Northern Belle (1875 ship)

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.