Canadian Transport Sourcebook

A Saga of the St. Lawrence by D. D. Calvin

The book A Saga of the St. Lawrence by D. D. Calvin was published in 1945. It discusses the history of Calvin, Cook, and Company, a shipping business headquartered at Garden Island, near Kingston that was originally owned by the author's grandfather.

Contents:

• Chapter 6: At the Island
• Chapter 7: The Last Years
• Index

Images:

A "Towage Ticket"

A "Wood Ticket"

Barque Garden Island Ready for Launching, 1877

Blacksmith, Boiler and Machine Shops; Office

Diagram of a "Crib"

Drams Separated Out Above a Rapid

Lake and River "Mail Boat" Corsican, Built About 1855

Lake Barge Augustus Unloading Pine at Garden Island

Nearer View of Coves Seen in Distance Above

Pine Dram in Cascades Rapids

Raft Passing Through Montreal Harbour

River Barge Hiawatha Under Construction, 1895

River Steamer Chieftain, Built at Garden Island, 1875

"Stowing" First Tier of a Pine Dram

"The Big House," 1895

Timber Coves, Sillery (1876): Ships Loading for Britain

Timber, Square and Waney

Tariff of Towage Upwards, Dickenson's Landing to Prescott, 41 Miles