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Steamer "Maid of the Mist", 1854 (Niagara River)

Dateapproximately 1915
Format
Notes
Pen & ink over pencil with border of pen & ink over pencil.
Inscribed in pen & ink, l.r.: C H J Snider; In pencil, vso: STR "MAID OF THE MIST" 1854 / This small steamer of 30 tons second of the name...through the whirlpool rapids to Lewiston...    Probably after a wood engraving " 'The Maid of the Mist,' Running 'The Rapids.' " in Canadian Illustrated News, Hamilton, 5 September 1863, p. 198 bottom; a photograph, col. with w.c., of the wood engraving is Acc. JRR 1219.    Later re-named Maid of Orleans, running between Quebec and Ile d'Orl
éans.    See Snider notes.
Subject
Country:Canada
Geograhical feature:Niagara River
Province or state:Ontario
DimensionsImage size: 143 mm x 188 mm (5 5/8 in. x 7 3/8 in.)
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberJRR2574