Quebec & Ontario Transportation Company

The Quebec and Ontario Transportation Company was a shipping firm in Canada prior to the opening of the St Lawrence Seaway.[1][2]

The Outarde, one of the firm's vessels, was seriously damaged in 1946.

Their fleet included:

The Quebec & Ontario Transportation Company vessels included[3]
Name Year
of
build
horsepower gross tons notes
Joseph Medill Paterson ex Baie Comeau 1954 610 2300
Chicago Tribune 1930 970 2960
Joseph Medill 1935 1000 2080 Lost with all hands on her delivery voyage from England
Franquelin 1936 1000 2097 Prince Ungava 1964-67/Jean-Talon 1967-74
New York News ex Belvoir 1925 1100 2310
Outarde ex Brulin 1925 1050 2241 salvaged after several shipwrecks[4]
Shelter Bay ex New York News 1922 800 1670
Washington Times-Herald ex Imari 1929 750 1940
Col. Robert R. McCormick ex Manicouagan 1955 610 2314
Golden Hind 000 000 000
Dubo International 1998 000 000

Relevant History

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  • News bulletin source: Toronto Marine Historical Society [1]

References

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  1. ^ Allen Sykes, Skip Gillham (1988). "Pulp & Paper Fleet: A History of the Quebec and Ontario Transportation Company". Stonehouse Publications. ISBN 9780919549159. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
  2. ^ Mark L. Thompson (13 April 2004). "Graveyard of the Lakes". Great Lakes Books. ISBN 9780814332269. Retrieved 2014-01-26. The last Canadian freighter with wooden hatches was the Pic River, operated at the end of her career by the Quebec and Ontario Transportation Company. The ship had been launched in 1896 as the unpowered barge James Nasmyth.
  3. ^ James Gilmore (1957). "The St Lawrence River Canals Vessel". Maritime History of the Great Lakes. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
  4. ^ "Brulin 1924". Tyne built ships. Retrieved 2013-09-09. 16/10/1932: Grounded & holed on Seven Acre Shoal, Lake Ontario. Subsequently refloated, after a cargo lightening operation and repaired.