Le ferry St Lawrence des Canada Steamship Lines

Le ferry St Lawrence des Canada Steamship Lines. Collection agence Adhémar

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Pour renouveler sa flotte, Canada Steamship Lines acheta les bateaux St Lawrence, Quebec et Tadoussac, tous construits chez Davie Shipbuilding and Repair Co. de Lauzon (Québec). St. Lawrence fut construit en 1927, Quebec et Tadoussac, ses sister-ships, en 1928. Ils servirent tous en compagnie du Richelieu, l'ancien Narraganset (1913) de Long Island Sound, qui fut acquis par CSL dans le temps de leur construction. 
Les trois sister-ships faisaient 350 pieds, avaient un maitre-bau de 70 pieds et 8,000t GRT. Richelieu avait un gabarit un peu plus petit. Ils naviguaient sur le Saint Laurent et les cours d'eau du Saguenay, depuis Montréal avec des escales à Québec, Murray Bay et Tadoussac (tous ces lieux offrant des hôtels de la compagnie) et, remontant le Saguenay, Bagotville (La Baie). Richelieu pouvait aussi rejoindre Chicoutimi grâce a son faible tirant d'eau. Quebec brûla dans le port de Tadoussac en 1950 faisant sept victimes, les trois autres servirent encore jusque 1965 sur ces routes. 

Canada Steamship Lines got the cruise ships St. Lawrence, Quebec and Tadoussac; all built at the Davie Shipbuilding and Repair Co. in Lauzon, P.Q. "St. Lawrence" was built in 1927, and Quebec and Tadoussac were identical sister ships of 1928. They ran together with the Richelieu, the former Narraganset (1913) of Long Island Sound, which was purchased by CSL about the same time the other three were built by Davie. The three ships were all 350 feet in length, had a breadth of 70 feet, and were 8,000 tones GRT; the Richelieu was slightly smaller. They sailed on the St Lawrence and Saguenay Rivers, departing from Montreal and stopping at Quebec City, Murray Bay and Tadoussac (where the company owned hotels) and up the Saguenay to Bagotville (La Baie). The Richelieu was able to go on to Chicoutimi because of its shallower draft. The Quebec burned at Tadoussac in 1950 with the loss of seven lives, and the other three ships continued on the route until 1965.