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Collection
Navigation and Sea Transport
Date
1811-1970
Dimensions13.4 cm of textual records
Object NumberC545
Scope and Content
This
collection concerns navigation and transportation in Canada. More specifically,
it contains information about marine shipping companies, ships, and freight
transportation by water, on canals and the St. Lawrence.
There are
documents on the Allan Steamship Line and the White Star Line, including
contracts for postal service between Canada and the United Kingdom. There are
also ship waybills, documents on inland navigation (canals), correspondence
about the state of navigation on the St. Lawrence, as well as files on a few
ships, including the Mermaid, the Catherine and the excursion ship Beauharnois.
The collection also contains a handwritten register (1865-1868) providing
information on damaged vessels that docked at St. John's, Newfoundland, and
estimates of the costs incurred for their repairs or the loss of their cargo.
Information about the objects in our collection is updated to reflect new research findings. If you have any information to share regarding this object, please email reference.mccord@mccord-stewart.ca.Information about rights and reproductions is available here.
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This project is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Azrieli Foundation and Canadian Heritage.