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[[image:Kwasind and Hiawatha -a.jpg | thumb | ''Hiawatha'' (on right) about to pass her slightly younger berth-mate ''[[Kwasind]]'' (on left) in 2012]] | [[image:Kwasind and Hiawatha -a.jpg | thumb | ''Hiawatha'' (on right) about to pass her slightly younger berth-mate ''[[Kwasind]]'' (on left) in 2012]] | ||
The '''''Hiawatha''''' is a passenger ferry built in 1895 for the [[Royal Canadian Yacht Club]], in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada.<ref name=TmhsHiawatha/><ref name=NationalPost2011-08-06/> | The '''''Hiawatha''''' is a passenger ferry built in 1895 for the [[Royal Canadian Yacht Club]], in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada.<ref name=TmhsHiawatha/><ref name=NationalPost2011-08-06/> She is {{convert|56|ft|m}} long, {{convert|13.3|ft|m}} wide, has a depth of {{convert|6.3|ft|m}}, and measures 46 gross tons. Her capacity is 100 passengers.<ref name=TorStar2000-07-27/> She was built by the [[Bertram Engine Works]]. The ''Hiawatha'' is claimed to be the oldest passenger vessel still in active service on the [[North American Great Lakes]]. To this day the yacht club enforces a strict dress code on passengers.<ref name=BlogToHiawath2007-03-07/> | ||
She is {{convert|56|ft|m}} long, {{convert|13.3|ft|m}} wide, has a depth of {{convert|6.3|ft|m}}, and measures 46 gross tons. | |||
Her capacity is 100 passengers.<ref name=TorStar2000-07-27 | |||
She was built by the [[Bertram Engine Works]]. | |||
The ''Hiawatha'' is claimed to be the oldest passenger vessel still in active service on the [[North American Great Lakes]]. To this day the yacht club enforces a strict dress code on passengers.<ref name=BlogToHiawath2007-03-07/> | |||
The ''Hiawatha'' has served as a ferry for the yacht club since 1895. She was converted from a [[steam engine]] to a gasoline engine in 1944.<ref name=TmhsHiawatha/> | The ''Hiawatha'' has served as a ferry for the yacht club since 1895. She was converted from a [[steam engine]] to a gasoline engine in 1944.<ref name=TmhsHiawatha/> | ||
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| quote = | | quote = Despite offering a $5 000 dollars reward for tips leading the capture of the vandals, the RCYC still has no idea who perpetrated this strange crime against Toronto's boating history. | ||
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| url = http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/426893591.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+27%2C+2000&author=Louise+Surette&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=What+lies+beneath+is+ferry+low+blow&pqatl=google | |||
| title = What lies beneath is ferry low blow | |||
| publisher = [[Toronto Star]] | |||
| date = 2000-07-27 | |||
| accessdate = 2011-12-21 | |||
| quote = The Hiawatha, built in 1895 and considered one of the world's oldest vessels still in daily service, was boarded and sunk by vandals at the yacht club's dock on Queens Quay, police said. The boat took club members and guests between the city and Toronto Island. | |||
| page = B 07 | |||
| author = Louis Surette | |||
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20180421030604/https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/doc/438147530.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul%2027,%202000&author=Louise%20Surette&pub=Toronto%20Star&edition=&startpage=&desc=What%20lies%20beneath%20is%20ferry%20low%20blow | |||
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| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20210624031921/https://www.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/documents/scanner/02/09/default.asp?ID=c004 | |||
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| quote = Bearing this in mind, we find it surprising that very few of our Toronto members realize that they have, right under their noses, what appears to be the oldest operating passenger vessel on the Great Lakes. | | quote = Bearing this in mind, we find it surprising that very few of our Toronto members realize that they have, right under their noses, what appears to be the oldest operating passenger vessel on the Great Lakes. | ||
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| quote = The Royal Canadian Yacht Club, founded 1852, moved its clubhouse to Toronto Island in 1881; members and guests access the island with a pair of century-old ferry boats, the Hiawatha and Kwasind (names in a Longfellow poem). | | quote = The Royal Canadian Yacht Club, founded 1852, moved its clubhouse to Toronto Island in 1881; members and guests access the island with a pair of century-old ferry boats, the Hiawatha and Kwasind (names in a Longfellow poem). | ||
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| quote = The Hiawatha's sister vessel the Kwasind was also left semi-submerged and adrift, but was salvaged and returned to its dock. Police investigation continues but the police suspect that vandals opened the sea valves, allowing the vessel to fill with water. | | quote = The Hiawatha's sister vessel the Kwasind was also left semi-submerged and adrift, but was salvaged and returned to its dock. Police investigation continues but the police suspect that vandals opened the sea valves, allowing the vessel to fill with water. | ||
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| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20180421030539/https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/doc/438160933.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug%2022,%202000&author=Greg%20Younger-Lewis&pub=Toronto%20Star&edition=&startpage=&desc=Cash%20reward%20offered%20to%20solve%20boat%20sinkings | |||
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| author = Greg Younger-Lewis | | author = Greg Younger-Lewis | ||
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Latest revision as of 08:09, 21 January 2024
Hiawatha (on right) about to pass her slightly younger berth-mate Kwasind (on left) in 2012
The Hiawatha is a passenger ferry built in 1895 for the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[1][2] She is 56 ft (17.07 m) long, 13.3 ft (4.05 m) wide, has a depth of 6.3 ft (1.92 m), and measures 46 gross tons. Her capacity is 100 passengers.[3] She was built by the Bertram Engine Works. The Hiawatha is claimed to be the oldest passenger vessel still in active service on the North American Great Lakes. To this day the yacht club enforces a strict dress code on passengers.[4]
The Hiawatha has served as a ferry for the yacht club since 1895. She was converted from a steam engine to a gasoline engine in 1944.[1]
On July 26, 2000, both the Hiawatha, and the yacht club's slightly newer ferry, the Kwasind, were sunk by vandals.[3][5]
The Kwasind was refloated, and was back in working order the day of the sinking, while the Hiawatha required further repair.[6] The yacht club's offer to award $5,000 for information on the vandals remains unclaimed.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ship of the Month, No. 9 Hiawatha, Toronto Marine Historical Society. Retrieved on 2011-12-21. “Bearing this in mind, we find it surprising that very few of our Toronto members realize that they have, right under their noses, what appears to be the oldest operating passenger vessel on the Great Lakes.” mirror
- ↑ Doing water-tight deals, National Post, 2011-08-06. Retrieved on 2011-12-21. “The Royal Canadian Yacht Club, founded 1852, moved its clubhouse to Toronto Island in 1881; members and guests access the island with a pair of century-old ferry boats, the Hiawatha and Kwasind (names in a Longfellow poem).”
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Louis Surette. What lies beneath is ferry low blow, Toronto Star, 2000-07-27, p. B 07. Retrieved on 2011-12-21. “The Hiawatha, built in 1895 and considered one of the world's oldest vessels still in daily service, was boarded and sunk by vandals at the yacht club's dock on Queens Quay, police said. The boat took club members and guests between the city and Toronto Island.” mirror
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Undertow: The Hiawatha, Blog TO, 2007-03-07. Retrieved on 2024-01-21. “Despite offering a $5 000 dollars reward for tips leading the capture of the vandals, the RCYC still has no idea who perpetrated this strange crime against Toronto's boating history.”
- ↑ Ferry Sinks, boatnerd, 2000-07-29. Retrieved on 2011-12-21. “The Hiawatha's sister vessel the Kwasind was also left semi-submerged and adrift, but was salvaged and returned to its dock. Police investigation continues but the police suspect that vandals opened the sea valves, allowing the vessel to fill with water.”
- ↑ Greg Younger-Lewis. Cash reward offered to solve boat sinkings, Toronto Star, 2000-08-22, p. B 05. Retrieved on 2011-12-21. mirror