Chapter XXXVIII: Transportation

I

SHIPPING--EARLY AND MODERN

BY RIVER AND STREAM

MONTREAL HEAD OF NAVIGATION--LAKE ST. PETER--JACQUES CARTIER’S
DIFFICULTIES--THE GRADUAL DEEPENING OF THE CHANNEL--THE LACHINE
CANAL IN 1700--ITS FURTHER HISTORY--MONTREAL THE HEAD OF THE
CANAL SYSTEM OF CANADA.

II

THE DEVELOPMENT OF MONTREAL SHIPPING

A--SAILING VESSELS

BIRCH BARK CANOE--BATEAU--DURHAM BOAT--SHIPBUILDING IN MONTREAL.

B--STEAM VESSELS

JOHN MOLSON’S ACCOMMODATION, 1809--PASSENGER FARES BETWEEN
MONTREAL AND QUEBEC--PASSAGE DESCRIBED--THE TORRANCES--INLAND
NAVIGATION--THE RICHELIEU AND ONTARIO COMPANY--THE FIRST UPPER
DECK STEAMER TO SHOOT THE LACHINE RAPIDS.

C--ATLANTIC LINERS

THE ROYAL WILLIAM FIRST OCEAN STEAMER AND PIONEER OF THE
OCEAN LINERS--ITS CONNECTION WITH MONTREAL--MAIL SERVICE TO
MONTREAL--THE GENOVA--- ARRIVAL IN MONTREAL IN 1853--DINNER TO
CAPTAIN PATON--THE CRIMEAN WAR--THE MONTREAL OCEAN STEAMSHIP
COMPANY--THE FIRST CANADIAN ATLANTIC SHIP COMPANY--THE ALLAN
LINE--EARLY BOATS--MAIL CARRIERS--1861 DISASTERS--SUBSEQUENT
SUCCESS--THE PRESENT MONTREAL ALLAN SERVICE--THE CANADIAN
PACIFIC RAILWAY STEAMSHIP LINES--OTHER LINES--THE SHIPPING AND
THE WAR OF 1914--THE GREAT ARMADA 569