Keys to the Cobourg Car Ferry

Description

Media Type: Image
Item Type: Images, Electronic
Description: 2 keys from Ontario Car Ferry No. 2. The skeleton shaped key has a fob that is engraved with, “Ontario Car Ferry No. 2. 10. Cobourg ONT”. The other key has a fob which states, “Ontario Car Ferry No. 2. E 2 R. Cobourg ONT”.
Notes: Ontario Car Ferry No.2 was one of the few vessels which travelled between Cobourg and Rochester, New York with passengers on board. These large vessels were chiefly meant for transporting coal but were also equipped to carry up to 1,000 passengers. At its peak this vessel transported a little over 73 000 people in one season. The Ontario Car Ferry Company ran for 43 years, until the beginning of the 1950s.
Date of Original: Circa 1915-1950
Local identifier: C1S
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