Frank Swannell Diaries: Part I
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− | All day sailing up the St. Lawrence - foggy morning- Quebec at noon - very much disappointed with Citadel - Wolfe's Cove - gently sloping & no towering heights at all. Pass scene of accident big bridge - no wreckage as river very deep. Lighted streets of Three River look queer after England. | + | All day sailing up the St. Lawrence - foggy morning - Quebec at noon - very much disappointed with Citadel - Wolfe's Cove - gently sloping & no towering heights at all. Pass scene of accident big bridge - no wreckage as river very deep. Lighted streets of Three River look queer after England. |
− | Arrive at Montreal early morning - met at boat by Wm. Forster - spend an hour at his home in Fairmont. Arrive Toronto in evening & go out to Sheffield's - leave Toronto 10:30 pm. | + | |
+ | Arrive at Montreal early morning - met at boat by Wm. Forster - spend an hour at his home in Fairmont. Arrive Toronto in evening & go out to Sheffield's - leave Toronto 10:30 pm. | ||
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+ | Near Towassan, Muskoka at daybreak - North Bend 9 am. Barren rocky country with countless lakes all day - Cobalt quite considerable town. Pass large interment camp late in evening. | ||
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+ | BC Archives, MS-0392 Box 1 Volume 5 / FRANK SWANNELL PAPERS / Diary and enclosures, 1916. |
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All day sailing up the St. Lawrence - foggy morning - Quebec at noon - very much disappointed with Citadel - Wolfe's Cove - gently sloping & no towering heights at all. Pass scene of accident big bridge - no wreckage as river very deep. Lighted streets of Three River look queer after England.
Arrive at Montreal early morning - met at boat by Wm. Forster - spend an hour at his home in Fairmont. Arrive Toronto in evening & go out to Sheffield's - leave Toronto 10:30 pm.
Near Towassan, Muskoka at daybreak - North Bend 9 am. Barren rocky country with countless lakes all day - Cobalt quite considerable town. Pass large interment camp late in evening.
BC Archives, MS-0392 Box 1 Volume 5 / FRANK SWANNELL PAPERS / Diary and enclosures, 1916.