| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 265 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits |
| Contents |
List of Maps; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Steamboats on the Upper Lakes; 2 Captain W.H. Smith Arrives on Georgian Bay; 3 Economic Prospects Around Georgian Bay, 1865; 4 The Construction of the Frances Smith; 5 Aground in Georgian Bay; 6 The Red River Affair; 7 Aboard a Palace Steamer in the 1870s-80s; 8 The Great Storm of '75; 9 Serious Challenges; 10 Delivering the Royal Mail; 11 Troubles on the Lakes; 12 Confrontation with United States Customs; 13 Changing Fortunes; 14 Brutal Outrage on the Baltic; 15 Farewell to the Baltic; Appendix A: Six Models of the Frances Smith |
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Appendix B: List of Ships Identified in the TextAppendix C: Presentation to W.H. Smith on April 30, 1867; Appendix D: Shipping Rates for the Frances Smith, 1870; Appendix E: Dates of Post Office Openings on Georgian Bay and Lake Superior; Appendix F: Report of A.R. Gordon; Appendix G: Supreme Court Decision; Notes; Resources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; About the Author |
| Summary |
The Frances Smith, the first steamboat to be built in Owen Sound, was the largest and most luxurious vessel to sail the Upper Great Lakes from a Canadian port |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-252) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Frances Smith (Steamboat)
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Steamboats -- Ontario -- Georgian Bay -- History
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Steam-navigation -- Ontario -- Georgian Bay -- History
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TRANSPORTATION -- General.
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Steam-navigation
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Steamboats
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| SUBJECT |
Georgian Bay (Ont.) -- History -- 19th century
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| Subject |
Ontario -- Georgian Bay
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781554883233 |
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1554883237 |
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9781897045046 |
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1897045042 |
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1281967807 |
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9781281967800 |
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9786611967802 |
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661196780X |
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1280578211 |
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9781280578212 |
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9786613607966 |
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6613607967 |
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1770704469 |
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9781770704466 |
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