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Steamer Cobourg

a black and white sketch of a steamship sailing in front of a roughly drawn shoreline with lighthouse. The steamer flies two Union Jacks and has the name COBOURG on the paddlewheel covering.

Cobourg, Erik Heyl

Credit: Early American Steamers, v.2, 1956 – Hathi Trust Digital Library

Eric Heyl’s multi-volume “Early American Steamers” includes sketches and “life histories” of a vast number of vessels, including Canadian ones.  To make for easy comparisons of size, vessels are drawn to the same scale.