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Title Page
Author's Note:
Introduction
Origins
Design
Construction
Table 1: Estimated Cost per Ton of Early Canadian Great Lakes Steamboats
Management
Operation
Competition and Profitability
Sale
Conclusions
Notes
Table of Illustrations
Index
1 The Steamboat Frontenac by James Van Cleve 1827, built in Bath, Ontario in 1816. Image courtesy Gerald T. Gervin
2 Engine drawings
3 The Hon. John Hamilton was one of the most important businessmen in Great Lakes shipping from his purchase of the Frontenac in 1825 to his final years as General Manager of the Canadian Inland Steam Navigation Company in the 1860's. (NAC, C-25519)

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