Lady Colborne, 1846
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Built in 1833 at Aylmer, Quebec, the Lady Colborne was mainly used between Aylmer and Fitzroy Harbour, with stops at March, Torbolton, Eardley, and Onslow stations. The Lady Colbourne departed from Aylmer at 6am on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday, and departed from Fitzroy Harbour at 1pm those same days. It engine came from the steamer Montreal, built 1819.
In 1845, the Lady Colborne caught fire at the Alymer wharf. To avoid setting the town on fire, it was set adrift into Lac Deschenes and floated into Britannia Bay, where it later sank.
The Symmes Inn Museum in Aylmer, Quebec has a spike and plank from the Lady Colborne, recovered by the Underwater Society of Ottawa in 1964.
The Kichesippi Beer Co. has a beer named after the Lady Colbourne, calling it the 'first steamboat on the Ottawa River' (which is incorrect - that honour goes to the Union, built 1823).
