Great White Fleet (eBook)

Celebrating Canada Steamship Lines Passenger Ships

John Henry (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2013
144 Seiten
Dundurn (Verlag)
978-1-4597-1048-1 (ISBN)

Infos

The passenger steamers of the Canada Steamship Lines were known as the Great White Fleet. No fewer than 51 steamers comprised the passenger fleet at the company's inception, and its network of routes was awesome. Nearly half a century after the last passenger boats sailed, this book will provide a window into a wonderful lost way of life.

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A richly illustrated story from the glory days of passenger travel on the Great Lakes. For decades Canada Steamship Lines proclaimed itself as the world's largest transportation company operating on inland waters. Its passenger and freight vessels could be found on the Great Lakes as far west as Duluth, Minnesota, and as far east as the Lower St. Lawrence River. The passenger steamers were known collectively as the Great White Fleet. These ships - from day-excursion vessels to well-appointed cruise ships - had rich histories. The sheer scope of these passenger services were a wonder to behold. No fewer than 51 steamers comprised the passenger fleet at the company's inception in 1913, and its network of routes was awesome. This is the story of the beloved steamers of the Great White Fleet from 1913-65, when the passenger vessels stopped running. Nearly half a century after the last passenger boats sailed, this book will provide a window into a wonderful lost way of life.

Autor

John Henry has been a journalist in New York for more than four decades. He covered business for the Associated Press, Newsday and the New York Daily News and has written numerous articles as a freelance for publications in Canada and the United States. He has also been published in the quarterly journals of the Steamship Historical Society of America and the Great Lakes Historical Society. He lives in New York City.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.5.2013
• Vorwort: Paul Martin
• Zusatzinfo: sidebars
• Verlagsort: Toronto
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schiffe
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Manoir Richelieu, Tadoussac, Davie Shipbuilding, Coverdale, J.W. Norcoss , T.R. McLagan, Northern Navigation, Arendt Angstrom , Lars Eric Tornroos, Tornroos, Hotel Tadoussac, Thousand Islands Club, Bertram Engine Works, Hamonic, Sarnia, Point Edward, walking beam, paddle-wheeler, paddle wheels • New York Central • Richelieu, Benny Beattie, Col. K.R. Marshall, smokestacks, trailboards, Kingston, Cape Eternity, Niagara Navigation , Queenston, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Prescott, Sorel, Lachine Rapids, Lachine Rapids, Long Sault Rapids, Sault St. Marie, Soo, Grand Trunk, Canadian National • St. Lawrence River, St. Lawrence, Canada Steamship Lines, C.S.L., CSL Group, steamships, steamers, ships, passenger ships, passengers, Montreal, Toronto, Quebec City, Quebec City, Saguenay River, Saguenay, Cape Trinity, Richelieu and Ontario , Cayuga, Noronic, Rapids Prince, Kellock
• ISBN-10: 1-4597-1048-7 / 1459710487
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4597-1048-1 / 9781459710481