| Title: | R. Wilson, Toronto, to Captain R. H. Davis, Ireland. |
|---|---|
| ID | 3388 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Wilson, Robert (1)/17 |
| Year | 1937 |
| Sender | Wilson, Robert |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Destination | Ireland |
| Recipient | Captain R.H. Davis |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | friends |
| Source | D 2015/3/2: Presented by C. L. Davis, Esq., 59 Maryville Park, Malone Road, Belfast 9 |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9708030 |
| Date | 17/1/1937 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 05:08:97. |
| Word Count | 405 |
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| Transcript | Robert Wilson 22 Castlefield Avenue Toronto January 17. 37 [1937?] Dear Capt Davis I am enclosing two chapters from "Schooner Days," a serial which appears in every Saturday's Toronto "Evening Telegram"; while reading them I thought it might interest you to learn somewhat of the weather conditions encountered in the late sailings in the Fall on our Great Lakes - Superior, Huron, Ontario &c - Mr Snider who writes these stories is a Toronto boy, Assistant Editor of the Telegram, he is an enthusiastic sailor and a great yachtsman, and attends all the big regettas and the "America Cup" Races on this side and is often over at the R.U.Y.C and other big regettas on your side. As you will see he made the final trip on the S.S. "Assinobia," one of the CPR boats which runs from Port McNicoll on Lake Ontario, to Fort William (or the Head of the Lakes as it called) on Lake Superior with Capt McCannel who was making his last trip prior to his retiring from the service on pension; these boats carry passengers and general cargo and like all the CPR boats are very popular. The pictures will give you some idea of the weather to be encountered on these late trips; as you know all the harbours on the Lakes are frozen in the winter, and navigation officially closes with the lapse of insurance about the 14th November, but many captains take chances and carry on until the freeze up, and weather conditions are often bad or worse I hope this finds you in good health and quite rested after the holiday season: although a little late I wish you a very happy and prosperous New Year. How I would like to drop in and have a chat with you about the good old days of sail. I am counting on being able to repeat my trip of 1935 sometime in the not too far distant future; every day happy memories of my visit recur to me, and it is hard to resist the temptation to chuk [chuck?] up work and run over to visit the haunts of my childhood days once again. Hoping you will find the enclosed as interesting reading as I found and enjoyed your very interesting stories of the good old days of sail. Yours very truly R. Wilson P.S. I also enclose last Saturdays chapter by which you will see that Snider is some- what of a historian also. R.W. [Robert Wilson?] Word count: 405 |
