Minnedosa (schooner barge)
Minnedosa before 1905 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Canada | |
| Name | Minnedosa |
| Owner | Montreal Transportation Company |
| Port of registry | Kingston, Ontario |
| Builder | Montreal Transportation Company, Kingston |
| Completed | 1890 |
| Out of service | 1905 |
| Identification | C94884 |
| Fate | Sank October 20, 1905, Lake Huron in tow of the Westmount. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Four masted schooner later converted to barge |
| Length | 250 ft (76 m) |
| Beam | 36 ft (11 m) |
| Depth | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Decks | 2 |
| Installed power | Sail, later towed |
| Capacity | 1,041 net tons |
| Crew | 12 (sail) 7 (barge) |
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Minnedosa was a four-masted wooden Great Lakes schooner launched in 1890. This was late in the era of sailing ships and it spent its career as a schooner barge, towed by a steam tug. It was lost with its nine crew and passengers and a heavy load of grain in a storm October 20, 1905 on Lake Huron.