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Dalhousie City docked at Port Dalhousie

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A black and white image of the steamer Dalhousie City docked at Port Dalhousie. N.S & T tracks are in the foreground of the image.

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Slide File Number: 06.102-D-2

The N.S. & T electric rail line was extended to Port Dalhousie and Lakeside Park in 1901. Lakeside Park was run jointly beginning in 1920s by Canadian National Railway and the Niagara St. Catharines & Thorold Railway. The line terminated at the wharf.

The "Dalhousie City" was operated by the Niagara, St. Catharines & Toronto Railway.

The steam ship “Dalhousie City” was built to transport visitors to Lakeside Park from Toronto and Hamilton. It was launched in 1911 due to the increased demand of passenger traffic on Lake Ontario. It replaced the smaller “Lakeside” and undertook all service in 1916 when “Garden City” was withdrawn. In 1949 The "Northumberland" burned reducing the N S & T Steamers to one. The last run between Toronto and Niagara was in 1950 after which the "Dalhousie City" was sold to a firm in Montreal.

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