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Submitted by Christine Gorman
As printed in the Daily Examiner, January 3, 1898
A List of Vessels Registered at the Port of Charlottetown During the Year ending 31st December 1897.
Ten vessels were registered at Charlottetown in 1897. Of those, the largest was the Stella, built at Cardigan by Mr James E MacDonald, a vessel of 200 tons. Only two other vessels have been built in this Province this year. The remaining seven were transferred from other ports or purchased in the United States.
Tonnage Registered at this port now include:
2 barques
1823 tons
12 barquentines
4556 tons
6 brigantines
1425 tons
131 schooners
6013 tons
1 sloop
20 tons
21 steamers
1986 tons.
The total makes up 174 vessels, measuring 15,812 tons.