The first steamboat in New Brunswick, the _General Smyth_, was launched from the yard of John Lawton, Portland, St. John, in April, 1816. Her owners were John Ward, Hugh Johnson, sen., Lauchlan Donaldson, J. C. F. Bremner, of St. John, and Robert Smith, of Fredericton. This vessel was run between St. John and Fredericton, making the round trip in a week. She started from St. John on her first trip, May 13th, 1816. She was a paddle boat. No official description of her is extant, as the registry book of that date was burned in the great fire of 1877. Later steamboats on this route were the _St. George_, _John Ward_, _Fredericton_, _St. John_, _Forest Queen_, _Heather Bell_, _Olive_, _Prince Arthur_, _David Weston_, _Rothsay_ (which afterwards ran between Montreal and Quebec), the _Fawn_ and _May Queen_. The second steamer, the _St. George_, was launched on April 23rd, 1895, from the yard of John Owens, at Portland, St. John. Her owners were John and Charles Ward, of St. John; Jedediah Slason and James Segee, of Fredericton—the last-named being the first master of the vessel. Her tonnage was 204-17/94; length, 105 feet; greatest breadth, 24 feet 6½ inches; depth of hold, 8 feet 6 inches. She had one mast, a standing bowsprit, square stern, and was carvel built. She had a copper boiler, and, like the _General Smyth_, made one trip each way between Fredericton and St. John in a week. The _Victoria_, the first steam ferry-boat between St. John and Carleton, commenced running September 5th, 1839. The pioneer steamboat on the Bay of Fundy was the _St. John_, built at Deer Island, N. B., in 1826. In her was placed the machinery of the _General Smyth_. Her tonnage was 87-84/94; length, 89 feet; breadth, 18 feet; depth, 8 feet. Later boats on this route were the _Royal Tar_, _Fairy Queen_, _Maid of Erin_, _Pilot_, _Emperor_, _Commodore_, _Empress_, _Scud_, _Secret_ and _City of Monticello_. The steamers at present running from St. John are: to Digby, the steel paddle SS. _Prince Rupert_, 620 tons, having a speed of 18⅞ knots; to Windsor and Hantsport, N. S., the _Hiawatha_, 148 tons; to Yarmouth, N. S., the _Alpha_, 211 tons; to Grand Manan, the _Flushing_, 174 tons.