Hiawatha (on right) about to pass her slightly younger berth-mate Kwasind (on left) in 2012
History
Name
Hiawatha
Owner
Royal Canadian Yacht Club[1]
Port of registry
Toronto, Ontario[1]
Builder
Bertram Engine Works, Toronto
Completed
1895[1]
Status
in active service
General characteristics
Type
Ferry
Tonnage
46 GT[2]
Length
56 feet (17 m)[2]
Beam
13.3 feet (4.1 m)[2]
Depth
6.3 feet (1.9 m)[2]
Propulsion
Steam engine (prior to 1944)
gasoline engine (since 1944)[1]
Capacity
100 passengers[2]
MV Hiawatha is a passenger ferry built in 1895 for the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[1][3] The boat is 56 feet (17 m) long, 13.3 feet (4.1 m) wide, has a depth of 6.3 feet (1.9 m), and measures 46 gross tons. Her capacity is 100 passengers.[2]
Hiawatha was built by the Bertram Engine Works near Queen's Wharf in Toronto harbour and named for Hiawatha, a First Nations leader and co-founder of the Iroquois confederacy. It is claimed to be the oldest passenger vessel still in active service on the North American Great Lakes.[1]Hiawatha has served as a ferry for the yacht club since 1895. The boat was converted from a steam engine to a gasoline engine in 1944.[1] The ship was refurbished in 1983.[4]
On July 26, 2000, both Hiawatha and the yacht club's slightly newer ferry, Kwasind, were sunk by vandals.[2][5]Kwasind was refloated and was back in working order the day of the sinking, while Hiawatha required further repair.[6]
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"Ferry Sinks". boatnerd. July 29, 2000. Archived from the original on July 29, 2012. Retrieved December 21, 2011. The Hiawatha's sister vessel the Kwasind was also left semi-submerged and adrift, but was salvaged and returned to its dock. Police investigation continues but the police suspect that vandals opened the sea valves, allowing the vessel to fill with water.
^Younger-Lewis, Greg (August 22, 2000). "Cash reward offered to solve boat sinkings". Toronto Star. p. B 05. Archived from the original on April 21, 2018. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
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Global Information
Toronto, Ontario[1]