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 Via Britain from Liverpool to Quebec, St.Johns or Halifax and to the final destination in America 
 Fleet 1898Built Tonnage Shipyard
 S/S Gallia1878 4,809 gross  J. & G. Thomson & Co. 
 S/S Lake Huron1881 4,040 gross  London & Glasgow Co. Ltd. 
 S/S Lake Ontario1887 4,502 gross  James Laing & Co. 
 S/S Lake Superior1884 4,562 gross  J. & G. Thomson & Co. 
 S/S Lake Winnipeg1879 3,300 gross  J. & G. Thomson & Co. 
 S/S Tongariro1883 4,163 gross  John Elder & Co. 
 This list might not be a complete list of all the ships in the fleet.
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