16 Sep 1970  The spars of the sunken EASTCLIFFE HALL can be seen against the hull of the lighter MAPLEHEATH in this Sept. 16, 1970 photo. Assisting are DANIEL McALLISTER and CAPT. M. B. DONNELLY

  c 1910-15  ALEXANDRIA is upbound in the St. Lawrence canals in this photo taken very near the end of her active life.

  c1936  This is SAND MERCHANT as she appeared at the time of her loss. Photo from the collection of Capt. John Leonard shows her upbound in the Galops section of the Williamsburg Canal, St. Lawrence River.

  c1881-89  This is ROTHESAY as she looked in service on the upper St. Lawrence River during the period 1881 through 1889.

  ca 1875-1882  Stereoview of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company steamboat CORINTHIAN in the rapids of the Saint Lawrence River. Probably the Lachine Rapids. View predates 20 September 1892 when the CORINTHIAN burned in the Cedar Rapids of the Saint Lawrence River. According to the Montreal...

  c1900  Coloured postcard of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company steamboat ALGERIAN in the Long Sault Rapids. One of a series of four Notman photographs of this passage. The ALGERIAN was a rebuilt in 1874 of the BAVARIAN (1873), in turn a rebuild of the KINGSTON (1855). She was renamed CORNWALL...

  c 1900  Coloured postcard of Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company steamboat ALGERIAN in the Lachine Rapids, flying company pennant from the foremast and Stars and Stripes from the stern. Undivided back for address Published by the American News Company, New York, Leipzig, Berlin and Dresden;...

  c1900  Coloured postcard of unnamed steamboat running the Lachine Rapids. The name on the paddlewheels is missing. It is derived from an earlier picture of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company steamboat PASSPORT taken by Notman. The absence of the steamboat's name from the paddlebox is probably...

  c 1920  Coloured postcard of the crowds on the foredeck of either the Canada Steamship Lines steamboats RAPIDS KING or RAPIDS PRINCE in the rapids of the Saint Lawrence River. Divided back "Approaching Cedar Rapids; Everyone on deck anxious to get the first glimpse of Cedar Rapids which boasts the fastest...

  c 1910  Coloured postcard of unnamed Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company steamboat in the Lachine Rapids. See links for other pictures related to this one. The original photograph is of the CORSICAN. Divided back "Montreal. Steamer in Lachine Rapids" Reverse: "Novelty Manufacturing and Art Printing...

  c 1907  Coloured postcard of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company steamboat BROCKVILLE in theLong Sault Rapids of the Saint Lawrence River. This BROCKVILLE was launched as the COLUMBIAN in Chester, PA, 1892. She was renamed BROCKVILLE in 1904 and rebuilt and renamed RAPIDS QUEEN in 1909. Divided...

    Tinted postcard of Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company Steamboat PRESCOTT in the Lachine Rapids of the Saint Lawrence River This is, in fact, an altered copy of a Notman photograph of the PASSPORT from the 1880s or 1890s. See the linked photograph in Ivan Brookes, History of Hamilton...

  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";...

  c 1910  Coloured postcard with frame of Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company steamboat TORONTO on the Saint Lawrence River in the Thousand Islands Divided Back; Postmarked "Clayton NY, 2 Feb. 1910, 7 am" "28. Steamer Toronto, Thousand Islands, N. Y." Reverse: "Publ. by N.W.P. & P. Co., Potsdam, NY";...

  c1913  Coloured postcard of Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company steamboat RAPIDS PRINCE shooting the Long Sault Rapids of the Saint Lawrence River Divided back. Unused postally "Str. "Rapids Prince" in the midst of the Maelstrom while shooting the Long Sault Rapid, St. Lawrence River, Canada"...

  c1910  Coloured postcard of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company steamboat MONTREAL on the Saint Lawrence River Divided back. Postally unused "R. & O. Nav. Co's Steamer, "Montreal"; "103,015" Reverse: "The Valentine & Sons' Publishing Co., Ltd. Montreal and Toronto; Printed in Great Britain"

    The companionway of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company steamboat MONTREAL. Features a large portrait of Cardinal Richelieu at the head of a second flight of steps. Two upper decks can be seen up the stairs from the main deck. Divided Back. Three postmarks on 21 Jan 1910 including...

  c 1920  Coloured postcard of Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company steamboat QUEBEC on the Saint Lawrence River "Steamer Quebec, St. Lawrence River""100,506" Reverse: "The Valentine & Sons United Publishing Co. Limited Toronto and Winnipeg; Printed in U.S.A."

  c 1907  Coloured postcard of Quebec City featuring the Citadel and the Chateau Frontenac. In the foreground in the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company terminal. Behind this are the offices of the Quebec Steamship Company and the Thibaugeau Frere's & Co. To the left is the Levis ferry SOUTH "Quebec....

  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 1910  Coloured postcard of Trinity Rock, one of the natural features that were prominent in the descriptions of cruises up the Saguenay river. At the bottom of the Rock (just above the word "Navigation") one of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company steamboats can be seen. Divided back. Postally...

  1901  Chromolithograph of the Thousand Island Steamboat Company steamboat NEW ISLAND WANDERER in the Thousand Islands "51357 In the Thousand Islands Copyright, 1901, by Detroit Photographic Co."

  1892  Photogravure of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company steamboat CORSICAN in the Lachine Rapids of the Saint Lawrence River. Picture reportedly removed from an 1892 publication by Werner. "SHOOTING THE LACHINE RAPIDS, ST. LAWRENCE RIVER.-- here is a fascination in gambling with Danger. The...

  c 1914  The canaller ROCK FERRY in one of the locks of the Cornwall Canal on the Saint Lawrence River. After being bought from American shipping interests (where she was the MERRIMAC), the steamboat was owned by the Fairhaven Transportation and Coal Company (1911-1914), Wilson, Paterson & Gifford Company...

  c 1920  Black and white postcard of steamboat on Saint Lawrence River near Morrisburg, Ontario. The vessel appears to be the Canada Steamship Lines steamboat RAPIDS QUEEN. Divided back. Pencil note on back "Nov. 1920" "Doran's Island near Morrisburg, Ont." Reverse: " Novelty Mfg. & Art Co. Ltd.,...

    Photograph of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company steamboat PASSPORT to illustrate Ivan S. Brookes, Hamilton Harbor, 1826-1901 .

  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 .

  c 1882  Propeller ACADIA in the Thousand Islands after she had been lengthened at Muir's Dry Dock in Port Dalhousie in 1882. Used to illustrate Ivan S. Brookes, Hamilton Harbor, 1826-1901 .

  c 1900  Steamer CARLO: the first deep sea tramp steamer seen in Hamilton. This shows her loading rails at Conneaut, Ohio, in June 1900 Used to illustrate Ivan S. Brookes, Hamilton Harbor, 1826-1901 .

  1898  Moonlight steamboat in the Thousand Islands in 1898. The steamboat's profile fits that of the NEW ISLAND WANDERER. "12790 Sweet Silver Light of the Moon, Thousand Islands" "James M. Davis, New York, St. Louis, Liverpool, Toronto, Sydney" "Copyright 1898, by B. W. Kilburn" Reverse: "Photographed...

  c 1874  A stereoview of the main saloon of the Richelieu Company steamboat QUEBEC. Off both levels are doors to the 150 staterooms on the QUEBEC. In the foreground hangs a large gaslight chandelier. The view was published between 1871 and 1875, the years Parks was located at 188 St. James St. This image...

  c1904  Early postcard of Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company steamboat CORSICAN in the Lachine Rapids of the Saint Lawrence River Undivided back. Postmarked Northampton, Mass, 4 Dec 1905 and also Hartford, Conn Dec 4, 1905 "In Lachine Rapids" Reverse: "Post Card" "This side is for the address only"

  1873  Stereoview of the shipwreck of the steamboat LOUIS RENAUD in the Lachine Rapids just above the Isle au Heron in the Saint Lawrence River. The LOUIS RENAUD was wrecked in the rapids on 12 May 1873 under the command of Captain John Rankin, with about 150 passengers on board. The government inquiry...

  1902  Coloured postcard of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company steamboat HAMILTON (ex MAGNET) as it runs the Lachine Rapids of the Saint Lawrence River. This and a companion photograph of the HAMILTON can be seen in the Detroit Publishing Company site at the Library of Congress. Undivided...

  ca 1913  Coloured postcard of the Folger Line steamboat ST. LAWRENCE in the Thousand Islands Divided back. Postmarked Wanakena, NY 16 Apr 1913 "Thousand Island, Steamer St. Lawrence Folger Line" Reverse: "The Hugh C. Leighton Co., Manufacturers, Portland Me. U.S.A. Made in Germany 2524"

    The Steamboat PRESCOTT of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company running the Lachine Rapids near the city of Montreal An undivided back postcard. "R. and O. Navigation Co.'s Steamer "Prescott" running Lachine Rapids near Montreal" "102,990" Reverse: "The Valentine & Sons' Publishing Co.,...

  c. 1907  A coloured postcard of the steamboat BROCKVILLE among the Thousand Islands on the Saint Lawrence River in Ontario. A coloured postcard with a divided back. "Str. "Brockville" among the Thousand Islands" "St. Lawrence River, Canada." Reverse: "Warwick Bro's & Rutter, Limited, Publishers, Toronto"

  c1903  Black and white postcard of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company steamboat SPARTAN in the Lachine Rapids of the Saint Lawrence River. "Steamer Spartan" Reverse: "Private Post Card"

  c 1906  Coloured postcard of the Folger Line steamboat SAINT LAWRENCE on a searchlight tour in the Thousand Islands Undivided back. Postmarked "U[tic]a, N. Y. 24 Aug 1906" "Thousand Islands, N.Y., Steamer St. Lawrence Searchlight." Reverse: "The Hugh C. Leighton Co., Manufacturers, Portland, Me., U. S....

  c 1910  Black and white postcard with Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company steamboat TORONTO on the Saint Lawrence River in the Thousand Islands near Clayton, New York Divided Back; Postmarked "Clayton NY, 26 Nov. 1910, 4 pm" "Toronto Steamer, Clayton, N. Y." Reverse: "Made by Lyon View Co. Pulaski,...