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  • "Not Very Much Celebrated:" The Evolution and Nature of the Provincial Marine, 1755-1813
    "Not Very Much Celebrated:" The Evolution and Nature of the Provincial Marine, 1755-1813
    Text  Malcomson, Robert, The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord (St. John's, NL), Jan 2001, 25-37     After applauding land successes at Detroit and Queenston, Strachan condemned the inability of the Provincial Marine to operate as an effective naval force, an opinion shared by Sir George Prevost and other key British officers. The opinion of at least one individual on the quarterdeck of the Provincial Marine was …
    Text  Malcomson, Robert, The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord (St. John's, NL), Jan 2001, 25-37   After applauding land successes at Detroit and Queenston, Strachan condemned the inability of the Provincial Marine to operate as an effective naval force, an opinion shared by Sir George Prevost …
    Canadian Nautical Research Society
  • The Frontenac: A Reappraisal
    The Frontenac: A Reappraisal
    WebsiteText       This article appears on the 'net essentially as it originally appeared in FreshWater, vol. 2, no. 1 (Summer 1987): 28-39. A few of the notes have been altered to reflect the change of name of the National Archives of Canada (NAC) from the Public Archives of Canada (PAC), and the …
    WebsiteText     This article appears on the 'net essentially as it originally appeared in FreshWater, vol. 2, no. 1 (Summer 1987): 28-39. A few of the notes have been altered to reflect …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • CONISCLIFFE HALL on Lake Ontario near the False Duck Islands
    CONISCLIFFE HALL on Lake Ontario near the False Duck Islands
    Image       Wm. Baird Photo - the Kingston Whig-Standard, courtesy Nels Wilson.
    Image     Wm. Baird Photo - the Kingston Whig-Standard, courtesy Nels Wilson.
    Toronto Marine Historical Society
  • Katie Eccles: a preliminary report on the Last Schooners Project’s 2019 recording of a late-19th century schooner
    Katie Eccles: a preliminary report on the Last Schooners Project’s 2019 recording of a late-19th century schooner
    Text  Ioset, Benjamin, The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord (St. John's, NL), Spring 2020, 1-24    
    Text  Ioset, Benjamin, The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord (St. John's, NL), Spring 2020, 1-24  
    Canadian Nautical Research Society
  • Before a Failing Breeze: Sailing Labor in the Final Years of Sail on the Great Lakes
    Before a Failing Breeze: Sailing Labor in the Final Years of Sail on the Great Lakes
    Text  Ioset, Benjamin, The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord (St. John's, NL), Summer 2022, 175-200     Sailing commerce on the Great Lakes underwent a protracted decline between the mid-1870s and its ultimate disappearance in 1931. In its final half-century, the pressures of economic marginalization, falling profit margins, novel marine technologies, and the emergence of distinct steam and sail maritime labor sectors all resulted in a radical …
    Text  Ioset, Benjamin, The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord (St. John's, NL), Summer 2022, 175-200   Sailing commerce on the Great Lakes underwent a protracted decline between the mid-1870s and its ultimate disappearance in 1931. In its final half-century, the pressures of economic marginalization, falling profit …
    Canadian Nautical Research Society
  • View of Port of Buffalo on Lake Erie
    View of Port of Buffalo on Lake Erie
    Image       View of Port of Buffalo on Lake Erie
    Image     View of Port of Buffalo on Lake Erie
  • The Canadian-American Contest for the Great Lakes Fish Harvest, 1872-1914
    The Canadian-American Contest for the Great Lakes Fish Harvest, 1872-1914
    Text  Bogue, Margaret Beattie, The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord (St. John's, NL), Jul 2001, 1-21     Neglected in the history of the Canadian-American experience on Great Lakes waters, the acerbic and at times violent interaction between American commercial fishers and defenders of Canadian fish resources deserves attention. As tenders of the nets competed for the rich harvests of the Inland Seas, friction, minor incidents, and bad …
    Text  Bogue, Margaret Beattie, The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord (St. John's, NL), Jul 2001, 1-21   Neglected in the history of the Canadian-American experience on Great Lakes waters, the acerbic and at times violent interaction between American commercial fishers and defenders of Canadian fish resources deserves …
    Canadian Nautical Research Society
  • The Pilot of La Salle’s Griffon
    The Pilot of La Salle’s Griffon
    Text  Calnan, Joe, The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord (St. John's, NL), Jul 2013, 213-238     The French explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle (1643-1687) had a small rigged sailing coaster built in 1679 to travel between the Niagara River and Lake Michigan. La Salle hired a qualified and experienced pilot to conduct the vessel on these waters, but within nine months of starting on the …
    Text  Calnan, Joe, The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord (St. John's, NL), Jul 2013, 213-238   The French explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle (1643-1687) had a small rigged sailing coaster built in 1679 to travel between the Niagara River and Lake Michigan. La Salle hired …
    Canadian Nautical Research Society
  • Shipwrecks, Collisions and Accidents in St. Lawrence/Great Lakes Waterway, 1848-1900
    Shipwrecks, Collisions and Accidents in St. Lawrence/Great Lakes Waterway, 1848-1900
    Text  Camu, Pierre, The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord (St. John's, NL), Apr 1996, 43-66     There is quite a literature about shipwrecks at sea or in the confined waters of gulfs, deltas or rivers. Indeed, wrecks have long exerted a fascination because of their spectacular results, often involving losses of vessels and lives and leaving as mute testimony smashed ships, floating debris or empty lifeboats. …
    Text  Camu, Pierre, The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord (St. John's, NL), Apr 1996, 43-66   There is quite a literature about shipwrecks at sea or in the confined waters of gulfs, deltas or rivers. Indeed, wrecks have long exerted a fascination because of their spectacular …
    Canadian Nautical Research Society
  • "Nothing more uncomfortable than our flat-bottomed boats:" Batteaux in the British Service during the War of 1812
    "Nothing more uncomfortable than our flat-bottomed boats:" Batteaux in the British Service during the War of 1812
    Text  Malcomson, Robert, The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord (St. John's, NL), Oct 2003, 17-28     From the early days of European expansion into the Great Lakes region, the batteau was an essential part of the transportation system. This flat-bottomed boat was a common sight on the lakes and rivers of the wilderness, yet little has been written about it. This article investigates the batteau's development, …
    Text  Malcomson, Robert, The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord (St. John's, NL), Oct 2003, 17-28   From the early days of European expansion into the Great Lakes region, the batteau was an essential part of the transportation system. This flat-bottomed boat was a common sight on …
    Canadian Nautical Research Society
  • "This Sad and Melancholy Catastrophe:" Port Maitland, Ontario and the Wreck of the Troopship Commerce, 6 May 1850
    "This Sad and Melancholy Catastrophe:" Port Maitland, Ontario and the Wreck of the Troopship Commerce, 6 May 1850
    Text  McIntyre, Kyle, The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord (St. John's, NL), Jul 1998, 39-49     The broadsheets and nautical journals of the mid-nineteenth century register shipwrecks with the same detachment that can be read in the daily traffic reports of a contemporary newspaper. The human elements in the events are downplayed and the material costs neatly summarized as insurance estimates. Yet in any tragedy it …
    Text  McIntyre, Kyle, The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord (St. John's, NL), Jul 1998, 39-49   The broadsheets and nautical journals of the mid-nineteenth century register shipwrecks with the same detachment that can be read in the daily traffic reports of a contemporary newspaper. The human …
    Canadian Nautical Research Society
  • Telescope, v. 12, n. 9 (September 1963)
    Telescope, v. 12, n. 9 (September 1963)
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  • The Georgian Bay and Great Lakes Survey, 1883-1903
    The Georgian Bay and Great Lakes Survey, 1883-1903
    Text  Meehan, O. M., The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord (St. John's, NL), Jan 2004, 1-24     Chapter 1 of O. M. Meehan, The Canadian Hydrographic Service From the time of its Inception in 1883 to the end of the Second World War The Georgian Bay Survey Under Staff Commander J.G. Boulton, RN, 1883-1893 Canada's First Hydrographic Surveyor Preliminary in vestigations and Surveys in Georgian Bay, 1883 …
    Text  Meehan, O. M., The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord (St. John's, NL), Jan 2004, 1-24   Chapter 1 of O. M. Meehan, The Canadian Hydrographic Service From the time of its Inception in 1883 to the end of the Second World War The Georgian Bay Survey …
    Canadian Nautical Research Society
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