| History of the Great Lakes, Vol. 1 by J.B. Mansfield, Captains, Shipping, Lighthouse Keepers and Marine (11890 words) |
 | In 1833, the steamer Britannia, of 200 tons, was built at Kingston, Canada, and launched, as were also the Cobourg, of 500 tons, the Kingston, and the Brockville, each being named after the place at which she was built. |
| The banks of the river were, in many places, crowded with spectators, whose loud acclamations manifested the joy they experienced in wit- nessing the first attempt to introduce a steamboat on that beautiful river. |
| The Niagara river, between Fort Erie and Buffalo, was so wedged in with ice that the waters of the lake in consequence rose several feet, while the Niagara river fell so low that numerous rocks and islands, before invisible, made their appearance. |
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