Category:Midland City (ship, 1870)

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• Built by Barclay, Curle & Co, Glasgow, Scotland in 1871
• Length: 36.6 m
• Beam: 9.8 m
• Named: Maude and working in Kingston ON.
• 1895 Enlarged and renamed America
• 1920 Came to Georgian Bay as a steam side-wheeler and renamed as the Midland City by the Georgian Bay Tourist Company of Midland.
• The ship was well staffed and luxurious by the days standards and including a restaurant and staterooms for the wealthy. She even had space to transport two cars.
• 1926 Sank when tied to the dock when a storm tilted her and her open portholes filled her with water.
• 1933 Converted to a propeller motor ship.
• 1934 Sank on return from Go Home Bay she struck a reef at Present Island and she was beached on Midland Point to prevent lose.
• 1955 De-registered and hauled up where Wye Heritage Marina is now.