Ongiara (1885)

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The Ongiara on the Niagara River.

The Ongiara was a steamboat that served most of her 33 year lifetime as a ferry on the Niagara River.[1][2] She was built in Toronto by , and commissioned in 1885 as the Queen City. In 1888 she was sold to the , which renamed her the Ongiara and started using her as a ferry passengers across the Niagara River, between Queenston, Ontario and Lewiston, New York.[3] In 1912 she was sold and employed as a tow-boat in Toronto. Finally she was sunk off Bowmanville, Ontario in 1918.

See also[]

  • Onigara (ferry boat)

References[]

  1. ^ "Ongiara (Propeller), C90562, 1913". . Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2012-04-25.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ "A Sunday Ferry Case". . Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2012-04-25.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ "Niagara River Steamer". . Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2012-04-25.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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