Sir Robert Peel Version 1

by Parker Morse February 28, 2022

According to my research the ship builder was William Parkins. One of the many shipbuilders who engaged in building vessels was William Parkins of Brockville. The first reference the Sir Robert Peel is found in the Kingston Spectator of Thursday, April 13, 1837. Here is the link I quoted from https://tilife.org/ThePlace/History/HistoryArticles/tabid/484/ID/1530/The-Short-Life-of-the-Steamer-Sir-Robert-Peel-by-Richard-F-Palmer.html .Sir Robert Peel was built in Brockville by W. Parkin for the Jones brothers and Mr. Bacon of Ogdensburgh, at a cost of 10,000 pounds. It was launched on May 5. 1837. The Peel was commanded by Captain John B. Armstrong. On the evening of May 29, the vessel was on its regular trip from Brockville to Toronto. At about midnight it stopped at McDonnell’s Wharf, at Mullet Creek Bay, Well’s Island to replenish its supply of firewood. Here is my source https://tilife.org/BackIssues/Archive/tabid/393/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1199/The-Burning-of-the-ldquoSir-Robert-Peelrdquohellip.html Here is a link to shipwreckworld's first article on this lists the measurements and latitude and longitude information.
https://www.shipwreckworld.com/maps/sir-robert-peel-steamer-st-lawrence-river-shipwreck Here is a link to a YouTube video covering all wrecks in the Saint Lawrence river that are documented by the St. Lawrence River foundation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GScLVjfxsOQ According to them Sir Robert Peel was a steamboat prior to Canada becoming a country so it sailed under the Flag of Great Britain timestamp of 6:42-7:07. (Time is in minutes and seconds.) More information to come and whatch for future articles pending further research.

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