MIANTONOMAH, official # 113022, a 76 ton Schooner, built 1872 at Newbury (Port), Massachusetts, USA.
Owner #1: Duncan Finlayson, Professional of Arachat, NS., registered the vessel in 1900 (Registration # S900139) at St. John's, NF., registry closed 1906 - Transfered to a New Port.
Owner # 2: William Moffat, Farmer/Planter of Mayfield, PEI., registered the
vessel in 1903 (Registration # I903012) at PEI., registry closed 1915 -
Wrecked - River Bourgeois, NS.
"There's an obvious error in closure and registration dates on the record. This is likely a transcription error. The other possibility is that the vessel may have been registered at two different ports at the same time, although this would be unusual."
Schooner “Miantonomah” was reported as producing 1,400 inspected barrels for a value of $8,000.00 in 1880 – “Compilation of reports of Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, 1789-1901, First Congress, First Session, to Fifty-sixth Congress, Second Session, Trade and Commerce with Foreign Nations – Foreign Tariffs – Boundary and Fishery Disputes” Vol. V, ‘Large catches and “stocks” by the mackerel fleet in New England waters, season of 1880,’ p. 839, Published by Government Printing Office, 1901.
