Category:G. Montcalm (ship, 1939)

Ship edit

• Type: General cargo ship, lumber schooner (goélette)
• Built by: Albert Aubert, St-Joseph-de-la-Rive
• Yard No:
• Keel laid:
• Launched:
• Completed: 1939
• Length over all: 87.5 ft
• Beam:
• GRT: 149
• DWT:
• navigationquebec.blogspot.com
• www.flickr.com
• clarkesteamship.files.wordpress.com
• www.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca

History edit

• 1939 Named G. Montcalm; Flag: Canada
  • Owner: Capt. Joseph Z. Desgagnés, St-Joseph-de-la-Rive
• 1945 Ownership passed to widow, Capt. Joseph Z. Desgagnés, St-Joseph-de-la-Rive
  • New bridge and wheelhouse
• 1954.04 Ownership divided among Gérard, Jean-Paul, Roger and Denis Desgagnés
• 1960.05 Sold to Nerée Harvey, Ile-aux-Coudres
• 1970 Laid up / abandoned on banks of St. Lawrence river near Ile-aux-Coudres; parts of wreck still visible in 2010
• 1973.11.06 Officially decommissioned by Canadian Transport