| Name: | SCOTIA |
| Type: | Railway Ferry |
| Launched: | 04/06/1901 |
| Completed: | 08/1901 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 712 |
| Dimensions: | 1461grt, 658nrt, 254.0 x 46.7 x 16.5ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (17.5, 28 & 45 x 27ins), 292nhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 111865 |
| History: | |
| 08/1901 | Intercontinental Railway, Ottawa |
| 1918 | Canadian National Railways, Ottawa |
| 1920 | Renamed SCOTIA I |
| 1957 | Saint John Tug Boat Co Ltd, Ottawa |
| 03/09/1959 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | Screws fitted fore & aft and could be used as an ice breaker |
| Built for the Strait of Canso service between Cape Breton Island & Nova Scotia | |
| 1955: Service made redundant by the building of a causway | |
| 03/09/1959: Wrecked at Port Cartier, Province of Quebec |
Above photo courtesy of The Engineer
Above photo courtesy of Photoship
Above photo copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 07/06/1901