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Fisher, Rob, The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord (St. John's, NL), Oct 2011, 359-376     The Torrance family's correspondence in the collection of papers by Robert M. Powell and his family at Library and Archives Canada must be recognized for his discussion of the steamboats of the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes in the 1830s and 1840s. This recently discovered cache of letters ...

    Reason: aground Remarks: Got off

    Reason: struck bottom Remarks: Repaired

    "Abyssinian steamer" Reverse: "J. G. Parks Photographer A Publisher of Stereoscopic views Montreal"

    Launched in 1854, the steamboat EUROPA, was sold in Chancery and taken down the rapids of the Saint Lawrence to operate between Montreal and Quebec. She was broken up in 1867. Used to illustrate Ivan S. Brookes, Hamilton Harbor, 1826-1901.

    Reason: exploded Lives: 38 Hull damage: $30,000

    Reason: fire Remarks: Total loss

    Reason: overboard Lives: 1

    Reason: sunk Lives: nil Freight: pig iron Remarks: Raised

    "Grain Elevator (Steamer Discharging), Montreal" "102,771" Reverse: "The Valentine & Sons' Publishing Co., Ltd. Printed in Great Britain

    The Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company steamer ALGERIAN. In the background on the left iis a hotel. Two buildings with substantial chimnies are in the centre background. It may well be that ALGERIAN is in the Lachine canal in Montreal. Crew watch the camera from the forward gangway, in front ...

    Handwritten on front: "Upper Canada Steamers, Montreal" Handwritten on reverse: "Wm Lee" Printed on sticker on reverse: "Pierce & Paterson, Books, Stationery, Fancy Goods, &c. Quebec"

    "Montreal Harbor looking East, Montreal, Can." Reverse: " A. 730. 339." "Private Post Card CNO"

    10625- The Wharves, Montreal Canada; Lat. 45 N; Long. 74 W; Montreal is the great commercial center of the Dominion of Canada. It is situated on the north side of the St. Lawrence River and is 625 miles from the Atlantic Ocean. It is the leading port for the Dominion ...