Greetings from Toronto, Canada
Normal School, Toronto
On the line of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company
unused
From “Robertson’s Landmarks of Toronto”,
“In 1875 a great change was effected though, for the Canadian Navigation Company in that year amalgamated with the Richelieu Navigation Company, of Montreal, and under the style of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company have continued their business ever since. This is one of the largest lines of inland passenger and freight steamers combined that is to be found either in Canada or the United States”
Below, a detail from the front of the card.
Below, the card’s unused card back
Below, a patriotic timetable from the Cornwall Public Library dating from 1900 for the Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co. in which
‘the Company claimed that "Niagara to the Sea" was "The Finest Inland Water Trip in the World!" Covering 800 miles from Toronto, through Lake Ontario, the 1,000 Islands, the exciting descent of the wonderful Rapids of the St. Lawrence, Montreal, Quebec, and the sublime scenery of the Lower St. Lawrence below Quebec, and of the Saguenay River.’
