Northern Belle was a steamship that provided service in Ontario, Canada, from 1875 to her accidental destruction by fire in 1898.
[1][2][3] Shortly after she was launched, as Gladys, in Marine City, Michigan, she was purchased by the Georgian Bay Navigation Company, which renamed her Northern Belle.
[1] She burned shortly after arriving in Byng Inlet, the mouth of the Magnetawan River, on November 7, 1898.
[1] The fire burst out unexpectedly and her captain, C. Jacques, barely had time to beach her.
Her wreck became a popular site for recreational divers.