Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Canada. Registrar of Shipping (Hamilton, Ontario)
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Description area
Dates of existence
1869-1962
History
The Registrar of Shipping, Hamilton, Ontario documented the ownership of small vessels and large passenger and freight ships, by administering and tracking ownership, transfers in ownership and vessel name changes. The Registrar documented the particulars of vessels through builder's certificates and ship surveys, and also compiled various correspondence, as well as reports for shipwrecks, strandings and collisions. In the early years, the Registrar of Shipping operated its offices out of the Hamilton Customs House, which handled the flow of trade and passengers through the Port of Hamilton and along the railway line.
Places
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Registering ships passing through the Port of Hamilton.
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Status
Final
Level of detail
Full
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Fonds processed and finding aid created by Archives Technician Kelly Bucci, 2019.
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Sources
Department of Transportation Ship Registration Division, Hamilton Registrar of Shipping, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
Workers Arts and Heritage Centre. "History of the Customs House." Accessed May 31, 2019. http://www.wach-museum.ca/our-story/custom-house.html.