KINCARDINE – On Nov. 21, 1883 the “Erie Belle” was destroyed in a boiler explosion two miles south of Kincardine. She was a wrecking tug owned by a Windsor firm. Previously “Erie Belle” had been a passenger steamer, first on the Atlantic coast and later on Lake Erie. She was 125 feet long and 25…
“Erie Belle” blows up off Kincardine
SubmittedJuly 23, 2026 @ 7:26 amKincardine Independent, Local News, Pieces of the Past, Walkerton Herald-Times

Elgin Market students at a Boiler Beach picnic play on the boiler which exploded and killed four crew of the Erie Belle. (Bruce County Museum and Cultural Centre)


