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      Spring Walk II Contrary to general expectation, the opening of Kingston Harbor has been greatly accelerated by favorable circumstances, and the consequence is, that it has taken the shipping interest somewhat by surprise. Every body is ...

      Spring Walk III THE WHARVES AND WHARFINGERS OF KINGSTON: As various changes have taken place this season in the location of the several Forwarders and Wharfingers, a concise notice of such establishment may be found useful, and not out of place in this Our ...

      Spring Walk I One could think that fine weather would never come again. Winter lingering in the lap of Spring conveys but a faint idea of the stern reality of this Twelfth of April. Although the day is tolerably fine and the sun shines warmly, yet the roads are still …

      Spring Walk II It is mighty tedious entirely this writing of "Annual Walk." The originality of the thing could have afforded some counterbalance to its want of general interests but that was marred years ago by the '

    Spring Walk II It is mighty tedious entirely this writing of "Annual Walk." The originality of the thing could have afforded some counterbalance to its want of general interests but …

Maritime History of the Great Lakes

      Spring Walk III The "Opening of Navigation" makes but little progress, so does the "Annual Spring Walk of the British Whig." The season is dead against both. On St. George's Day, in ordinary years, the communication with Montreal and Quebec is usually perfect; the several ...

      Spring Walk IV Here is the end of April, the weather cold, wet and unpleasant, and the "Walk" scarcely half begun. Nobody feels any inclination to walk about or look at anything--to crowd round a fireplace or hot stove is far more pleasant and infinitely more congenial. But ...

      Spring Walk VII The "Walk" is really becoming interesting and agreeable--so many things to see and write about, and such charming weather to [do] it in. Last Saturday was a delightful day; it was the day on which the first steamers came up this season from

    Spring Walk VII The "Walk" is really becoming interesting and agreeable--so many things to see and write about, and such charming weather to [do] it in. Last Saturday was a …

Maritime History of the Great Lakes

      Spring Walk VIII Having disposed of all the Steamers, all the Hotels, all the Manufactories, and all the other matters, more immediately connected with the resumption of business in the Spring, it may not, be remiss, ere this "Annual Walk" is closed, to say a few works on the ...

      Spring Walk I It has been too much the custom to underrate the commercial importance of good old Kingston. Let any one walk through the city at the present time, and he will see enough to convince him that Kingston is one of the busiest places in all Canada; and …

      Spring Walk II It is so rarely that we have it in our power to say a good word in favor of the Corporation of Kingston that it would be both a sin and shame not to do it. The streets are remarkably clean, considering the season of the year. …

      NOTE: This is a translation of a portion of the Nouveau voyage d’un pais plus grand que l’Europe (Utrecht, 1698) a published description of the very early exploration of the Great Lakes region by French adventurers by the Belgian Recollet missionary father Louis Hennepin. It describes the building and short …

      Spring Walk III Kingston Harbor was never so full of vessels of all classes, as it has been all the past winter. Taking those at Portsmouth and Garden Island into account, full one hundred steamers, ships, brigs, schooners, and mammoth barges have been laid up for the ...

      Spring Walk IV (original marked III) The intention of the Grand Trunk Railroad Company to apply to the Legislature for an additional Two Millions of money has emboldened the Steamboat and Forwarding Interest to put in a claim for a Parliamentary Aid. They say, and they say ...

      Spring Walk VI The "Walk" for 1857 would have been ended long ere this, had not a desire existed to see the Through Mail Line of River and Lake Steamers in full operation ere the Sixth and Last Number was written. The slight accident to the Passport has retarded this …

      Spring Walk I For very many years prior to the completion of the G.T. Railroad, it has been our annual custom to take a bird's eye view of the various steamers, brigs, schooners, and other Lake and River craft, preparing for the Spring's business, and embody the same in ...

      Spring Walk I "A Walk Along the Wharves" There was a time when the Spring Walks of the British Whig were read and criticized; but that's a long time ago. Railroads and Propellers have destroyed the Forwarding Trade of good old Kingston, and a newswriter might traverse ...

      Spring Walk III "The River and Lake Line of Mail Steamers" As the several Boats belonging to this well-known line are now on their respective trips, the opening of the Lachine and St. Lawrence Canals having set them in motion, it may be as well to refresh our readers' ...

      Spring Walk I The Editor is too much of a cripple just now to take his annual Spring Walk, that must be postponed until he is able to stump about the Wharves and Docks again.--Meanwhile our readers must content themselves with a brief account of what is going forward in …

      Spring Walk by a Fresh Hand I PORTSMOUTH The thriving little village of Portsmouth is as busy now as it can be, and Hatter's Bay, too, is a scene of bustle. Ship carpenters, blacksmiths, and laborers are running here and there; while the sound of the hammer may be ...

      Spring Walk by a Fresh Hand I Seeing that the opening of navigation is at hand, and that there is little time to be lost, "Fresh Hand" will leave the consideration of the lions of Kingston, and will describe business at the different wharves, &c.; The stranger will ...