Picton Harbour
PICTON HARBOUR;
(As described in the port directory published by the Department of Marine and Fisheries, 1913 and 1914)
Picton Harbour, County of Prince Edward, Ontario, is at the end of the southern arm of the Bay of Quinte, called the Adolphus Reach. It is between Deseronto, on the north side of the Bay of Quinte and the mouth of the Napanee River, The arm referred to continues in a southerly direction into Picton Bay. The harbour has been dredged to a depth of 12 feet. At the entrance to the harbour is a freight wharf and some distance from this are several wharves with freight sheds, cold store, and coal shed. Steamers call at this port to load fruit, unload merchandise and land passengers. The Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company owns a line of boats running between Lake Ontario and the St.Lawrence River and connect with Charlotte in the state of New York, across Lake Ontario, and through the Bay of Quinte.
The total tonnage entered and cleared at this port for the fiscal year 1911 - 1912 was 348,748 tons.
1935 CANADIAN PORTS DIRECTORY
COLLIVER AND HUFF WHARF. Berthing length 300 FEET
Shed along side 125 X 40 used for coal and general freight
HEPBURN BROTHERS WHARF Berthing length 175 feet
Shed alongside 125 x 30 used for coal and general freight
CANADA STEAMSHIP LINES WHARF Berthing length 250 feet
Shed alongside 225' x 40' for general freight
Canada Steamship lines called semi weekly from Montreal to Head of the Lakes.
PICTON COAL COMPANY WHARF, berthing length 300 feet
Shed alongside 150 x 50 used for coal and general freight.
Largest vessel berthed was S.S. Calgarian, 250 x 43 x 23.5
There were no port charges for vessels.
1937
Newspaper record spring of 1937 before we had transport tractor trailers or the 401
Navigation opened in Picton harbour for the 1937 season when the CSL package freighter, City of Kingston, called enroute to Montreal. She carried 40 new motor cars for distribution between Picton and Montreal
The excitement over the early arrival of the City of Kingston was heightened by the anticipation of a record pack of tomatoes and other fruits in Prince Edward county that year. Four Hundred Tons of canned goods were loaded for Montreal was loaded while she was in Picton Harbour, and most of these were destined to be exported to Belfast and Glasgow.
1935 CANADIAN PORTS DIRECTORY
COLLIVER AND HUFF WHARF. Berthing length 300 FEET
Shed along side 125 X 40 used for coal and general freight
HEPBURN BROTHERS WHARF Berthing length 175 feet
Shed alongside 125 x 30 used for coal and general freight
CANADA STEAMSHIP LINES WHARF Berthing length 250 feet
Shed alongside 225' x 40' for general freight
Canada Steamship lines called semi weekly from Montreal to Head of the Lakes.
PICTON COAL COMPANY WHARF, berthing length 300 feet
Shed alongside 150 x 50 used for coal and general freight.
Largest vessel berthed was S.S. Calgarian, 250 x 43 x 23.5
There were no port charges for vessels.
