Records With Access Point "Steamboats"
35 results found (34 digitized image(s) available).
Captain G. Ludlow Estabrooks
Item - 1890-1910
P9\15
This is likely the George L Estabrooks who was the captain of the Steamer Acadia in 1887.
Steamer "State of Maine" in Saint John Harbor
Item
P11\82
Steamer "State of Maine" was built by Hagget & Co. in Damariscotta Maine, 1878. Had a length of 216 feet, 40 feet, and weighed 1,536 tons. Curtsey of New Brunswick Museum.
Steamer "Hampstead" on St. John River
Item - 1894-1916
P11\121
The Hampstead was built in 1894 at Hampton by Captain J. Gillis Mabee. It first ran daily from Hampstead to Saint John but eventually made Wickham its upriver terminal point. According to the Kingston Peninsula Heritage website, "the Hampstead later served the head of the Belleisle and then for several years she operated a suburban service between Gagetown and Fredericton. She left Gagetown each morning and made stops at Gunters, Upper Gagetown, Sheffield, Barkers Wharf, Upper Sheffield, Burton, Maugerville, Court House Wharf, Oromocto, Wilmots, Upper Maugerville, and Glasiers". The ship burned in 1916. The old description for this photograph, now believed to be inaccurate, is as follows: " Steamboat, believed to be near the area known as Atholville. Pleasure steamers sometimes went to picnic grounds which were at what is now the Mi'kmaq reserve of Listuguj Quebec".
Eccles collection
Fonds - 1900-1920
P21
PANB received these from Quaco Historical society in St. Martins, NB. It is noted in accession that the negatives were "done by Skillen, of St. Martins," but no record can be found of an "Eccles," for whom the collection is named. Perhaps the photographer or original owner of the negatives.
Small steamer, "Nelson", on the Miramichi River
Item - 1895-1905
P34\23
The Nelson was owned by the Miramichi Steam Navigation Company. In 1893, it was captained by John Peter Bullock until the ship was sold to Sydney, Nova Scotia in 1902. Newcastle, New Brunswick.