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The Fleets Clarke Steamship Company / Lower St. Lawrence Transportation Co. Ltd. / La Cie de Traverse Rivière-du-Loup Tadoussac Ltee. (La Traverse Rivière-du-Loup - St. Simeon Ltee.) / La Cie de Navigation Charlevoix - Saguenay Ltee. / Magdalen Islands Transportation Co. Ltd. / Ungava Transports Ltee. The company was originally formed by Desmond Clarke in 1921 with headquarters at Quebec to initially run two services from Quebec to Bradore Bay on the North Shore and from Quebec to Gaspé on the South Shore. Both these services called at a long series of wayports, trading posts, Indian villages and settlements. In 1922 the South Shore service was extended to the Magdalen Islands and later to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (PEI) and Pictou, Nova Scotia (NS). The base port became Montreal in 1925 and the service was extended Eastward to Corner Brook, Newfoundland (NF). By 1926 the company was running regular services from Montreal and Quebec to Murray Bay, Mont Louis and Gaspé on the St.Lawrence, Corner Brook and Loch Lomond on Newfoundland's West Coast, Forteau Bay and Battle Harbour in Labrador and St.Anthony's on Newfoundland's Northern Peninsula. Later schedules included calls at Summerside and Charlottetown, PEI and Pictou, NS en route from Gaspé to Corner Brook. In 1927 the company entered the winter cruise market from Florida to the West Indies with the NEW NORTHLAND and by 1929 had extended the North Shore sailings to include Blanc Sablon. With the onset of the depression in 1930, and the drop in cruise bookings from Florida, the NEW NORTHLAND was used by the Canadian Government in 1931-2 for trade exhibitions to the West Indies. Cruises from Miami were resumed in 1937 with the NORTH STAR and NEW NORTHLAND. Later cruises alternated between Montreal and New York with calls at Halifax, Boston, etc. In WWII many of the company's ships were requisitioned and a skeleton service continued with three ships and chartered tonnage as available. After the war, regular services resumed, but the increasing use of air services caused a cutback in the passenger fleet in 1961 and by 1967 the company sold their last passenger ship and, except for a couple of ferry operations, concentrated on cargo work. Many thanks to Ted Finch for his assistance in collecting this data. The following list was extracted from various sources including a Sea Breezes article by Kevin Griffin. This is not an all inclusive list but should only be used as a guide. If you would like to know more about a vessel, visit the Ship Descriptions (onsite) or Immigrant Ship web site. CLARKE STEAMSHIP COMPANY: FLEET LIST - PASSENGER SHIPS
LOWER ST. LAWRENCE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, LIMITED. (1929-1969)The Lower St Lawrence Transportation Co., Ltd, was also known as La Cie de Transport du Bas St. Laurent Ltee. It was formed in 1919 to undertake local passenger and cargo services from Rimouski and Matane to ports on the North Shore between Baie Comeau and Sept-Îles and Blanc Sablon. Service was terminated in 1969 when subsidy transferred to Maritime Agency Inc.
LA CIE DE TRAVERSE RIVIERE-DU-LOUP - TADOUSSAC LTEE (1930-1940)
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Vessel |
Built |
Years of Service |
Tons |
| Radisson | 1954 | 1974 purchased. | 1,149 |
| Rivière-du-Loup (1) | 1902 | ex- Brandon, Old Dominion SS Co., New York, later became Yonda L for Quebec & St.Lawrence Nav. Co., 1930 purchased renamed Rivere-Du-Loup, 1939 renamed Simeon. 1945 sold, 1968 scrapped. | 1,650 |
| Rivière-du-Loup (2) | 1925 | ex- L'Ile D'Orleans, 1939 purchased from La Traverse de L'Isle d'Orleans Ltee., Que. renamed Riviere-Du-Loup, 1965 sold to Navigation Voyageur Inc., Montreal, renamed La Madelon II, 1969 sank at Montreal. | 1,491 |
| Simeon | see Rivière-du-Loup (1) | ||
| Trans-St-Laurent | 1963 | 2,173 |
The company ran ferry service between Baie Ste.Catherine and Tadoussac.
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Vessel |
Built |
Years of Service |
Tons |
| Charlevoix | 1962 | 535 | |
| Jacques Cartier | 1924 | 1940 purchased, 1967 sold to Cartier Nav.Co., Montreal, 1969 sold to Neree Harvey, Ile-Aux-Coudres, Que. | 228 |
| Le Sorelois | 1899 | built in 1899 as HCM No.16 for Montreal Harbour Commission, later renamed La Fayette, 1956 purchased from La Cie de Traverse de St.Laurent, Sorel, 1959 sold. | 157 |
| Louis Herbert | n/a | ex- Adam, 1941 purchased renamed Louis Herbert, 1943 sold to Maple Leaf SS Co., Montreal. | 247 |
| Pierre de Saurel | 1957 | 1974 purchased. | 538 |
| Saguenay | 1958 | 429 |
The Magdalen Islands Transportation Company, Limited, operated passenger and cargo services of the former Lovat Steamship Company from Pictou and Charlottetown to the Magdalen Islands. In 1970 the service was taken over by Canadian Ministry of Transport.
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Vessel |
Built |
Years of Service |
Tons |
| Magdalen | 1924 |
ex- Lovat, 1945 purchased from Lovat SS Co., Halifax, NS, renamed Magdalen. 1962 sold. |
830 |
| North Gaspé | 1938 | see Clarke SS Co. | 886 |
The company ran ferry service between Ste.Anne-des-Monts and Sept-Îles. Service was terminated in 1969.
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Vessel |
Built |
Years of Service |
Tons |
| Gaspesien | 1945 |
built as aircraft transport HMS ROC, 1960 purchased, 1969 sold to North Shipping & Transportation, Quebec converted to cargo ship. |
837 |
| Ungava | 1942 | see Lower St.Lawrence Transportation Co. | 199 |
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