MV Hiawatha is a passenger ferry built in 1895 for the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
[2] Hiawatha was built by the Bertram Engine Works near Queen's Wharf in Toronto harbour and named for Hiawatha, a First Nations leader and co-founder of the Iroquois confederacy.
It is claimed to be the oldest passenger vessel still in active service on the North American Great Lakes.
[4] On July 26, 2000, both Hiawatha and the yacht club's slightly newer ferry, Kwasind, were sunk by vandals.
[2][5] Kwasind was refloated and was back in working order the day of the sinking, while Hiawatha required further repair.