Chapter 6: Labrador Cruises, Trade Missions And The Depression

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The s.s. North Voyageur (i), which made many Labrador cruises,  at Quebec in the early 1930s.

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Less than a decade after its founding, Clarke now had a fleet of five ships in main line service. The flagship, New Northland, cruised the Gulf of St Lawrence by summer and ran from Miami in the wintertime. The North Voyageur, Gaspesia and North Shore each offered their own distinctive summer cruise programs. And the Bras d’Or Bay Navigation Co’s Sable I operated a scheduled passenger and cargo service to and from the North Shore…   To pdf version of Chapter 6

Chapter 7: Cruising Years – Nassau, A New Flagship And The West Indies

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t.s.s. North Star at Bonne Bay, Newfoundland

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The New Northland had now been laid up at Quebec for two winters, a situation that the cost-conscious company had wanted to correct for some time. Meanwhile, the Munson Line, now being run by trustees, had reduced its Miami-Nassau service to a fortnightly connection, with just ten sailings by the Munargo during the winter of 1934. Finally, over that same winter Canadian National’s Prince David had not been a success and it was not of a mind to send her back to Nassau. This all meant that conditions were now ripe for the New Northland to return…   To pdf version of Chapter 7.

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Chapter 9: From Old Ships To New And “Vagabond Cruises”

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The s.s. North Shore, a converted corvette, offered weekly express sailngs to the Quebec North Shore

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With the war over, the nature of Clarke’s business was about to change from what it had been. Of the pre-war fleet, only the North Gaspé, Gaspesia and Sable I remained, and the company was going to have to rebuild its fleet to serve the post-war economy. Although the New Northland and North Star, now Prince Henry, had both survived the war, neither would rejoin the company. Instead, Clarke would acquire four new ships by 1946, with two more to follow in 1947. Within a few years, only the relatively modern North Gaspé would remain of the pre-war fleet…   To pdf version of Chapter 9

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