Waterfront

Cornwall has lots of it though like many other communities, we’re only just starting to reclaim it from industry.

To browse through all postcards in this category, click on the first photo.

A fine old postcard of Cornwall’s lower wharf, showing both sailing and steam vessels. The Canada ...
It becomes a game, when viewing old postcards, to find the children. In this case, there is one ...
Cornwall is a bilingual city having both English and French. While the writer wrote juin 6 (June 6) ...
This card is postmarked 1905, although the photo was taken earlier. The houses to the left are near ...
The overhead sign on the Bridge says “South Bound Traffic First” Two young boys post for the ...
Stormont Mill on the left of the canal. In the far background is the international bridge. The bridge ...
The swing bridge could be turned to let ships through the canal. The canal had two extra water ...
Taken from the roof of the Stormont Cottons buildings on the South canal bank. Note the swing ...
This is a photograph taken about 1969 from the Seaway International Bridge looking east. Streets ...
Cornwall Canal to the left and the St. Lawrence River to the right. Taken from the roof of the Stormont ...
Taken at the bottom of Pitt Street, the barrels (on the left) are in front of the Customs building. ...
Here is a GREAT postcard showing the tall St. Lawrence Breweries Ltd, building (on the right) which ...
This handsome beer bottle label advertises St. Lawrence Brewery Limited Pale Ale as a “Mild ...
The average canal depth was about 16 ft. The draft of most "canallers" was about 12 to 14 ft. The ...
Looking East towards Howard Smith, crossing the canal are the control weir and safety barrier ...
Photograph taken in 1969 looking west from the Seaway International Bridge towards Domtar, gives ...
Looking east from Howard Smith, the tall stack on the South (right-hand) river bank is the old pump ...
Note the Long Sault rapids in the background. ...
The same postcard as the previous one, colourize. It is a good example of the reissue of a black and ...
Sometimes the drudgery of being a technician in the darkroom of a postcard company ...
The tall shaft (with the “box” on top) is the elevator shaft in the West Cottons complex. To the right ...
Colourized version of the previous card. Cornwall, Ontario ...
The building in the distance at the center top left, with the tall chimney is the Canada Cottons ...
The building in the distance at the center top left, with the tall chimney is the Canada Cottons ...
Notice the dry dock photo (above this one.) It is taken from the East side looking west and shows ...
This map of the canal area and the St. Lawrence River shows where the dry docks were located ...
The photographer was standing on top and in the centre of one of the locks to capture this great ...
The glare on the power tower at the right is from the setting sun. ...
This is Lock 21 with its telltale high, north, canal bank just east of Dickinson's Landing. ...
The tug Myra pulling the same ship (as the previous card) in Lock 21. The tall canal bank is just ...
Memory Shared: As children we used to bicycle to Lock 21 to 'get a ride' on the lock as the ships maneuvered ...
Looking northeast, the locks were “V” shaped with the “V” facing upstream to withstand the pressure ...
Caption on back of card: “Cornwall Canada–a view showing a boat proceeding through ...
The smaller lower building next to the bridge was a flour mill run by William Mack in the 1890s ...
In 1926, MV Farrandoc was built by Federal Steel and Barge Company in London Connecticut. ...
Many boats and ships passed through the locks at Cornwall. The building at right was the main ...
The civic complex was built over the former Cornwall Canal with its back to the St. Lawrence ...
The former Transport Canada Training Institute on the North side of Hwy 2, East, later known as the Nav ...
Page Views: 66