals, - first such operation on record. Replaced lost Algoma for C.P.R., 1886-89. Rebuilt, 1882, Collingwood, and 1896, Montreal.

Remarks:

Names:

b) Campana

Owners:

1) Canada-Lake Superior Transit Co.

2) Canada Pacific Railway

3) Northwest Trans. Co.

4) Quebec Steamship Co. (1895)
 

Registry number: BR 51646

Vessel type: Passenger and Freight, propeller

Height: 21

Width: 35

Length: 240

Stroke length: 33

Gross tonnage: 1697

Net tonnage: 1154

Materials: Iron

Engine type: Fore and Aft (Twin)

Piston 1: 26

Piston 2: 52

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