S.S. Ontario No. 1 and No. 2, Cobourg, Ontario
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Postcards
- Description
- It was unusual to have both car ferries in the harbour at the same time.
- Notes
- The Ontario Car Ferry company was formed in 1905 in a joint venture between the Grand Trunk Railway 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. The Ontario No. 2 carried her first load on September 15, 1915, also with Captain Forrest at the helm.
- Inscriptions
- "G.T.R. Ferries, Ontario No.1 & No. 2, Cobourg, Ont."
- Publisher
- Rumsey & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date of Original
- c. 1910
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 386-4
- Collection
- Historical Photographs
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.95977 Longitude: -78.16515
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- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
- Contact
- Cobourg Public LibraryEmail:info@cobourg.library.on.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:200 Ontario Street, Cobourg, ON K9A 5P4
