C.C. Ballantyne and the Canadian Government Merchant Marine, 1917-1921

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Author/collaborator
Title
C.C. Ballantyne and the Canadian Government Merchant Marine, 1917-1921
Abstract
The author notes that in 1917 the federal government embarked upon an ambitious shipbuilding program that upon completion left a national merchant marine with sixty-three brand new steamships ranging from 2800-ton canal-size freighters to 10,500-ton vessels. The author explores how this fleet came into being and was placed into service. A key figure in this process was Montreal businessman Charles Colquhoun Ballantyne (1867-1950), the Minister of Marine and Fisheries and ex-officio of the Naval Service from 1917 to 1921 in Robert Borden's Union Government.
Publication
The Northern Mariner / Le Marin du nord
Volume
Vol. 2
Issue
no. 1
Pages
1-13
Date
January 1992
Language
en
URL
Citation
Mackenzie, Kenneth S. “C.C. Ballantyne and the Canadian Government Merchant Marine, 1917-1921.” The Northern Mariner / Le Marin du nord Vol. 2, no. 1 (January 1992): 1–13. https://www.cnrs-scrn.org/northern_mariner/vol02/tnm_2_1_1-13.pdf.
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