''Lambton'' was a

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that operated for the Canadian government on the Great Lakes in the early 20th century. ''Lambton'' was constructed in 1909 in Sorel, Quebec, and served for the Department of Marine and Fisheries. She was long, with a beam of and a draft of , and measured 323 gross tons. On April 18, 1922, she departed Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario with keepers for the lighthouses at Ile Parisienne,

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, and Michipicoten Harbour. She traveled through Whitefish Bay in the company of two other vessels, ''Glennfinnan'' and ''Glenlivet'', and sometime during the day ''Lambton'' and ''Glennfinnan'' collided. ''Lambton'' also broke her steering gear, and was forced to proceed with improvised repairs. On the following day, after ''Lambton'' had turned north away from the other two ships, a storm blew into the area, with winds as high as . Following the storm, it was reported that the lighthouses ''Lambton'' had been scheduled to visit were not lit, and a tugboat was dispatched to follow her route to attempt to determine her fate. After almost a week of searching passed with no sign of the ship, ''Lambton'' was declared lost.Gendisasters website of 1922 account of the Lambton, wreckage and Crew and passenger list
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