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SHEPHERD, Robert Ward

1999-0030

Film

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1936

Robert Ward Shepherd III (Photography)

Footage of: the icebreaker "N.B. McLean" arriving in Montreal in March 1936; the departure of the SS "Belle Isle" for a cruise in the Gulf of St. Lawrence; the steamer "Teakbay" inbound; the Saint John River, New Brunswick; divers at work in the Lachine Canal, Québec, looking for an obstruction near the Tree Line dock; the Canadian Railway centenary celebration in St. Johns, Québec, on July 16, 1936, commemorating the inauguration of the first railway built in Canada from Laprairie to St. Johns; the Champlain Transportation Company steamer "Châteaugay" approaching Port Kent, New York, on Lake Champlain; the Champlain Transportation Company steamer "Ticonderoga" on Lake Champlain; scenes on the St. Lawrence river shot from the Tree Line steamers "Cedarbay" and "Sprucebay", and views of the passengers; and the steamer "Patdoris" and a Canada Steamship Lines ship on the St. Lawrence River. <11mn 20s>

Silent with English intertitles

Open

V1 2003-05-0013

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with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of Kathie (Peyton) Bourque Copyright probably rests with Kathie Bourque.Copyright probably rests with Kathie Bourque.