The Dennis Shipyard in Toronto-- Part 3: Taken Over By Matthias Sanders

John Dennis moved his family to Kingston so that he could work the Naval Dockyard there.  Matthias Sanders took over the Dennis Shipyard in York and also married a Dennis daughter.

In 1813, Sanders was killed in the explosion of the magazine at Fort York during the American invasion.

In 1818, a traveler cited the Dennis Shipyard as a landmark.

Dennis returned to York after the war in 1815 and built a home at the northeast corner of King and Yonge streets.  He died there of cholera in 1832.  The house was torn down when the Ridout brothers built a hardware store on the site.

--Brock-Perry

William Moodie Bell-- Part 2: Kingston Dockyard

Afterwards, he served at the Kingston Dockyard on Lake Ontario.

The British Admiralty appointed Thomas Strickland as Master Shipbuilder in Upper Canada and that displaced Bell from that position.  In 1814, he was appointed as Strickland's assisted.

Strickland died in 1815 and Bell became the Acting Master Builder in Upper Canada until the end of 1816 when the Naval Shipyards at Kingston was reduced and then William Bell returned to Scotland.

--Brock-Perry