The Quebec (1) was a river barge that was built in 1862 by Henry Roney at Garden Island, Ontario. It had a gross tonnage of 261 tons and a registered tonnage of 234.15 tons. The barge measured 114 feet in length and had a capacity of 13,000 bushels. It is possible that the Quebec (1) was a rebuild of an earlier vessel. The barge had a square stern and no masts.
In its early years, the Quebec (1) was owned by Calvin & Breck and leased to the Chaffey Brothers. In 1872-73, it underwent a rebuilding process. By 1882, the barge was sunk in the harbor of Portsmouth, Ontario (Hatter’s Bay) and remained there for a considerable period. In 1883, when the Montreal Transportation Co. took over the St. Lawrence and Chicago Forwarding Co., the Quebec (1) would have come under their ownership. However, it appears that the barge was not active on the upper river in 1884 and was not listed in the Montreal Transportation Co.’s fleet in 1887.
Possible candidate for the KGH
