User contributions for Wrecksdale Wreck
A user with 754 edits. Account created on 26 April 2006.
7 January 2023
- 06:3406:34, 7 January 2023 diff hist +179 Andrew Miscampbell →Career: In 1873 when Andrew Miscampbell moved to Midland, he became H.H. Cook's bookkeeper. see: Midland on Georgian Bay, (an Illustrated History of Midland, Ontario) by William Northcott and William Smith, published by Huronia Museum, Midland. 2008
- 05:3205:32, 7 January 2023 diff hist +202 James Playfair (businessman) →Lumbering: In 1883 creditors of British North American Lumber Company hired James Playfair to saw up unsawed logs at their Midland sawmill.
- 04:0704:07, 7 January 2023 diff hist +195 Andrew Miscampbell →Career: In 1882 Andrew Miscampbell became manager of Victoria Harbour saw mills. Quoted from: 1882 Lovell’s Business and Professional Directory of Ontario.
25 July 2022
- 14:2914:29, 25 July 2022 diff hist +46 List of Ontario colonization roads →The Rosseau-Nipissing Road: link Northern and Pacific Junction Railway
27 April 2022
- 05:5905:59, 27 April 2022 diff hist +345 Ontario and Rainy River Railway Incorporation of the company in 1886 and acquisition by Mackenzie and Mann.
- 05:1905:19, 27 April 2022 diff hist −68 Ontario and Rainy River Railway Work on the Ontario And Rainy River Railway commenced 1st August, 1898
1 August 2021
- 00:2400:24, 1 August 2021 diff hist +134 Walter Moberly (engineer) Source of material under ==Early life and education== Simcoe County pioneer papers, published Barrie, Ont.1908
3 January 2021
- 23:5423:54, 3 January 2021 diff hist +116 Palgrave, Ontario →History: Canadian Pacific station
23 December 2020
- 16:4616:46, 23 December 2020 diff hist +193 List of Presbyterian churches in Toronto →The List: Rexdale congregation established 1953, Portable building located on Islington Ave, south of Bergamot in 1955. Permanent building erected 1960, replaced with seniors complex in 1979.
15 July 2020
- 21:0421:04, 15 July 2020 diff hist −59 Parkdale station (Toronto) removed "Category:Canadian Northern Railway stations in Ontario." Wikipedia user Alaney2k seems to have Canadian Northern Railway mixed up with Northern Railway of Canada, they were not the same company. Canadian Northern Railway was established in Toronto east of Union Station, 18 years after the Northern Railway of Canada was absorbed into the Grand Trunk.
- 20:3020:30, 15 July 2020 diff hist +1 Parkdale station (Toronto) Replaced words Canadian Northern Railway with Northern Railway of Canada (NRC). The NRC was absorbed into the Grand Trunk in 1888 and the Canadian Northern Railway incorporated in 1899, opened a railway east of Union Station and Yonge St. and around the east side of Lake Simcoe.
5 June 2020
- 19:5019:50, 5 June 2020 diff hist +245 Canada Steamship Lines →Beginnings: Reorganization of Richelieu Navigation Co. as Richelieu And Ontario Navigation Co. in 1875
- 19:3219:32, 5 June 2020 diff hist +224 Canada Steamship Lines →Beginnings: Creation of Richelieu Navigation Company in 1845, by Jacques-Félix Sincennes
31 March 2020
- 23:4023:40, 31 March 2020 diff hist +62 m Canada Steamship Lines →Beginnings
- 23:1323:13, 31 March 2020 diff hist +31 m SS Noronic →Description
- 14:0014:00, 31 March 2020 diff hist +173 SS Noronic →Construction: GTR president Hays' untimely death, likely contributed to the delay to the start of construction.
- 13:2813:28, 31 March 2020 diff hist −83 SS Noronic →Description: The fact that the Huronic burned, is irrelevant to the fact that the Noronic had eight sister ships, unless the loss of the other ships by such disaster is also mentioned. The disputed information and the template attached to it has been removed and could be included elsewhere.
- 12:5812:58, 31 March 2020 diff hist +120 SS Noronic →Description: Noronic had eight fleetmate ships: City of Midland, Doric, Germanic, Ionic, Majestic, Waubic.
- 07:4307:43, 31 March 2020 diff hist +4 m SS Noronic →Construction
- 07:3807:38, 31 March 2020 diff hist +214 Talk:SS Noronic New section added. A Series of Disasters
- 07:2407:24, 31 March 2020 diff hist +1,666 SS Noronic →Construction: James Playfair's offer to take over N.N.Co. and approval by the G.T.R. and plans for a new steamer of the Hamonic type.
- 05:0705:07, 31 March 2020 diff hist +318 SS Noronic →Construction: G.T.R. agreement for the proposed construction of a new ship.
- 04:5104:51, 31 March 2020 diff hist +19 SS Noronic Added new section for information related to the construction of the ship.
- 04:1604:16, 31 March 2020 diff hist +76 SS Noronic →Description: On June 2, the Northern Navigation Co. was an operating division of Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company. Canada Transportation Lines Ltd. acquired R and O on June 19, but didn't become CSL until December.
- 03:5903:59, 31 March 2020 diff hist +15 Canada Steamship Lines →Beginnings: Linking to S S Noronic
- 03:4803:48, 31 March 2020 diff hist +2,211 Canada Steamship Lines →Beginnings: 1911 Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Co. absorption of Northern Navigation Co. (of Collingwood). R & O headquartered in Montreal, was the parent company.
30 March 2020
- 19:3919:39, 30 March 2020 diff hist +107 James Playfair (businessman) →Personal life: President of Midland Golf And Country Club.
- 13:4513:45, 30 March 2020 diff hist +120 Metamora (shipwreck) →Sinking and wreck: The Metamora registered at Collingwood, was owned by the Midland Towing and Wrecking Co. in 1907
- 13:2113:21, 30 March 2020 diff hist +362 Metamora (shipwreck) Purchase of Metamora by James Playfair (businessman) for use as a tug boat in connection with the logging business. https://archive.org/details/canadianforest189496donm/page/n276/mode/1up/search/Metamora
- 12:3512:35, 30 March 2020 diff hist +18 James Playfair (businessman) →Shipping Interests: Linking the tug METAMORA to Metamora (tug)
29 March 2020
- 13:5713:57, 29 March 2020 diff hist +8 SS Midland City →Georgian Bay Tourist Company
- 13:5413:54, 29 March 2020 diff hist +554 SS Midland City →Georgian Bay Tourist Company: Georgian Bay Tourist Company and Honey Harbour Navigation Company organized in 1921
- 13:1013:10, 29 March 2020 diff hist +380 SS Midland City Added new subsection Georgian Bay Tourist Company, owners of the SS Midland City
- 07:3507:35, 29 March 2020 diff hist −109 m James Playfair (businessman) →Lumbering: Playfair's purchase of the Midland sawmill mentioned in November 1894 issue of Canada Lumberman magazine.
- 05:1005:10, 29 March 2020 diff hist +171 James Playfair (businessman) Started a new section called "A New Beginning" for Playfair's Great Lakes Transportation Co. Ltd. and Glen Transportation Co. Ltd.
- 04:4204:42, 29 March 2020 diff hist −3,038 Talk:James Playfair (businessman) ←Replaced content with '{{WikiProject Biography|living=no|listas=Playfair, James|class=stub}} {{WikiProject Canada|on=yes|class=stub|importance=low}} Lumbering and Shipping Interes...' Tag: Replaced
- 04:2504:25, 29 March 2020 diff hist +702 James Playfair (businessman) →Shipping Interests: Glen Transportation Co. 1922 purchase of GLENEALY, GLENARNOCH, GLENDOCHART, GLENFARN, GLENDOWAN and GLENARM, from France
28 March 2020
- 18:2618:26, 28 March 2020 diff hist −4 m James Playfair (businessman) →Shipping Interests
- 18:2218:22, 28 March 2020 diff hist −312 James Playfair (businessman) Removal of METAMORA introduction from Lumbering section and rearrangement of that information on Shipping Interests section.
- 18:0518:05, 28 March 2020 diff hist +26 James Playfair (businessman) →Shipping Interests
- 17:2117:21, 28 March 2020 diff hist +40 m James Playfair (businessman) →Lumbering: Ships name METAMORA shown in capital letters
- 17:0117:01, 28 March 2020 diff hist +109 James Playfair (businessman) →Personal life: Additional reference for Playfair's purchase of a residence and its donation for use as a hospital
- 16:4616:46, 28 March 2020 diff hist +1 James Playfair (businessman) →Personal life: Rearranged to chronological order of events.
- 16:1116:11, 28 March 2020 diff hist +337 James Playfair (businessman) →Personal life: Mr. and Mrs. Playfair, 29th wedding anniversary, October 25, 1918 and launching of the WAR FIEND.
- 14:5214:52, 28 March 2020 diff hist +385 James Playfair (businessman) →Shipping Interests: 1914 purchase of steamships GLENLIVET, GLENLYON, GLENFINNAN and motor vessel TOILER.
- 12:4112:41, 28 March 2020 diff hist +12 m James Playfair (businessman) →Lumbering
- 08:2508:25, 28 March 2020 diff hist +2 m James Playfair (businessman) →Shipping Interests
- 08:2108:21, 28 March 2020 diff hist +2 m James Playfair (businessman) →Shipping Interests
- 08:1208:12, 28 March 2020 diff hist −2 m James Playfair (businessman) →Shipping Interests
- 08:0608:06, 28 March 2020 diff hist +32 m James Playfair (businessman) →Lumbering
