"This Remarkable Growth": Investment in Canadian Great Lakes Shipping, 1900-1959

Publication
The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord (St. John's, NL), Jul 2005, p. 1-37
Description
Creator
Salmon, M. Stephen, Author
Media Type
Text
Item Type
Articles
Description
The growth of the Canadian Great Lakes transportation industry is matched by the growth of the Canadian economy as a whole in the first six decades of the twentieth century. This paper presents, as a preliminary analysis of this industry, brief case studies of three transportation companies including Canada Steamship Lines, Paterson Steamships Limited and the Quebec and Ontario Transportation Company. These companies were loaded with a large percentage of the cargoes of the time. They also represent links between the Canadian owners of the Great Lakes transportation companies and the North American economy. As their collective history demonstrates, the wealth of these three ship owners reflects the performance of the Canadian economy between 1900 and 1959.
Date of Publication
Jul 2005
Date Of Event
1900-1959
Subject(s)
Business & finance
Shipping
Corporate Name(s)
Canada Steamship Lines ; Paterson Steamships Limited ; Quebec and Ontario Transportation Company
Language of Item
English
Copyright Statement
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Copyright Holder
Canadian Nautical Research Society
Recommended Citation
The Northern Mariner/Le marin du nord, XV No. 3, (July 2005), 1 - 37.
Contact
Canadian Nautical Research Society

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"This Remarkable Growth": Investment in Canadian Great Lakes Shipping, 1900-1959


The growth of the Canadian Great Lakes transportation industry is matched by the growth of the Canadian economy as a whole in the first six decades of the twentieth century. This paper presents, as a preliminary analysis of this industry, brief case studies of three transportation companies including Canada Steamship Lines, Paterson Steamships Limited and the Quebec and Ontario Transportation Company. These companies were loaded with a large percentage of the cargoes of the time. They also represent links between the Canadian owners of the Great Lakes transportation companies and the North American economy. As their collective history demonstrates, the wealth of these three ship owners reflects the performance of the Canadian economy between 1900 and 1959.