Chapter XXXIX: Transportation

I

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PORT OF MONTREAL--HERIOT’S DESCRIPTION
IN 1815--T.S. BROWN IN 1818--THE ISLAND WHARF--THE
CREEK--THE PRIMITIVE WHARVES--THE “POINTS”--THE RIVER
FRONT--THE SPRING FLEET--FIREWOOD RAFTS--TOW BOATS--THE
EVERETTA--AN ACCOUNT OF 1819--BOUCHETTE’S PLAN OF 1824--THE
FIRST HARBOUR COMMISSIONERS, “THE TRINITY BOARD”--FIRST
REPORT--LATEST REPORT--EARLY ENGINEERS--REVIEW OF HARBOUR IN
1872--A TRANSFORMATION FROM 1818--GRAIN ELEVATORS--NUMBER
OF VESSELS--MARKET AND WOOD BOATS--THE BONSECOURS
MARKET--1875 PLAN FOR IMPROVEMENT NOW CARRIED OUT--FLOATING
DOCK--DESCRIPTION OF PRESENT HARBOUR--ITS FACILITIES FOR
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT--THE DESIRE TO LENGTHEN THE SHIPPING SEASON.

II

HARBOUR COMMISSIONERS--THE HARBOUR COMMISSIONERS FROM 1830 TO THE
PRESENT TIME.

III

CUSTOMS--SHIPPING FEDERATION--THE PILOTAGE AUTHORITY--IMPORTS AND
EXPORTS 585