Huronic was part of a fleet of passenger vessels built for service on the
Great Lakes
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(and namely in Collingwood area).
[ She was designed by Hugh Calderwood, Manager of Collingwood Shipbuilding. She was retired in late 1949, a few months after her sister ship, , had a catastrophic fire, at her moorings, in ]Toronto
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, Ontario, killing 119 of her passengers. She was launched, in Collingwood, Ontario
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, in 1901.[
''Huronic'' ran aground in 1913, off ]Whitefish Point
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, in Lake Superior
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.[ There was no loss of life, although many other vessels that ran aground during the same storm did lose lives.
''Huronic'' ran aground again in 1928, and was then refloated, off ]Isle Royale
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, in Lake Superior.[
Other ships in the fleet included , , (1903), and .][
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References
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{{cite news
, url = http://images.ourontario.ca/gateway/56211/data
, title = Canadian Northern Docks - S.S. Noronic and Huronic
, work = ]Thunder Bay Public Library
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, accessdate = 2019-03-20
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{{Cite newspaper The Times
, title = Passenger steamer aground
, date = 7 August 1928
, page = 9
, issue = 44965
, column = D
]
[
{{Cite newspaper The Times
, title = Two steamers refloated
, date = 20 August 1928
, page = 19
, issue = 44976
, column = F
]
[
{{cite news
, url = https://www.greatlakesvesselhistory.com/histories-by-name/h/huronic
, title = Huronic
, work = Great Lakes Vessel History
, archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20190413071146/https://www.greatlakesvesselhistory.com/histories-by-name/h/huronic
, archivedate = 2019-04-13
, accessdate = 2019-03-20
, url-status = live
, quote = Built at Collingwood ON by Collingwood Shipbuilding Co., Hull 1, Launched Sept 12, 1901
]
[
{{cite news
, url = http://www.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/documents/scanner/06/07/default.asp?ID=c007
, title = The Northern Navigation Company Limited
, work = Maritime History of the Great Lakes
, date = April 1974
, archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160320065654/http://www.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/Documents/Scanner/06/07/default.asp?ID=c007
, archivedate = 2016-03-20
, accessdate = 2019-03-20
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, quote = Northern Navigation was retained as a division of C.S.L. and its name continued to appear on the forecastles of its vessels until the close of the 1949 season when its last vessel, HURONIC, was withdrawn from service and sold for scrapping. With that move, C.S.L. retired from the Upper lakes passenger trade, although it continued to operate package freighters in the area and still does to this day, albeit on a much reduced basis.
]
External links
* https://www.greatlakesvesselhistory.com/histories-by-name/h/huronic
Passenger ships of Canada
1901 ships
Steamships of Canada
Great Lakes ships
Canada Steamship Lines
Ships built in Collingwood, Ontario