Great Lakes Art Database

S.S. FRONTENAC, 1816

Description
Creator
Cutherberson, George A., Artist
Item Type
Paintings
Notes
Note: despite the title of this image, FRONTENAC did not move under steam until the spring of 1817.
Inscriptions
From an original sketch made for the Canada Steamship Lines' Marine Hist. Coll.
S.S. FRONTENAC, 1816
This Canadian built, paddle-driven steamship was the first steam-driven vessel on Lake Ontario and the first on any of the Great Lakes.
Date of Original
Published: 1931
Date Of Event
1817
Subject(s)
Frontenac (steamboat)
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Lake Ontario
    Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 44.1651362520149 Longitude: -76.5899422070313
Creative Commons licence
Public Domain [more details]
Copyright Statement
Public domain: Copyright has expired according to the applicable Canadian or American laws. No restrictions on use.
Recommended Citation
From George A. Cuthbertson, Freshwater: A History and Narrative of the Great Lakes (Toronto: Macmillan Company, 1931), facing page 206.
Contact
Maritime History of the Great Lakes
Email:walter@maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca
Website:
https://www.MaritimeHistoryOfTheGreatLakes.ca/

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S.S. FRONTENAC, 1816