![#ship #railroad #YQT
The Keewatin [circa 1960]
” … passing the Sleeping Giant on its journey east from the Lakehead, Ontario, Canada.”
This is a Canadian Pacific Railway coal-burning steamship which offered an alternative to travelling around the north side of Lakes Huron and Superior by passenger train. This service was about as old as the company … before the Lake Superior section of Canadian Pacific Railway was completed, essential corporate and public transportation was provided by CPR steamships … before the winter freeze-up.
The eastbound journey is beginning here as the ship leaves today’s Thunder Bay harbour.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m085slJBYz1qd3g3go1_500.jpg)
#ship #railroad #YQT
The Keewatin [circa 1960]
” … passing the Sleeping Giant on its journey east from the Lakehead, Ontario, Canada.”
This is a Canadian Pacific Railway coal-burning steamship which offered an alternative to travelling around the north side of Lakes Huron and Superior by passenger train. This service was about as old as the company … before the Lake Superior section of Canadian Pacific Railway was completed, essential corporate and public transportation was provided by CPR steamships … before the winter freeze-up.
The eastbound journey is beginning here as the ship leaves today’s Thunder Bay harbour.
