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S.S.Ontario No. 1 car ferry
Description
- Media Type:
- Image
- Item Type:
- Postcards
- Description:
- Colored postcard of the S.S. Ontario No.1 car ferry.
- Notes:
- The Ontario Car Ferry company was formed in 1905 in a joint venture between the GTRailway and the Buffalo, Rochester and Pennsylvania Railroad. The two ferries based in Cobourg also perfomed the secondary function of taking passengers and sometimes their cars across Lake Ontario. This first ferry, named the Ontario No. 1 was launched in April 1907 and made her first trip with Captain Forrest on November 20th from Charlotte the port for Rochester, New York with a full load of 28 cars of coal. Postmarked June 17, 1912.
- Inscriptions:
- " this is the boat upon which we rode - it was a four hours trip from one shore to the other. The lake was some rough, was seasick. Well you shouldn't ask such personal questions. No not very, but some girls were dreadfully sick coming over. now I am on Canadian water, the boat is about to leave. Coming over we had six carloads of coal but going back will not be so heavily loaded....surprise to get this, Eve". Addressed to Mr. Leslie Hills, Honioye, NY.
- Publisher:
- The International Stationery Co.
- Place of Publication:
- Picton, Ontario
- Date of Original:
- 1912
- Dimensions:
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Width: 14 cm
Height: 9 cm
- Subject(s):
- Local identifier:
- 2007-2020-40
- Collection:
- Graphics
- Language of Item:
- English
- Geographic Coverage:
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Latitude: 43.95977
Longitude: -78.16515
- Donor:
- Wilf Cowin Estate
- Copyright Statement:
- Protected by copyright: Uses other than research or private study require the permission of the rightsholder(s). Responsibility for obtaining permissions and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Copyright Holder:
- CDHS Archives
- Copyright Holder Contact Information:
- Tel:(905) 377-0413
- Contact:
Cobourg And District Historical Society Archives
Email:
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