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STEAM VESSELS. PAGE ALBERTA 285 ATLANTIC 105 AUGUSTA VICTORIA 133 BEAVER 335 BRITANNIA 72 CALEDONIA 146 CAMPANIA 78 CANADA 226 CHARLOTTE DUNDAS 32 CLERMONT 42 COLUMBA 38 COMET 35 CORONA 329 CRESCENT 191 DUKE OF WELLINGTON 167 EMPIRE 255 EMPRESS OF JAPAN 162 GREAT BRITAIN 62 GR...
Among the names of those who were chiefly connected with the introduction and development of steam navigation in this province may be mentioned the Hon. John Molson, Messrs. Joh...
8. CHAPTER VII.Were it not that the St. Lawrence is hermetically sealed for five months of the year, it would undoubtedly be a more formidable rival to the Hudson than it now is. That great dr...
10. CHAPTER IX.United States and Canadian Commerce of the Great Lakes—The Sault Ste. Marie Ship Canals—The Erie Canal—Transportation Business—The Elevator—Deeper Waterways Commissions—The Otta...
5. CHAPTER IV.The earliest formidable rival to the Cunard Line was the famous Collins Line, founded in New York in 1848, and which derived its name from Mr. E. K. Collins, its chief promoter,...
4. CHAPTER III.This well-known line takes its name from Samuel Cunard (afterwards Sir Samuel), a native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, who had for some time been conducting the mail service between...
2. CHAPTER I.Travel increases in faster ratio than do facilities for inter-communication. The prophecy surely is being fulfilled in these latter days, “Many shall run to and fro, and knowled...
7. CHAPTER VI.Great as have been the changes brought about by steam navigation applied to commercial uses, the transformations of the navies of the world have been even more remarkable. It se...
9. CHAPTER VIII.The waterways of Canada available for steam navigation are on a magnificent scale. The main system extends from the mouth of the St. Lawrence at Belle Isle to Fort William and t...
6. CHAPTER V.During the earlier years of commerce with India, the route from Britain was by the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, and the Caspian, through Persia, reaching India at its northern...
3. CHAPTER II.Two years after the _Clermont_ had commenced to ply on the Hudson, and three years before the _Comet_ had disturbed the waters of the Clyde, the first steamboat appeared on the...
1. CHAPTER X.STEAM VESSELS. PAGE ALBERTA 285 ATLANTIC 105 AUGUSTA VICTORIA 133 BEAVER 335 BRITANNIA 72 CALEDONIA 146 CAMPANIA 78 CANADA 226 CHARLOTTE DUNDAS 32 CLERMONT 42 COLUMBA 38 COMET 3...