David R. P. Guay

Passenger and Merchant Ships of the Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Northern Railways (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The untold history of the maritime branches of two giants of early-twentieth-century Canadian railroads.

The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and the Canadian Northern Railway, two giants of Canadian rail transportation, each operated maritime shipping ventures during the early twentieth century.

Numerous vessels, including sidewheel, paddlewheel, and propeller steamers, tugboats, and barges, helped to build and serve these railways. Passenger and merchant ships sailed the West Coast, the Great Lakes, and St. Lawrence River, and served Canadian and European ports, in a time when groundings, shipwrecks, and sinkings often claimed lives.

These same steamship lines played an important role in World War I, when Canadian vessels ferried men and war supplies. Many troopships and freighters were torpedoed, and Canadian Northern's entire transatlantic fleet was virtually obliterated.

Illustrated with contemporary photographs and drawings, this book pays tribute to the maritime enterprises of two trailblazing Canadian railway greats.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dundurn Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781459735576
• Artikelnr.: 45221560

Autorenporträt

David R.P. Guay is a lifelong railroadiana collector and the author of Great Western Railway of Canada, Tracks to the Trenches, and Steamships of the Soo Line. He lives in Windsor, Ontario.

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface/Acknowledgements 
* Chapter 1 Canadian Maritime Trade in the Edwardian Era (1900-1914) 
* Chapter 2 Grand Trunk Pacific Coast Steamships: Mackenzie Brothers
Limited 
* Chapter 3 Prince Ships (and Other Vessels) of Grand Trunk Pacific
Coast Steamships 
* Chapter 4 "Working Stiffs": The Iconic Tow/Tugboat "Lorne" and the
Skeena and Upper Fraser Stern-wheelers of the Grand Trunk Pacific
Railway 
* Chapter 5 Royal and Duke Ships (and Other Vessels) of the Canadian
Northern Railway Passenger Freight Shipping Initiatives on Salt
Water 
* Chapter 6 Canadian Northern Railway Passenger/Freight Shipping
Initiatives on Fresh Water 
* Epilogue 
* Appendix I. House Flags and Funnels of Shipping Lines Mentioned in
the Text 
* Appendix II. Scale-Modelling of GTP/CNoR Vessels/Maritime
Infrastructure 
* Appendix III. Glossary of Nautical Abbreviations and Terms (In Order
of Appearance) 
* References 
* Index