Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Str.ALGERIAN in Lachine Rapids, St. Lawrence River

Description
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Postcards
Description
Coloured postcard of Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company steamboat ALGERIAN in the Lachine Rapids, flying flying no flags as she runs the rapids of the Saint Lawrence River.
Notes
Undivided back for address. Postmarked Montreal, QU, 17 Jun 1907. This image was used in other ways in previous years. By 1907 the ALGERIAN had been renamed CORNWALL and was no routinely on this route. This image was used in Walter Lewis and Rick Neilson's The River Palace, 2008.
Inscriptions
"6212 Str.ALGERIAN in Lachine Rapids, St. Lawrence River"
Date of Original
c 1903
Dimensions
Width: 14 cm
Height: 8.9 cm
Subject(s)
Rapids
Steamboats
Algerian (steamboat)
Local identifier
195
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
Copyright Statement
Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
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Str.ALGERIAN in Lachine Rapids, St. Lawrence River


Coloured postcard of Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company steamboat ALGERIAN in the Lachine Rapids, flying flying no flags as she runs the rapids of the Saint Lawrence River.