If Kingston and Upper Canada, generally, were gaining from the mounting immigration and construction boom at the close of the twenties, so was Montreal as the chief point of market and transport to and from the West. Depicted here is part of the waterfront along to Bonsecours (the sailors') Church, a lumber ship loading square timber, and the bustling steamers that by this time played a large role in river transport. In contrast, there is still an Indian canoe - reminiscent of the fur trade era that now had departed Montreal, leaving the city to still greater inland settlement traffic.
Courtesy: John Ross Robertson Collection, Metropolitan Toronto Library Board
