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TELESCOPE Page 31 bondly Remembered.... The RICHELIEU Cruise by David J. Born Rev. Canada Steamship Lines has always been a most notable Canadian company Since its inception in 1913. A lead- ing freight carrier, it ran as many as 23 passenger ships on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River in 1928. By the 50's this number was reduced to three fine river steamers running out of Montreal to the Sag- uenay River. My father was a general agent for these ships, and it was my privilege to sail on them each year until the service was discontinued in 1965. The Tadoussac and St, Law- rence ran a schedule of connections with Quebec, the two Canada Steam- ship Lines' Hotels, and the Saguenay. The Richelieu ran an independent week-long package cruise. The twin-screw ship Richelieu was built as the Narragansett by Harlan & Hollingsworth at Wilmington, Dela- WebeS, in UD, Alone voit a sister, Manhattan. The pair was intended for Long Island Sound service, but were laid up until the first World War when they ran on the English Channel. After the war they were sold and rebuilt. The Manhattan be- came the De Witt Clinton of the Hudson River Day Line. The other was purchased by CSL and began Saguenay River service as the Richelieu in 1923. Somewhat smaller than her running mates built at Davie in 1927 and 1928, she was 340-feet overall, with a 48-foot beam and a depth of 21%-feet. We generally arrived in Montreal on Sunday evening to board the Rick- elieu. She was tied up at Victoria Pier, opposite the old Dalhousie City, now running nightly excursions as the Island King around Montreal Harbor. We would check in at the Purser's Office in-the lobby and wait anxiously to see which room we would get. Usually we got a varandah room...a very special feature of the Richelieu. Unlike her running mates, the Richelieu did not have a prom- enade completely around B and C deck but a series of alcoves leading to every third room on those decks. These were private deck spaces call- ed verandahs. The berths were stag- gered in the usual night-boat fash- ion. The cabins were not glamorous, but no one did much but sleep in them anyway. If you could ever tire of being on deck watching the river go by, there was a cruise director who always had more to do than any- One required. With a capacity of slightly over 200, there were many friendships cultivated by the end of the cruise. Monday morning, at 9:30, the whis-