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CORINTHIAN in rapids of the Saint Lawrence River 
Image  ca 1875-1882  ...J. G. Parks, Photographer, 195 1/2 St. James Street, Montreal....
Lachine Rapids 
Image  c 1870  A stereoview engraving of a steamboat running the Lachine Rapids above Montreal. It is probably intended to represent one of the Canadian Navigation Company steamboats that operated on the Saint Lawrence River and Lake Ontario in that period. Chisholm's all round route and panoramic guide of the...
Steamer ALGERIAN Running Long Sault Rapids, St. Lawrence River 
Image  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...
ALGERIAN Running the Lachine Rapids on the St. Lawrence River 
ImageComments  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;...
Lachine Rapids 
Image  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...
Approaching Cedar Rapids, St. Lawrence River, Canada 
Image  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...
Shooting Lachine Rapids, Montreal 
Image  c1904  Coloured postcard of Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company steamboat CORSICAN shooting the Lachine Rapids of the Saint Lawrence River Divided back "Shooting Lachine Rapids, Montreal" Reverse: I 483 W. G. MacFarlane, Publ., Toronto and Buffalo, Printed in Germany" "Private Post Card"
Montreal. RAPIDS KING in Lachine Rapids 
Image  c 1911  A coloured postcard misidentified as the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company steamboat RAPIDS KING (the paddlebox has "WHIRLPOOL" written on it. See the links for variations on this picture which was originally taken with the CORSICAN Mailed to Wanda Jarvis, Gordon Bay, ON from Father, 9 Aug....
Montreal. Steamer in Lachine Rapids 
Image  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...
Steamer "Brockville" in the Long Sault Rapids, Canada 
Image  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...
[PRESCOTT] Running Lachine Rapids, St. Lawrence River 
Image  c 1905  Coloured postcard of Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company steamboat PRESCOTT running the Lachine Rapids. Formerly the BOHEMIAN. Renamed PRESCOTT for the 1905 season. Burned 27 Aug 1909 in Montreal. Undivided back. Postmarked Montreal Que, 23 Jun 1909 5 am "Running Lachine Rapids, St....
[PRESCOTT] In Lachine Rapids near Montreal 
Image    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...
R. and O. Steamer "Rapids King" in Lachine Rapids, Montreal 
Image  c 1913  Coloured postcard of Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company Steamboat RAPIDS KING in Lachine Rapids of the Saint Lawrence River. Divided Back. Not used postally. "R. and O. Steamer "Rapids King" in Lachine Rapids, Montreal" "105,202" Reverse: "Valentine & Sons Publishing Co., Ltd., Montreal and...
Str. "Rapids Prince" in the midst of the Maelstrom while shooting the Long Sault Rapid, St. Lawrence River, Canada 
ImageComments  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"...
Shooting the Lachine Rapids, St. Lawrence River 
Image  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...
Steamer Passport 
Image    Photograph of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company steamboat PASSPORT to illustrate Ivan S. Brookes, Hamilton Harbor, 1826-1901 .
In Lachine Rapids 
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"
str Hamilton in Lachine Rapids, St. Lawrence River 
Image  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...
R. and O. Navigation Co.'s Steamer "Prescott" running Lachine Rapids near Montreal 
Image    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.,...
R. and O. Navigation Coy.'s Steamer, "Rapids Queen" running Lachine Rapids, near Montreal 
Image  c.1916  Coloured postcard of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company steamboat RAPIDS QUEEN running the Lachine Rapids in the Saint Lawrence River above Montreal, Quebec. A coloured divided back postcard. "R. and O. Navigation Coy.'s Steamer, "Rapids Queen" running Lachine Rapids, near Montreal"...
Montreal, Corsican Lachine Rapids 
ImageComments  c1904  Coloured postcard of Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company steamboat CORSICAN shooting the Lachine Rapids of the Saint Lawrence River Divided back. Postally unused "Montreal, Corsican Lachine Rapids" Reverse: "Illustrated Postcard Co., Montreal"
SPARTAN in rapids of the Saint Lawrence River 
Image  ca 1875-1882  ..."J. G. Parks, Photographer, 195 1/2 St. James Street, Montreal. Twelve First Prizes awarded for Portraits and Views"...
CORSICAN in Rapids 
Image  c 1877  Carte de visite of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company steamboat CORSICAN in the rapids of the Saint Lawrence River. This is probably intended to represent the Lachine Rapids. It appears to be based on a photograph but has been substantially retouched. Handwritten on reverse: "July 24...
Lachine Rapids near Montreal 
Image  c1907  Coloured postcard of the Ottawa River Navigation Company steamboat SOVEREIGN in the Lachine Rapids above Montreal at night The SOVEREIGN was sold to the Saint Lawrence Canadian Navigation Company in 1907 which is approximately when the card was produced. It is highly unlikely that anything like...
Shooting Lachine Rapids.  St. Lawrence River 
Image  c1904  Coloured postcard of Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company steamboat CORSICAN shooting the Lachine Rapids of the Saint Lawrence River Undivided back. Postally unused although an address appears "Shooting Lachine Rapids. St. Lawrence River" "Warwick Bros. & Rutter, Toronto No. 1013" Reverse:...
Long Sault Rapids, St. Lawrence River, Canada 
Image  c1907  Patriotic 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...
Steamer "Brockville" in Lachine Rapids, St. Lawrence River, near Montreal 
Image  c 1905  ..."Steamer "Brockville" in Lachine Rapids, St. Lawrence River, near Montreal" "Eg S1" "Kansas City Public Schools" "Department of Visual Instruction"...
Lachine Rapids, near Montreal 
Image  1901  Chromolithograph of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company steamboat HAMILTON in the Lachine Rapids of the Saint Lawrence River "51416 Lachine Rapids, Near Montreal" "Copyright, 1901 by Detroit Photographic Co."
The Locks, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan 
Image  about 1901  Chromolithograph of freighters pasing the locks of the Soo Canal at Sault Ste. Marie, MI with the town to the left and the rapids of the St. Mary's River to the right. "51216 The Locks, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan" "Detroit Photographic Co."
Descending the famous Long Sault Rapids on the St. Lawrence River, Canada. 
Image  c 1906  Stereoview of passengers clutching their hats as the steamboat descends the Long Sault Rapids of the Saint Lawrence River. "9441 Descending the famous Long Sault Rapids on the St. Lawrence River, Canada. Copyright 1906 by H. C. White Co." "H. C. White Col., Chicago, New York, London Gen'l Office...
In the famed Lachine Rapids of the St. Lawrence, Montreal, Canada 
Image  c 1906  Stereoview from the bow of a steamboat in the Lachine Rapids of the St. Lawrence River (9) 9442 In the famed Lachine Rapids of the St. Lawrence, Montreal, Canada Copyright 1906 by H. C. White Co. H. C. White Co, Chicago, New York, London. Gen'l Office and Works, North Benington, Vt., U.S.A. The...
Montreal. Lachine Rapids 
Image  c1904  Embossed postcard of Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company steamboat CORSICAN shooting the Lachine Rapids of the Saint Lawrence River. In this version the vessel isn't named. Undivided back "Montreal. Lachine Rapids" Reverse: Postkarte Levezo - Lap - Post card - Briefkaart - Brefkort Carte...
Montreal. Lachine Rapids Whirpool 
Image  c1907  Embossed oval postcard of Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company steamboat CORSICAN shooting the Lachine Rapids of the Saint Lawrence River. In this version the vessel isn't named. Divided back "Montreal. Lachine Rapids Whirpool [sic]" Reverse: "Novelty Mfg. & Art Ptg. Co., Montreal No. 561"
CORSICAN in Lachine Rapids 
ImageComments  1876  Stereoview of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company steamboat CORSICAN in the Lachine Rapids near Montreal. The card has been trimmed from its original size to match the more popular shorter style, which is why the borders are not even. On reverse: W. Notman, Photographer to Her Majesty,...
Racing Down the Rapids 
AudioImage  1888,   ..."New and Revised Edition" "Racing Down the Rapids, by Frank W. Lawrence. Published by Lawrence Brothers, 11 Dodd St., East Orange, New Jersey, Published by K. Dehnhoff, 44 West 29th St., New York City" "$1" "copyright 1888 by F. W. Lawrence. Forbes Co. Boston". On p. 2 "Respectfully dedicated...

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