The JUNO was a propeller ship built in 1842 in Montreal, Quebec. It was a square-sterned, carvel-built vessel and was one of the first propellers on the Great Lakes. The ship was constructed using wood, and it had one deck. Duncan Sinclair was the builder, and the original owner was MacPherson, Crane & Co. based in Kingston, Ontario.
The JUNO was powered by a screw propulsion system with two propellers. The propellers used were Walker’s patent propellers from the St. Mary Foundry Company. The ship had a 21′ engine room and weighed 20 tons. It had a single mast.
In terms of dimensions, the JUNO had a length of 87.1 feet, a beam of 16.7 feet, and a depth of 5.5 feet. Its net tonnage was recorded as 57.28.
On June 25, 1849, the JUNO was registered in Kingston, Ontario, with updated measurements of 87.5 x 16.6 x 5.4 feet and a burthen of 81 2201/3500 tons. The change in tonnage was likely due to different tonnage calculation methods used for coastal and inland vessels. In 1853, ownership of the ship transferred to Robertson et al in Montreal and then to MacPherson, Crane & Co. in Kingston. On November 12, 1853, it was owned by Robertson, Jones & Co., also in Montreal.
The JUNO underwent a rebuild in 1855 by A. Cantin in Montreal. Following the reconstruction, it was owned by Glassford, Jones & Co. in Montreal. In 1861, the ship sank in the Beauharnois Canal, located in the St. Lawrence River.
The JUNO was rebuilt again in 1863, increasing its net tonnage to 170 tons and expanding its capacity to hold 11,000 bushels of cargo. However, it was removed from the registry in 1866. Finally, on June 21, 1873, the JUNO sank in the St. Lawrence River, marking its final location and disposition.
