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From: "Ken Boyce" <>
Subject: Re: [Lon] Re: Barnado's
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 07:32:49 -0700
References: <3D4F5412.A1850013@shaw.ca>


Hi
The St Lawrence would be closed to shipping during some winter months
because it freezes over or is icebound. Halifax is open all year
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charlotte Edwards" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 9:44 PM
Subject: [Lon] Re: Barnado's


> >
> >
> > Subject: [Lon] Barnado's
> > Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 20:31:25 -0700
> > From: "Pat Hodgson" <>
> > To:
> >
> > Hi All
> > All the English/Canadian to Montreal/Quebec seem to have sailed
from Liverpool and I wondered if anyone could tell me were ships from
southern England landed.
> >
> > Pat
>
> Hi Pat,
>
> If you go into the Home Children's database and search by surname, then
click on an individual's name, it will show you both port of departure and
port of arrival.
>
> Halifax was another common port of arrival, but ships arrived there that
came from both London and Liverpool. Based on the geography, there would be
no reason for ships from different parts of England to go to a different
port. Halifax is halfway down the south coast of Nova Scotia, but to get to
Montreal or Quebec, boats had to go through the Gulf of St. Lawrence and
enter the St. Lawrence river. See the following link:
>
> http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/c/champlain.shtml
>
> I would think that other factors determined which would be the port of
arrival.
>
> Charlotte
> Vancouver, B.C.
>
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