Navigating the Lower Saint Lawrence in the 19th Century.

Quebec Gazette #2074 10/01/1805 Page 1, Col. 1C. Supplement.
 
      Clearances at the port of Quebec for 1804.

       Vessels: 173
       Tonnage: 26,883
       Men: 1,390
 
 
 
Quebec Mercury #19, Page 151, Saturday, May 11, 1805.
 
      The William and John, a large ship that sailed from this place, for London last fall, loaded with masts, &c. is missing. There is no intelligence of her.  
 
 
Quebec Mercury #20, Page 159, Saturday, May 18, 1805.
 
      The Narrative, in this days paper, of the wreck of the Abergavenny, with the addition of the names of the principal persons saved and lost, forms the contents of a 6d pamphlet.  
 
 
Quebec Gazette #2099 04/07/1805 Page 1, Col. 1T. Supplement.
 
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     By His Excellency Sir Robert Shore Milnes, Baronet, Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Lower-Canada, &c.

    The Master, Deputy Master and Warden of the Trinity House of Quebec, having submitted for my sanction and confirmation certain by-laws, rules and orders by them made, ordained and constituted under and by virtue of an Act of the Provincial Parliament, entitled,
    "An Act for the better regulation of pilots and shipping in the port of Quebec, and in the harbours of Quebec and Montreal, and for improving the navigation of the River Saint Lawrence and for establishing a fund for decayed pilots, their widows and children", in the words following; to wit:
 
 
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