Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Port Hope from the Lighthouse

Description
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Postcards
Description
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 picture was photographed from the top of the pier light in the daytime.
Notes
There is a twin to this postcard in the collection coloured to change it to a night scene. Undivided back. Postmarked Port Hope 19 Nov 06.
Inscriptions
"Port Hope from the Lighthouse"
Reverse: "Published by W. Williamson, Port Hope, Ont." "Souvenir Post Card"
Publisher
W. Williamson
Place of Publication
Port Hope, ON
Date of Original
c 1905
Dimensions
Width: 13.8 cm
Height: 8.7 cm
Subject(s)
Barges
Dredges
Piers & wharves
Railroad bridges
Steamboats
Tugboats
Nipissing (dredge)
Local identifier
86
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Port Hope
    Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 43.95012 Longitude: -78.29953
Copyright Statement
Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
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Port Hope from the Lighthouse


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 picture was photographed from the top of the pier light in the daytime.