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MONTREAL TRANSPORTATION CO. 1868 - 1921 Introduction: The Montreal Transportation Company operated or owned at least 207 vessels between 1868 and 1921. That total includes 64 steamships and motorships, nine elevators and 135 barges. There were another six vessels where the relationship with Montreal Transportation Co. was tenuous or is uncertain, for a final total of 214. In addition, there may have been additional vessels that operated only in Montreal harbour or that were barges owned only in very early years of the company history. It was a very large firm, one of Canada's largest marine operators. Research for this list began in 2007 after the compiler read an article on the company by Rick Neilson that appeared in Freshwater in 1989. Part of the research was done in the library and archives of the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston including books and insurance lists as well as Montreal Transportation Co. ships' logs and other material 1917-1920. The search later included the Royal Military College library for Lloyd's Registers and the Queen's University archives for John Gaskin's letterbook 1882-84 and various company board reports and minutes that they have 1903-1921. On line sources were very helpful, particularly the newspaper sources in the Maritime History of the Great Lakes website. My thanks are due especially to the staffs of the Marine Museum and of the Queen's University Archives who were very helpful and patient throughout the project. Thank you especially to Maurice D. Smith for his support and suggestions about the list. Additional information for the list is welcome. It will be updated. Please email new information to me at www.nabob78@gmail.com and please include where you found the information. John Duerkop Kingston 21 June 2017 1