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Collection of 19th Century Shipping Registers
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1832-1935 (Creation)
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- Canada. Ship Registration Division
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27 microfilm reels : positive
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Administrative history
The Ship Registration Division is responsible for general administration and policy development with respect to all matters affecting the registration of vessels in Canada.
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Scope and content
The fonds consists of ship registration records compiled in various ports of registry throughout Canada, including first registers, registers of subsequent transactions and mortgage registers. The registers contain information describing the type, size, dimension and means of propulsion for each vessel registered at a particular port as well as ownership details and ultimate disposition.The registers cover the following ports: Barrington Passage (1888-1907); Kingston (1846-1908); Maitland (1878-1923); New Westminister (1880-1899); Port Dover (1876-1930);St. Catherine's (1874-1895); Victoria (1897-1908); Weymouth (1874-1909); Digby (1877-1939); Picton (1851, 1874-1894); Port Burwell (1851, 1857); Lunenburg(1849-1855); South Hampton (1787); Quebec (1787-1907); St. Johns; Hamilton (1846-1935); Montreal (1832-1867); Dunnville (1861); Oakville (1855); Whitby (1856); Deseronto (1866-1933); Maitland (1874-1890); Port Dover; Medway (1874-1890); Napanee (1875-1890); Newcastle (1861-1923); Brockville (1874-1908); Kincardine (1927-1935); Gaspe (1855-1928); Ile Verte (1856), cobourg (1874-1919); Victoria (1867-1891); Vancouver (1890-1945); Port Rowan (1851-1891); Bowmanville (1888-1905); Truro (1873-1914); Lindsay (1898-1910); Goderich (1847-1899); Magdalen Islands (1856-1950); Port Arthur (1886-1913); and St. John (1841-1843).
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Purchase
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Language of material
- English
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Location of originals
MF 649 - 675
Availability of other formats
Available online at https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_178399
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Open
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Queen's University Archives provides this material for personal study only. It does not provide research services for this material. Permission to publish must be obtained from Library and Archives Canada.