Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Raymond F. Corley fonds
General material designation
- Textual record
- Graphic material
Parallel title
Other title information
Title statements of responsibility
Title notes
- Source of title proper: Title based on provenance of the fonds
Level of description
Fonds
Reference code
CA PCA Acc4465
Edition area
Edition statement
Edition statement of responsibility
Class of material specific details area
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
Statement of coordinates (cartographic)
Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
-
1913-1998 (Creation)
- Creator
- Corley, Raymond F.
Physical description area
Physical description
7 pages of textual records
1 photograph
1 photograph
Publisher's series area
Title proper of publisher's series
Parallel titles of publisher's series
Other title information of publisher's series
Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series
Numbering within publisher's series
Note on publisher's series
Archival description area
Name of creator
Corley, Raymond F.
Biographical history
Raymond F. Corley was a transportation consultant and transportation researcher and historian from Scarborough, Ontario.
Custodial history
Scope and content
The fonds consists of a colour snapshot of the Prince Edward Island being scrapped in Toronto Ontario in 1995, a clipping from the Toronto Star and several articles from Canadian Railway and Marine World which give some of the early history and specifications of the S.S. "Prince Edward Island". The ship was launched by her builder W.C. Armstrong & Whitworth Co. at Newcastle-on-Tyne in October 1914. She had been commissioned by the federal government in 1913 in recognition of the fact that a railcar ferry would be necessary to provide the continuous and reliable service that was being demanded. The 7000 horsepower, 300'x 53' sternloading icebreaker was equipped to carry a dozen railway cars on two tracks on her train deck. Arriving in 1915 before the new terminal facilities were completed at Borden/Cape Tormentine she spent her first season operating between Charlottetown, Georgetown, and Pictou. In 1917 she began service on the Borden/Cape Tormentine run which she was to continue for over fifty years. As the ferry traffic grew she was at times assisted, but never completely replaced, by ever larger, faster, and more easily loaded ferries such as the "Charlottetown" (1931-1941), "Abegweit" (1946- )., and "Confederation" (1962- ). In 1968 the John Hamilton Gray joined the fleet, followed by the Lucy Maud Montgomery in 1969 and the "Prince Edward Island" was retired. In 1989 she was still serving as a barge in Whitby, Ontario but was scrapped in Toronto in 1995.
Notes area
Arrangement
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Location of originals
Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
NO RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
PERMISSION FOR USE/REPRODUCTION IS REQUIRED FROM THE PUBLIC ARCHIVES AND RECORDS OFFICE; QUESTIONS REGARDING COPYRIGHT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE USER
Finding aids
NO FURTHER FINDING AID AVAILABLE
Associated materials
For further information about the Prince Edward Island and other ferries see "Iceboats to super-ferries" by John Edward Belliveau et al.
Related materials
Accruals
Alternative identifier(s)
Standard number area
Standard number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Corley, Raymond F. (Creator)
- Prince Edward Island (Steamship) (Subject)
Genre access points
Control area
Description record identifier
Institution identifier
Level of detail
Language of description
- English