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The ''Ongiara'' was a
The ''Ongiara'' was a steamboat
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that served most of her 33 year lifetime as a ferry on the Niagara River
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She was built in Toronto by Melancthon Simpson, and commissioned in 1885 as the ''Queen City''.
In 1888 she was sold to the Niagara Transportation Company,
which renamed her the ''Ongiara'' and started using her as a ferry passengers across the Niagara River
The Niagara River ( ) flows north from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, forming part of the border between Ontario, Canada, to the west, and New York, United States, to the east. The origin of the river's name is debated. Iroquoian scholar Bruce T ...
, between Queenston, Ontario
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and Lewiston, New York
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.
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In 1912 she was sold and employed as a tow-boat in Toronto. Finally she was sunk off Bowmanville, Ontario
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in 1918.
See also
* Onigara (ferry boat)References