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    Agnes Macphail's comments on the Abstract of Ship's Log about her return voyage from Liverpool to Montreal on the S.S. “Empress of Canada” from her 1952 scrapbook.

    In 1885, Heron Bay was known as Heron Bay Subdivision, and was primarily used to supply locomotives with fuel. The steamer would fit between the shore and CPR Island (Coal Island), north of the Pic R

    Soft-covered book with 28 pages.

    A newspaper clipping with a photograph of a large dock filled with goods that either came off the train to be transported by steamship or vice versa.

    HMCS Oakville history, page 2

    HMCS Oakville history, page 3

    HMCS Oakville history - photograph, reverse of 3rd page

    "Jimmie" William James Andrew Gibb was a Gunner for the Second Canadian Field Regiment of the Royal Canadian Artillery, First Division. He served in Italy 1943-1945

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    Note on photo: Couple of stokers assisting Alex Parr, our chief E.R.A. in cleaning and servicing our anchor winch.

    HMCS Oakville original upper deck - short fo'c's'le.

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    The stern of a ship with passengers on board.

    "-black and white -shows deck of ship, crowded with men in uniform"

    HMSC Oakville history, page 1

    Photo taken by "Jimmie" William James Andrew Gibb. Gibb was a Gunner for the Second Canadian Field Regiment of the Royal Canadian Artillery, First Division. He served in Italy 1943-1945.

    Corvettes, acting as antisubmarine warships, were used by Canada's navy to escort merchant ship convoys carrying men and supplies through the Atlantic. Their function was to detect and destroy the Ge

The Sault Star, April 19 1912     Out of 2200 people on board only 866 were saved. This was the maiden voyage of the ship belonging to the White Star Lines and it sank after colliding with an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland.