Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Lachine Rapids

Description
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Stereographs
Description
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.
Notes
Chisholm's all round route and panoramic guide of the St. Lawrence was published annually in Montreal between 1870 and 1881. The Canadian Navigation Company merged with the Richelieu Company in 1875 to form the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company.
Inscriptions
The "C. R. Chisholm & Bros. Montreal" is stamped into the reverse.
Publisher
C. R. Chisholm & Bros.
Place of Publication
Montreal
Date of Original
c 1870
Dimensions
Width: 17.5 cm
Height: 8.4 cm
Subject(s)
Engravings, Wood
Rapids
Steamboats
Stereographs
Local identifier
4
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Rapides de Lachine
    Quebec, Canada
    Latitude: 45.4168287060273 Longitude: -73.5856533050537
Copyright Statement
Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
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Lachine Rapids


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.