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  • Steamer ST. LAWRENCE, Thousand Islands
    Steamer ST. LAWRENCE, Thousand Islands
    Image       Real photo postcard of the Thousand Islands Steamboat Company steamboat SAINT LAWRENCE in the Thousand Islands. A small number of passengers cluster on the bow under black umbrellas.
    Image     Real photo postcard of the Thousand Islands Steamboat Company steamboat SAINT LAWRENCE in the Thousand Islands. A small number of passengers cluster on the bow under black umbrellas.
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  • Big John and Party shooting Lachine Rapids, Montreal Can
    Big John and Party shooting Lachine Rapids, Montreal Can
    Image       The McCord Museum records the original of this image as a composite image created by James Weston in 1878. "Big John" was a first nations guide from the Caughnawaga (Kahnawake) reservation above the rapids.
    Image     The McCord Museum records the original of this image as a composite image created by James Weston in 1878. "Big John" was a first nations guide from the Caughnawaga (Kahnawake) …
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  • Long Sault Rapids, Cornwall, Ont.
    Long Sault Rapids, Cornwall, Ont.
    Image       EMPIRE STATE was the former New York area steamboat SYLVAN STATE (1863) which came to the Lakes and was renamed in 1893. EMPIRE STATE was a total loss, burning at Kingston in June 1903. The image is probably from several years before the postcard was manufactured. Divided back.
    Image     EMPIRE STATE was the former New York area steamboat SYLVAN STATE (1863) which came to the Lakes and was renamed in 1893. EMPIRE STATE was a total loss, burning at …
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  • Str. "Corsican" nearing Brockville, Canada.
    Str. "Corsican" nearing Brockville, Canada.
    Image       The card was probably printed about 1907, two years after CORSICAN was renamed PICTON for the beginning of the 1905 season. The picture may date from a number of years before that.
    Image     The card was probably printed about 1907, two years after CORSICAN was renamed PICTON for the beginning of the 1905 season. The picture may date from a number of years …
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  • Havre de Matane, P.Q.
    Havre de Matane, P.Q.
    Image       Built at Wellsend, England in 1923, GLENCORRIE was originally owned by the Glen Line, and was briefly owned by the George Hall Coal & Shipping Corp. before being acquired by Canada Steamship Lines and being renamed SIMCOE. As SIMCOE she was one of the first vessel to make the transit …
    Image     Built at Wellsend, England in 1923, GLENCORRIE was originally owned by the Glen Line, and was briefly owned by the George Hall Coal & Shipping Corp. before being acquired by …
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  • Rapide Plat canal near Morrisburg
    Rapide Plat canal near Morrisburg
    Imagecomment       Real postcard of Canada Starch Company steamboat RALPH T. HOLCOMB towing a two masted schooner, probably the FLORA CARVETH, in the Rapide Plat, with the Rapide Plat canal in the foreground and Morrisburg, ON in the background.
    Imagecomment     Real postcard of Canada Starch Company steamboat RALPH T. HOLCOMB towing a two masted schooner, probably the FLORA CARVETH, in the Rapide Plat, with the Rapide Plat canal in the …
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  • Long Sault Rapids, St. Lawrence River, Canada
    Long Sault Rapids, St. Lawrence River, Canada
    Image       The ALGERIAN was a rebuilt in 1874 of the BAVARIAN (1873), in turn a rebuild of the KINGSTON (1855). She was renamed CORNWALL in 1904. Postcard has divided back. Postmarked Montreal, QU 13 Aug 1925. The original image probably dates from the 1880s.
    Image     The ALGERIAN was a rebuilt in 1874 of the BAVARIAN (1873), in turn a rebuild of the KINGSTON (1855). She was renamed CORNWALL in 1904. Postcard has divided back. Postmarked …
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  • Chateau Frontenac & Citadel Quebec.
    Chateau Frontenac & Citadel Quebec.
    Image       Undivided back. Postmarked Montreal, QU, 15 Aug 1907.
    Image     Undivided back. Postmarked Montreal, QU, 15 Aug 1907.
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  • The steamer ALGERIAN Running Long Sault Rapids
    The steamer ALGERIAN Running Long Sault Rapids
    Image       The ALGERIAN was a rebuilt in 1874 of the BAVARIAN (1873), in turn a rebuild of the KINGSTON (1855). She was renamed CORNWALL in 1904. Postcard has undivided back. This image appears in Walter Lewis and Rick Neilson's The River Palace, 2008.
    Image     The ALGERIAN was a rebuilt in 1874 of the BAVARIAN (1873), in turn a rebuild of the KINGSTON (1855). She was renamed CORNWALL in 1904. Postcard has undivided back. This …
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  • Rock Island Light House, Thousand Islands, N.Y.
    Rock Island Light House, Thousand Islands, N.Y.
    Image       Coloured linen postcard of the Rock Island Lighthouse in the Saint Lawrence River near Alexandria Bay, NY.
    Image     Coloured linen postcard of the Rock Island Lighthouse in the Saint Lawrence River near Alexandria Bay, NY.
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  • Montreal. RAPIDS KING in Lachine Rapids
    Montreal. RAPIDS KING in Lachine Rapids
    Image       There is an address entered on the back (Alma Manary of Muskoka Falls) but there is no evidence it was actually mailed.
    Image     There is an address entered on the back (Alma Manary of Muskoka Falls) but there is no evidence it was actually mailed.
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  • Str. "Brockville" among the Thousand Islands
    Str. "Brockville" among the Thousand Islands
    Image       A coloured postcard with a divided back.
    Image     A coloured postcard with a divided back.
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  • Steamer Spartan
    Steamer Spartan
    Image       Black and white postcard of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company steamboat SPARTAN in the Lachine Rapids of the Saint Lawrence River.
    Image     Black and white postcard of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company steamboat SPARTAN in the Lachine Rapids of the Saint Lawrence River.
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  • Thousand Islands, N.Y., Steamer St. Lawrence Searchlight.
    Thousand Islands, N.Y., Steamer St. Lawrence Searchlight.
    Image       Undivided back. Postmarked "U[tic]a, N. Y. 24 Aug 1906"
    Image     Undivided back. Postmarked "U[tic]a, N. Y. 24 Aug 1906"
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  • Toronto Steamer, Clayton, N. Y.
    Toronto Steamer, Clayton, N. Y.
    Image       Divided Back; Postmarked "Clayton NY, 26 Nov. 1910, 4 pm"
    Image     Divided Back; Postmarked "Clayton NY, 26 Nov. 1910, 4 pm"
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  • Montreal, Corsican Lachine Rapids
    Montreal, Corsican Lachine Rapids
    Imagecomment       Divided back. Postally unused
    Imagecomment     Divided back. Postally unused
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  • Lachine Rapids
    Lachine Rapids
    Image       Divided back. Postmarked "Montreal, Canada 15 [Sep] 07"
    Image     Divided back. Postmarked "Montreal, Canada 15 [Sep] 07"
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  • Among the Thousand Islands
    Among the Thousand Islands
    Image       Undivided back. Postally unused
    Image     Undivided back. Postally unused
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  • Long Sault Rapids, St. Lawrence River, Canada As seen from R. & O. Steamer while being carried through the Lower Rapids
    Long Sault Rapids, St. Lawrence River, Canada As seen from R. & O. Steamer while being carried through the Lower Rapids
    Image       Unused divided postcard
    Image     Unused divided postcard
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  • Down through the Devils Hole, nearing Split Rock Rapids, St. Lawrence River, Canada
    Down through the Devils Hole, nearing Split Rock Rapids, St. Lawrence River, Canada
    Image       Unused divided postcard
    Image     Unused divided postcard
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