CANADIAN STEAMSHIP AND CRUISE LINES
HISTORY OF CRUISING – FROM THE 1830s TO THE LOVE BOAT
Thursday, May 13th, 2010HISTORY OF CRUISING – FROM THE 1830s TO THE LOVE BOAT: History of Cruising – Cruise Ship History
The earliest ocean-going vessels were not primarily concerned with passengers, but rather with the cargo that they could carry. Black Ball Line in New York, in 1818, was the first shipping company to offer regularly scheduled service from [...]
Cruise Ship History – For $138 per person you could enjoy a 12-Day 1938 Canadian Cruise to Labrador. You sailed aboard the Clarke Steamship Line visiting Quebec, Gaspe Coast, Newfoundland, Labrador, North Shore, Saquenay River and Murray Bay!
Monday, February 16th, 2009Cruising the Past aboard Canadian cruise ships during the 1920s and 1930s… The Clarke Steamship Company.
1938 Cruises to Labrador on the Clarke Deluxe Cruise Line
Desmond Clarke originally formed the Clarke Steamship Company in 1921 with headquarters at Quebec to initially run two services from Quebec to Bradore Bay on the North Shore and from [...]
Cruise Ship History: Memories of an Empress – Canadian Pacific’s Big White Ships
Monday, December 29th, 2008This nostalgic and highly detailed painting by Gordon Bauwens shows the liner anchored off Greenock in 1960.
The family of a serving officer watch from the Esplanade as the liner Empress of Britain, attended by a Clyde puffer, prepares for her imminent transatlantic departure. The turbine steamer Queen Mary II on a day-cruise ‘doon the watter’ [...]
CRUISE LINE HISTORY – “ALL ASHORE THAT’S GOING ASHORE” – A GREAT NEW YOUTUBE VIDEO ON THE GREAT LINERS
Sunday, May 11th, 2008Ocean liners were the primary mode of global travel for over a century, from the mid-19th century until they began to be supplanted by jet airliners in the 1960s. A wonderful new youTUBE video.
S.S. PRINCESS MARGURITE from Seattle to Victoria – 1960s…
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008Canadian Pacific’s S.S. Princess Marguerite steaming to Victoria, B.C., Canada. The ship is sailing on the day run from Seattle, Washington, in the 1960s. Trial Island is seen in the background. The Canadian Pacific’s princess liners provided service between Vancouver, Victoria and Seattle. The small liners were called “night boats” and offered first class [...]
Cruise Ship History: SS EMPRESS OF JAPAN – Canadian Pacific Steamship – 1930s – 10 Days from Vancouver to Japan
Sunday, March 9th, 2008Canadian Pacific’s EMPRESS OF JAPAN- 193os postcards…
In 1930 the Canadian Pacific’s trans-pacific service reached its zenith with the introduction of the magnificent S/S Empress of Japan. She was a very handsome ship and had magnificent interiors that now are associated with the Empress liners of Canadian Pacific. This mighty ship was delivered to Canadian Pacific [...]