SS Canora (ship)

Identity area

Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

SS Canora (ship)

Parallel form(s) of name

Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

Other form(s) of name

Identifiers for corporate bodies

Description area

Dates of existence

1918 - [?]

History

Double-ended steel rail car ferry, 2,382 gross tons. Built by Davie Shipbuilding & Repair Co. in Québec in 1918, for the Canadian Northern Pacific Railway. By the time she reached British Columbia, the Canadian Northern Pacific Railway had gone into bankruptcy and the vessel was purchased by the newly-established Canadian National Railway to provide rail freight car connection between Sidney and Port Mann (Vancouver). She was withdrawn from service in 1932 due to the depression, and resumed service in 1937 between Point Elice Dock, Victoria and Port Mann. She was retired in 1967, reported by nauticapedia.ca to be still afloat in 2014.

Places

Legal status

Functions, occupations and activities

Mandates/sources of authority

Internal structures/genealogy

General context

Relationships area

Control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

Rules and/or conventions used

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

Language(s)

Script(s)

Sources

Maintenance notes