Belle of the Coast (Packet, 1880-1897)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sidewheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: 1880 at Cincinnati, Ohio
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Burned at Carrollton, Louisiana in January 1897
• OWNERS: Captain J. F. Aucoin and Captain P. A. Charlet
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain J. F. Aucoin (master)
• RIVERS: Mississippi River; St. John's River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 0532; Built at the Cincinnati Marine Ways Company, cabin by Elias Ealer, machinery by C. T. Dumont. Built for Captains Aucoin and Charlet to run New Orleans-Bayou Lafourche. In fall 1885 she was taken around Florida to the St. Johns River and ran that winter with the Chesapeake and Queen of St. Johns in the Tourists and Shippers Fast Line, Jacksonville-Enterprise. Was returned to New Orleans and became a fixture in the Upper Coast trade
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: On St. John's River, Florida