Marine Museum of the Great Lakes - Collections Catalogues, Indexes, Ship Lists

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~ The Collections Catalogues and Lists you can search ~ For a General overview of these research resources read the notes at the bottom of the page.
Collections Catalogues	This is an updated Collections Catalogue Data Base.	Note: New Browsers only - 4.X and above.
To Ship Lists	Ship Lists - Data Bases You Can Search
To the Mills List	Inland and coastal steam and motor vessels over 75 feet in length, registered in Canada from 1817 to 1930.	Description A good introduction to the Canadian Registry System.
Amendments to the Mills List	Mr. Mills continues to review his 6000 entries on a regular basis. This amendment is the result.
To the Wallace List	A list of square rigged vessels, mainly 500 tons and over built in the eastern provinces of British North America, 1786-1920	Description
To Canadian Registry List	Canadian Great Lakes port registers with a typical entry providing basic statistics such as vessel name, port of registry, rig, tonnage, owner, builder, date and place of build - mostly 19th and early 20 century.	Description
To Owners	This file is related to the Registry List above - mostly Canadian Great Lakes owners
To Canada Steamship Lines Fleet List	Extensive detail on the CSL fleet	Description
~ Index ~
To the Snider Index	The C.H.J. Snider columns called "Schooner Days" were written for the Toronto Telegram (long gone) between 1931 and 1954, 1,303 articles.	Description
~ Finding Aids ~ Long text files that take time to master. Try catalogue search first.
Finding Aid: Port Arthur Shipyards	This is a large text file originally produced for the use of museum staff. It is a long narrative description of some archival material from Port Arthur Shipyards.
Finding Aid: Collingwood Shipyards	This is a large text file originally produced for the use of museum staff. It is a long narrative description of some archival material from Collingwood Shipyards.
Finding Aid: German & Milne	This is a large text file originally produced for the use of museum staff. It is a long narrative description of some archival material from German & Milne.
Finding Aid: Upper Lakes Shipping	This is a large text file originally produced for the use of museum staff. It is a long narrative description of archival material from Upper Lakes Shipping.
Finding Aid: William Johnston Collection	The William Johnston Collection represents the personal office working papers of a senior executive officer with Canada Steamship Lines.
Finding Aid The H.A. Sledge Collection	Mr. H. A. Sledge was for many years a Steamship Inspector. He also had a strong interest in the education of professional mariners. The collected papers reflect those interests.
Finding Aid The Vickers Shipyard Collection - Montreal	This is a large text file originally produced for the use of museum staff. It is a long narrative description of most of the archival material in our collections from Vickers.
Finding Aid The Rathbun Collection	A finding aid for a well known Ontario industrial enterprise based in Napanee.
Finding Aid Pump House Steam Museum	An Index to the Records maintained by the late Jack Telgmann during his tour as curator of the Pump House Steam Museum, from about 1972 to 1984. This link will take you to an Index with links to more detailed Finding Aids.
Finding Aid The Conestoga & Lillie Parsons Project	The Conestoga & Lillie Parsons Project conducted by Save Ontario Shipwrecks - Ottawa Chapter.
~ Articles on Great Lakes Topics ~
Paper Passages:	*Paper Passages: An Introduction to the Sources for the Study of Great Lakes History at the National Archives of Canada* by M. Stephen Salmon
The Frontenac:	*The Frontenac: A Reappraisal: The First Canadian Steamship on the Lakes - 1817* by Walter Lewis This article appears on the 'net essentially as it originally appeared in FreshWater, vol. 2, no. 1 (Summer 1987): 28-39. A few of the notes have been altered to reflect the change of name of the National Archives of Canada (NAC) from the Public Archives of Canada (PAC), and the subsequent publication of articles. According on the capability of your browser the symbol for Pounds Halifax Currency is rendered as £ .
In Search of Shipwrecks:	*In Search of Shipwrecks: Canadian Government Archive: Sources relating to Marine Casualties in Canada* by Richard Brown and Glenn T. Wright. This article originally appeared in FreshWater, vol. 4 (1989): 14-20.
~ Selected Internet Research Resources ~
A Great Lakes Maritime History Page	An outstanding collection of documents and newspapers transcribed by many contributors. The site is maintained by marine historian, Walter Lewis who is also the co moderator of MarHst-L
Lars Bruzelius	For the maritime historian this is a superb site and the one we recommend you try. It is maintained by Lars Bruzelius at Uppsala University in Sweden. Lars is one of the pioneers in the field of WWW development and communications.
CNRS	The Canadian Nautical Research Society who publish quarterly The Northern Mariner and the newsletter, Argonauta.
The Maritime History Archive	Memorial University - A leader in the field of marine history and provider of research resources
Related Sites	This link will take you selected national and international web sites.
NEW - all of the collections catalogue records for the following categories have been combined into one collections catalogue database. This will allow you to search all collections categories simultaneously or you can search by an individual category. The Collections Catalogue Categories are: artifacts - Over 2,500 artifacts including a 3,000 ton ship archives - Shipping companies, Design firms, Shipyards, private papers and other marine enterprises books - The collection is Canadian and international. There are over 10,000 titles in the Marine Museum reference library pictorial - This includes photographs, drawings, paintings, over 40,000 ships plans and navigational charts periodicals - A selection of indexed periodicals The advantage to searching all categories at the same time is that it will list all the books, artifacts, pictures etc that we have on a given subject. Many researchers find that feature powerful and useful. If however, you are looking for a book on a given subject or perhaps a specific artifact then it is best to search by specific category e.g. books or artifacts. There is a place on the search screen where you can select a collections category. A successful search depends on the keywords you choose. For example the keyword 'navigation' will result in hundreds of records being shown. The keyword 'compass', a more specific term, will reduce the number of records shown. \| Home Page \| Marine Museum \| Alexander Henry \| Bed & Breakfast \| \| Gift Shoppe \| Site Rentals \| Hours of Operation & Admission Prices \| \| Membership \| People \| Upcoming Events \| Publications \| Research \| Boat Pro \| \| Maritime Heritage Centre \| World Links \| Quick List \| Contact Us `Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston 55 Ontario Street, Kingston, Ontario. K7L 2Y2 Phone: 613 542 2261 Fax: 613 542 0043 E mail: marmus@marmuseum.caWeb site: http://www.marmuseum.ca`