Huronic (steamship)

Huronic was part of a fleet of passenger vessels built for service on the Great Lakes (and namely in Collingwood area).[1] She was designed by Hugh Calderwood, Manager of Collingwood Shipbuilding. She was retired in late 1949, a few months after her sister ship, Noronic, had a catastrophic fire, at her moorings, in Toronto, Ontario, killing 119 of her passengers. She was launched, in Collingwood, Ontario, in 1901.[2]

SS Huronic
History
NameHuronic
OwnerNorthern Navigation Company (after 1913 as subsidiary of Richelieu & Ontario Navigation and 1922 as Canada Steamship Lines), Canada Steamship Lines 1922-1949
OperatorNorthern Navigation Company (after 1913 as subsidiary of Richelieu & Ontario Navigation and 1922 as Canada Steamship Lines) 1901-1922, Canada Steamship Lines 1922-1949
Port of registryCollingwood, Ontario
RouteCollingwood - Toronto (until 1928)
BuilderCollingwood Shipbuilding Company
LaunchedSeptember 1, 1901
ChristenedMiss Long
In service1902-1949
Out of service1949
FateSold for scrap in Hamilton, Ontario 1949
NotesPassenger service until 1930s
General characteristics
Class and typeSteamer
TypePassenger ship / Package freighter
Tonnage3,330 GRT
Length308 ft (93.9 m)
Beam43 ft (13.1 m)
Depth27 ft (8.2 m)
Decks3
Propulsioncoal-fired Scotch boilers, triple expansion steam engine (by John Inglis and Company), 2,350 ihp (1,750 kW), single shaft, 1 Screw
Speed15.5 miles per hour (24.9 km/h)
Capacity+200 passengers

Huronic ran aground in 1913, off Whitefish Point, in Lake Superior.[2] There was no loss of life, although many other vessels that ran aground during the same storm did lose lives.

Huronic ran aground again in 1928, and was then refloated, off Isle Royale, in Lake Superior.[3][4]

Other ships in the fleet included Noronic, Hamonic, Doric (1903), and Ionic.[5]

Huronic on the St. Marys River in 1916.

References
  1. "The Northern Navigation Company Limited". Maritime History of the Great Lakes. April 1974. Archived from the original on 2016-03-20. Retrieved 2019-03-20. Northern Navigation was retained as a division of C.S.L. and its name continued to appear on the forecastles of its vessels until the close of the 1949 season when its last vessel, HURONIC, was withdrawn from service and sold for scrapping. With that move, C.S.L. retired from the Upper lakes passenger trade, although it continued to operate package freighters in the area and still does to this day, albeit on a much reduced basis.
  2. "Huronic". Great Lakes Vessel History. Archived from the original on 2019-04-13. Retrieved 2019-03-20. Built at Collingwood ON by Collingwood Shipbuilding Co., Hull 1, Launched Sept 12, 1901
  3. "Two steamers refloated". The Times. No. 44976. London. 20 August 1928. col F, p. 19.
  4. "Passenger steamer aground". The Times. No. 44965. London. 7 August 1928. col D, p. 9.
  5. "Canadian Northern Docks - S.S. Noronic and Huronic". Thunder Bay Public Library. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
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