ALL AFLOAT
A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways
By William Wood
CONTENTS
| I. | A LAND OF WATERWAYS | 1 |
| II. | CANOES | 16 |
| III. | SAILING CRAFT; THE PIONEERS | 41 |
| IV. | SAILING CRAFT: UNDER THE FLEURS-DE-LIS | 54 |
| V. | SAILING CRAFT: UNDER THE UNION JACK | 68 |
| VI. | SAILING CRAFT: THE BUILDING OF THE SHIP | 82 |
| VII. | SAILING CRAFT: 'FIT TO GO FOREIGN' | 92 |
| VIII. | STEAMERS | 129 |
| IX. | FISHERIES | 155 |
| X. | ADMINISTRATION | 171 |
| XI. | NAVIES | 179 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE | 189 | |
| INDEX | 193 |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| THE VOYAGEURS ON A MISTY MORNING From a painting by Verner. | Frontispiece |
| THE SPIRIT OF THE LAKES By Lorado Taft, in the Chicago Art Institute. | Facing page 12 |
| SHIPS OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY From Winsor's 'America.' | 44 |
| CHAMPLAIN'S SHIP, THE 'DON DE DIEU' From the model at the Quebec Tercentenary. | 54 |
| A FRENCH FRIGATE OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY From Winsor's 'America.' | 64 |
| SHIP 'BATAVIA,' 2000 TONS Built by F.-X. Marquis at Quebec, 1877. Lost on Inaccessible Island, 1879. From a picture belonging to Messrs Ross and Co., Quebec. | 92 |
| TRANSPORT 'BECKWITH' AND BATEAUX, LAKE ONTARIO, 1816 From the John Ross Robertson Collection, Toronto Public Library. | 136 |
| THE 'ROYAL WILLIAM' From the original painting in possession of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec. | 140 |