, 20 Sep 1856  Woodcut engraving of the town and harbour of Mackinac at the entrance to Lake Michigan. The artist has included a paddlewheel steamboat, a propeller, a couple of schooners, smaller saling craft and a canoe. Piles of cordwood can be seen on a wharf in the middle distance. Fort Mackinac can be seen...

  , 20 Sep 1856  Woodcut engraving of the view of the Mackinaw, MI village and harbour from Fort Mackinac. "Town of Mackinac, on Lake Huron, State of Michigan"

  , 20 Sep 1856  Woodcut engraving of the town and harbour of Mackinac at the entrance to Lake Michigan. The artist has included variety of sailing craft and what appears to be a sternwheel steamboat at the middle pier. "Town of Mackinac, on Lake Huron, State of Michigan"

  , 22 Nov 1856  Woodcut engraving of Kingston from Point Henry looking across Navy Bay to the Cataraqui Bridge that marks the Lake Ontario end of the Rideau Canal. "City of Kingston and the Rideau Canal, Foot of Lake Ontario, Canada West"

  , 22 Nov 1856  Woodcut engraving of Kingston from Point Henry looking across Navy Bay to the Stone Frigate and beyond that to Kingston harbour. The presence of two steamboats in Navy Bay at this date suggests that the original photograph, by Dr. J. P. Litchfield of Kingston, was taken in the spring, as some of...

  , 13 Jun 1857  Woodcut engraving of the explosion of the steamboat Inkermann on the Toronto waterfront, on 29 May 1857. The sketch on which this engraving was based was made by William Armstrong. William Armstrong was both civil engineer, artist and photographer, being a member of one of Toronto's early...

  , 25 Jun 1870  Engraving of the steamboat CHICORA in Collingwood harbour in 1870, from which she embarked troops for the Red River Expedition

  , 22 Sep 1860  Woodcut engraving of a photograph of the steamboat LADY ELGIN of the Chicago, Milwaukee and Lake Superior Line, lying at her wharf in Chicago, the day before her loss on Lake Michigan. "The steamer LADY ELGIN lying at her wharf at Chicago -- From a photograph taken the day previous to the...

  22 Mar 1856,   Woodcut engraving of the port of Oswego in the winter of 1856. From the linked article: "In this sketch, a part of Fort Ontario is seen in the distance. At the right hand is a monster store-house, capable of containing two hundred and fifty thousand bushels of wheat, besides twenty-five hundred...

  1915  Stereoview of Montreal Harbour 10625- The Wharves, Montreal Canada; Lat. 45 N; Long. 74 W; Montreal is the great commercial center of the Dominion of Canada. It is situated on the north side of the St. Lawrence River and is 625 miles from the Atlantic Ocean. It is the leading port for the...

  c 1912  Coloured postcard of Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company steamboat KINGSTON, departing the wharf at the Thousand Island Hotel in Alexandria Bay, NY Postmarked "Kingston, Ont, 10 Sep 1912 10 pm" "R. and O. Steamer "Kingston" leaving Alexandria Bay, Thousand Islands, St. Lawrence River";...

  1905-1913  Coloured postcard of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company steamboat ST. IRENEE (formerly the CANADA) at Chicoutimi on the Saguenay River. This was the turning point for the cruises from Quebec down the Saint Lawrence River and up the Saguenay River to various company hotels and other...

  c 1912  Coloured postcard of the Niagara Navigation Company steamboat CAYUGA at the landing in Lewiston, NY. The stern to the left of the image is either CHICORA or CHIPPEWA. Divided back. Postmarked "Buffalo, NY, 18 Jun 1912, 11 pm" "Boat Landing at Lewistown, N. Y." Reverse: "This space for writing...

  c 1910  Coloured postcard of the Toronto waterfront featuring the wharves at the foot of Bay Street. The scene includes two ferries of the Toronto Ferry Company and three other unidentified steamboats Divided back; Postmarked "Toronto, ONT, 23 Jul 1912 4:30 pm" with special Canadian National Exhibition...

  c 1906  Coloured postcard of the wharves at the foot of Yonge Street in Toronto. The Union railway station stands behind W.A Geddes, "No. 1 Yonge St.Wharf" Four steamboats are in the view including what appears to be the Niagara Navigation Company steamboat CORONA to the right of the picture. Undivided...

  c 1905  Coloured postcard of the Yonge Street wharves in Toronto with at least four steamboats in the view. The second steamboat from the left is the OCEAN. The central wharves are both passenger facilities with crowds getting on the Niagara Navigation Company steamboat CHIPPEWA. To the right lies the...

  c1908  Coloured postcard of the Yonge Street wharves in Toronto. Two passenger steamboats and a tugboat lie at the docks. A crowd of passengers line the main wharf. Divided back. Postmarked "Toronto, ONT, 31 Aug 1908 1:30 pm" "Yonge Street Dock, Toronto" "102,122" Reverse: "Valentine & Sons' Publishing...

  c 1907  Black and white postcard of the Kingston waterfront featuring a concrete grain elevator. Clustered around the elevator and the neighbouring wharf are schooners, barges, tugs and a larger freighter. At the head of the wharf a barge is either under construction or being repaired. A barge is being...

    Coloured postcard showing a crowded Montreal harbour. Two ocean-going vessels, probably of the Allan Line lie on the further side of the basin. Four or five steamboats and unpowered barges are tied up abreast. One is the CONDOR. Coloured postcard. Divided back "Montreal Harbor looking East,...

  c 1907  Coloured photograph of the Montreal waterfront around 1900. The Richelieu and Ontario Navigation steamboat QUEBEC is discharging freight onto the quayside. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carts are in the foreground while the Bonsecours Market can be seen in the background. Divided back. Postage...

  c 1915  Tinted postcard in a frame of the waterfront of Trenton, Ont. A small tug appears in the right middleground. In the background is a three-masted schooner. Other small row boats and sailboats can be found in the middle along with a number of boat houses. Divided back. Postally unused "In the...

    Coloured postcard of the waterfront at Deseronto, Ontario and the lumber operations of the Rathbun Company. At the wharves is a two masted schooner and the small steam freighter RELIANCE. Depending on the precise date of the picture the RELIANCE is either the property of the Rathbun Company (1903...

  c 1907  Coloured postcard of a moolit Port Hope harbour. One of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation steamboats is heavily lit up on the outside of the pier. A tugboat and barge (possibly carrying coal or dredge spoil is inside the pier. A third vessel, possibly a dredge is to the lower left. The...

    Winter sport on the Harbour in 1863. This view of the Point at the foot Bay St. shows H. L. Bastien's boathouse at the extreme right. To its left is the Smith's Grain Warehouse with a schooner frozen in in front of it. Grant's Sail Loft appears next. The schooner at the extreme left is wintering...

  c 1870  Steamer MAGNET berthed at Pointe au Pic Wharf, on the lower St. Lawrence Used to illustrate Ivan S. Brookes, Hamilton Harbor, 1826-1901 .

  c1870  Stereoview of the Oswego harbour from the upper bridge. In the centre of the harbour is a two masted schooner. The sail of another schooner is hanging to dry beyond the railroad trestle. There are a number of barges along the far side of the harbour. E. H. T. Anthony & Co., 591 Broadway, New...

  1895  Stereoview of the whaleback steamer An earlier version of this view exists that co-incides with the Columbian Exposition at Chicago and is copyright 1893. A later version of this view was published by Underwood and Underwood. "Loading the Great Whaleback Ship at the Famous Grain Elevators,...

  c 1873  View of Zealand's Wharf, taken from the top of the high bank. At the lower left, a vessel is under construction in A. M. Robertson's Shipyard. Used to illustrate Ivan S. Brookes, Hamilton Harbor, 1826-1901 .

    The Hamilton & NorthWestern Railway's lower trestle over Land's Inlet. The new wharf with its freight shed appears at the left Used illustrate Ivan S. Brookes, Hamilton Harbor, 1826-1901

  c 1890  The Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company steamer ALGERIAN berthed at Swift's Wharf in Kingston Used to illustrate Ivan S. Brookes, Hamilton Harbor, 1826-1901 . This image also appears in Walter Lewis and Rick Neilson's The River Palace , 2008.

    Loading Timber and The Canal at the Beach. The Used to illustrate Ivan S. Brookes, Hamilton Harbor, 1826-1901 . "Loading Timber--The Canal at the Beach"

  c 1888  Photograph of the Burlington Canal, looking out toward the Lake, from the top of the Royal Hamilton Yacht Club house. The steamer MACASSA is passing the swing bridge built by the Hamilton & NorthWestern Ry. in 1876. The Main Light Station was established in 1838. In the foreground is one of the...

  c 1888  Murton & Reid's coal wharf, Hamilton Used to illustrate Ivan S. Brookes, Hamilton Harbor, 1826-1901 . "Unloading a Coal Schooner"

  c 1900  The Hamilton Steel & Iron Company's wharf in 1900 showing the three McMyler Whirlies for unloading iron ore cargoes. Used to illustrate Ivan S. Brookes, Hamilton Harbor, 1826-1901 .

  c 1907  The small excursion steamboat ARUNDELL loading passengers at the wharf in Oswego around 1910. Divided back. Postmarked Oswego, NY, 4 July 1910, 10:30 a.m. "Steamboat Dock, Oswego, N. Y." Reverse: " The Hugh C. Leighton Co., Manufacturers, Portland, ME,. U.S.A. Made in German 3948"

  1903  Stereoview of the American Falls with the Horseshoe Falls at the right of the picture. The rounder pilot house on the MAID OF THE MIST suggests that this is the MAID launched in 1885. "(1) General view of the Falls from the New Steel Bridge -- "Maid of the Mist," at landing -- Niagara, U.S.A....

  c 1905  Black and white postcard of Port Hope harbour. One of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation steamboats is heavily lit up on the outside of the pier. A tugboat and barge (possibly carrying coal or dredge spoil is inside the pier. A third vessel is the government dredge NIPISSING. The original...

  c1908  Coloured postcard featuring the Niagara Navigation Company steamboat CORONA at the Yonge Street wharf Divided back. Postally unused. "Niagara Navigation Co.'s Steamer "Corona"" "105,391" Reverse: "The Valentine & Sons Publishing Co. Ltd. Montreal and Toronto Printed in Great Britain"

  c 1909  A coloured postcard of the steamboat TURBINIA approaching Toronto at night. An undivided back postcard. This is from the exact photograph used in the daytime views of TURBINIA approaching Toronto "Steamer "Turbinia" nearing Toronto" "101,818" Reverse: "The Valentine & Sons' Publishing Co., Ltd. ...

  c. 1907  A view of the steamboat LAKESIDE departing Port Dalhousie at the mouth of the Welland Canal for Toronto. The two light houses on the pier can be seen. A divided back post card "Str. "Lakeside" Leaving Port Dalhousie for Toronto, Canada" Reverse: "Warwick Bro's & Rutter, Limited Toronto"