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Voyageur Rendezvous = [North Shore Demonstration VOYAGEUR]

Item number (ISN):

529780

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1974/1975

Item number (ISN):

529780

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CANADA. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT FONDS / FONDS DU MINISTÈRE DES TRANSPORTS

Accession:

2016-0126

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1974/1975

Production company:

Transportation Development Centre

Description:

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The basic demonstration involved the use of a VOYAGEUR air cushion vehicle to serve the small, remote communities in the Middle and Lower North Shore of the St. Lawrence, and covered the winter season when ice and weather conditions are so severe that seaborne freight delivery often is not possible. Social, technical, and economic objectives of the program were achieved by demonstrating and evaluating the capability, degree of reliability, and cost factors in providing regular commercial operation schedules. The VOYAGEUR ACV operated to a variety of landing sites in a harsh environment and carried several types of cargo into areas not readily accessible in any other economical way. In addition to “point to point” operations, the ACV was used as a lighter to deliver freighter cargo to communities inaccessible to the ship. This demonstrated a unique integration of an ACV into an existing system to the benefit of all. Cost per ton of delivering cargo by lighterage was less than 20% of that by point-to-point method. An unexpected requirement for a truck ferry service provided an unusual opportunity to demonstrate the flexibility of the ACV. It not only provided the service required but was also used to find satisfactory landing sites for the trucks.

Language:

English

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1. Description taken from the Transportation Development Centre Library catalogue record.~2. Title on the film reads Voyageur Rendezvous.

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Vault ISN:

283377

Format:

FILM

Location number:

5518AV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

restricted by law

Restrictions on consultation:

Closed for consultation. Restricted by law.

Copyright status:

Under copyright.

Copyright owner:

Copyright belongs to the Crown.

Reproduction access:

Reproduction with copyright owner written permission.Copyright belongs to the Crown. Credit Library and Archives Canada.

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