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Addresses would be nice. Why wouldn't you include them with these pix?

À l'époque, l'adresse de la maison était le 1792 Ste-Catherine Ouest, au coin de Chomedey. Ça correspond à peu près au 2136 Ste-Catherine Ouest aujourd'hui

A little later than 1870, as Parisian was launched November 4th 1880, with maiden voyage March 10th 1881. www.norwayheritage.com/p_ship.asp?sh=paris list of crossings, has a first mention of Montreal in July 1888. Great photostream, thanks!

Captain Joseph Ritchie who retired from the command of the Parisian in 1895, though not to be called an old man, had spent forty-four years at sea. He was captain of the Peruvian in 1882, when the twenty-five-foot channel through Lake St. Peter was inaugurated; and again in 1888, in the Sardinian, he was the first to test the increased depth to twenty-seven and a half feet. Ritchie’s whole career was a most successful one. On retiring from the service he was presented with a very handsomely engrossed address and a valuable service of silver plate by his Montreal friends. www.gutenberg.org/files/58849/58849-h/58849-h.htm#PARISIAN The Parisian, the finest of the fleet, was built by Robert Napier & Sons, Glasgow, in 1881, and took her place on the line the following year. She is built of steel, the bottom being constructed of an inner and outer skin five feet apart, the space thus enclosed being available for water ballast and also a protection from the perils of collision. The Allans were the first to apply this kind of build to Atlantic steamers, and were also the first to build such steamers of steel. The general dimensions of the Parisian are: length over all, 440 feet; breadth, 46 feet; moulded depth, 36 feet; with a gross tonnage of 5,365 tons. Her machinery is capable of developing 6,000 indicated horse-power. Although she has neither twin screws nor triple expansion engines, she has done her work remarkably well, maintaining an average speed of about fourteen knots. Her fastest voyage from Moville to Rimouski was made in 1896, viz., 6 days, 13 hours, 10 minutes, corrected time. Her best day’s run on that voyage was 359 knots [nautical miles?]. Her career has been a remarkable one: in these seventeen years she has not met with an accident, and is consequently a [Pg 206]very popular ship. She is fitted for 160 saloon passengers in the most complete and comfortable manner, and there seems to be always room for one more. On a recent occasion the Parisian brought over 255 cabin passengers. She can easily accommodate 120 second-class and 1,000 steerage passengers. She carries a large cargo and is a very fine sea boat.

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Au centre de la photo on voit la première Erskine Scottich Church. www.flickr.com/photos/urbexplo/5015402683