S.S. Ontario No. 1, Cobourg, Ontario

Description

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Image

Item Type

Postcards

Description

Ontario No. 1 cost about $375,000, was 317 feet long, 54.2 foot beam, 16 1/2 foot draft, speed 13-15mph, capacity of 28 loaded coal cars, 1,000 passengers, berths for 90 people

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.

Inscriptions

Front:"The Ferry Ontario No. 1, Cobourg, Ontario". On back: "I received your card and hope this finds you all well. I expect to come down to see you all before very long as we are moving away from...I will come......I go. M.H., Cobourg. Addressed to Miss Zella usher, Vernonville, Ont."

Publisher

W.J.Huston

Place of Publication

Cobourg

Date of Original

c. 1908

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