Schooner HMS "Speedy" Caught in a Storm Unseasoned, green timber, hard winters, hot summers, and poor ventilation made her unstable . . . Richard Palmer
Travel by Boat and Train The "New York" is the best boat of the Ontario and St. Lawrence Steamboat Co.’s line, and is officered by as fine a set of men as ever floated. Richard Palmer
More on the "Sir Robert Peel" We have just arrived . . . at a spot nearly opposite the wooding place where the 'Sir Robert Peel' was attacked and burned by a band of pirates . . . Richard Palmer
The Sloop "Black Duck" A “hair’s breadth escape” aboard the sloop "Black Duck", is vividly recorded in an 1872 faded issue . . . Richard Palmer
The Day President Taylor ‘Skipped Town’ After receiving word, residents of Oswego and Syracuse anxiously awaited to greet President Zachary Taylor to their communities. Richard Palmer
"Ocean Wave" Fire Took Many Lives A nightmarish shipwreck on Lake Ontario occurred on April 29, 1853, when the freight and passenger steamer "Ocean Wave" burned and sank. Richard Palmer
The Revenue Cutter "Salmon P. Chase" Research about the Salmon P. Chace, a Revenue Cutter built to ply the Northern Lakes to prevent smuggling from Canada in 1965. Richard Palmer
Traveling to the Thousand Islands by Stagecoach The party reached Depauville on Saturday, where they spent a "horrid" night. They left Depauville at 4 am, drove through to Clayton, and were met by an immense crowd. Richard Palmer
"USS Superior" Celebrates the End of the War of 1812 News of the end of the war was slow to reach Sackets Harbor. But when it did, it was a cause for celebration. Richard Palmer
"Spring Fit-out" on the Great Lakes, Part II It was soon time to get under way. A two or three master might need new gear such as throat and peak halliards; sheets for mainsail, spanker, mizzen, foresail . . . Richard Palmer
"Spring Fit-out" on the Great Lakes, Part I In the mid-19th century, as many as one hundred ships wintered in such ports as Oswego. As soon as the ice melted, Oswego came alive like a bear awakening from its long winter’s nap. Richard Palmer
Fate of the Schooner "Maggie L" Captain Merton H. Mellon was at the helm of his small two-masted schooner, the "Maggie L.", sailing down the St. Lawrence River on the night of November 1, 1929 . . . Richard Palmer
Cruise Ships are Back! All about the 2022 cruise ship OCEAN NAVIGATOR and the 1948 cruise ship ONTARIO. Susan W. Smith
