Recalling the Days of Rafting on the St. Lawrence River In the 1860’s Canada’s export timber trade rose to its greatest height. Every port on Lake Ontario had its crews of raftsmen in season. Richard Palmer
Shipwrecks Wash Ashore on Lake Ontario’s Mexico Bay Remains of two ships believed to be the schooners Ariadne and Hartford, wrecked in Mexico Bay during Richard Palmer
Augustus Hinckley - Lake Ontario Mariner Part III Despite the cloud of bad luck that followed him much of his life, he never gave up his love for the water. Richard Palmer
Sinking of the Harvey J. Kendall, another Augustus Hinckley Story HARVEY J. KENDALL was a rather odd-looking boat and was nearing the end of her days when she was acquired Richard Palmer
An Augustus Hinckley Story The captain guided his boat by dead reckoning while his crew prayed. It was eight days before Christmas 1902, and the ship was en route from Cape Vincent to its home port, Oswego. Richard Palmer
Theodore Gegoux Painted the Steamboat St. Lawrence, Who Was He? Whatever happened to Theodore Gegoux’s painting of the palatial steamboat St. Lawrence during a searchlight excursion in 1894 in Richard Palmer
