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''Waubuno'' was a side-wheel paddle steamer that conveyed passengers and freight between Collingwood and
Parry Sound Parry Sound is a Sound (geography), sound or bay of Georgian Bay on Lake Huron, in Ontario, Canada. It is highly irregularly shaped with many deep bays and islands. Killbear Provincial Park is located on the large peninsula that separates the sou ...
in the 1860s and 1870s.Georgian Bay South Channel - Area Shipwrecks, accessed August 31, 2009
/ref> She sank with all hands during a gale on November 22, 1879 (probably around 10 a.m.), though the exact cause of her sinking is unknown. ''Waubuno'' was built by Melancthon Simpson at Port Robinson in 1865 for J. & W. Beatty and Company,Hayes, Adrian. Parry Sound: Gateway to Northern Ontario. p.5 Natural Heritage Books. 2005. 1-89621-991-8 and was later owned by the Georgian Bay Transportation Company.Maritime History of the Great Lakes: Shipwrecks: WAUBUNO, accessed August 31, 2009
Her main purpose was to run passengers and freight from the Northern Railway's
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