The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 47
Dominion Steamers
Dominion Steamers.
There are five screw steamers, two paddle-wheel and two small steam launches, under the control of the Marine Department. The steamer Napoleon III during, the season, supplied light stations on the W. shore of the St. Lawrence, the Gulf, Straits of Belleisle, and N. shore of New Brunswick and P E. Island. The Druid supplied lighthouses from Point des Monts to ontreal, laid down and looked after the buoys below Quebec, conveyed Governor General and suite to the Gulf, and was employed also in connection with the Fisheries Commission. The Lady Head was employed as an armed cruiser for the protection of the fisheries, and also for the service or the Fishery Commission. The Newfield supplied the lights in Nova Scotia, and those of New Brunswick in the Bay of Fundy, and the S. shore of the St. Lawrence. During the winter of 1877-78 this vessel was employed in carrying goods to the Paris Exhibition. The Glendon was stationed at Halifax to attend to the buoy service and supply the Sambro' Island station. The Sir James Douglas attended to the light and buoy service in B.Columbia, and assisted in conveying parties for the C. P. Railway Survey. The Richelieu has, for the present, been transferred to the Montreal Harbour Commissioners The Northern Light is specially built for work in the winter, and is employed in maintaining communication between P E. Island and the mainland. The steam launches Dolphin and Alice are employed by the River Police at Quebec in preserving order among the shipping. The total expenditure for steamers during the year, exclusive of the Lady Head employed in the Fisheries Branch, was $182,947.