Great Lakes
a wartime journey
 | Port Arthur:S .S. John , Ericson,la whaleback ,oads at Richardson elevators.taking on a cargo of wheat. From Port Arthur and Fort William most grain Western grown grain travels east and crosses Atlantic.
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During
the seven months that they are open to navigation, the Great Lakes waterways.
stretching over 2.000miles liking the heart of industrial Canada with the war
efforts of the United Nations , are alive with ships. Coal carriers lug their
load from
Erie or Buffalo to Toronto and, the Soo :bulk carriers bring grain
from the world's breadbasket to Midland and Collingwood:or rustred ore from the
Mesabe and Vermillion Rangers to Hamilton and Montreal; oil tankers take liquid
dynamite from Sarnia to Kingstom, and little package freighters deliver paints
and steel pipe and breakfast food ,
to Cornwall. This traffic has made the
Canals at Sault Ste. Marie the busiest in the world
and Welland Canal the
2nd busiest. Cameraman Ronny Jaques and Reporter Brown-Forbes of the National
film Board travelled from Duluth to Montreal on freight ers to tell the story
of this great war effort .
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Port Arthur looking north from roof of No.6 elevators.,greatest grain shipping area in the world. Will be busy feeding nations in post war. | Port Dalhouse is a resort in summer, and is close to No.1 Lock of Weiland Canal, the second busiest canal in the world. Ship building and repair shops are located here. |
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Detroit from Windsor shore,Canadian steamship lines freight sheds in foreground. Bulk carriers and train ferries crossing river between cities. | Cornwall: the S.S. city of Montreal,package freighter running between Montreal and Hamilton moves past courtalds ,pulp mills en knitting factories on its way weat. |
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Midland: prairie harvest is being unloaded from the S.S. Mathewstown. | Algoma:S.S. unloads ore for Algoma Steel bast furnaces. |
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Pulpwood: unloaded from S.S.Scot Misener at Thorolds Ontario Paper Co. | Freightsheds :Canadian steamship lines Toronto,goods in storage. |