LITHO Paddle Steamer "ABERDEEN" near WOODSTOCK, NB ID xx 403

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Winning bid: $2.50 CAD
Bidding Closed and Complete
Divided, cancel unclear, upper right corner damage. Steamboats plied the upper river until 1908, but the peak years of steam navigation on this stretch of water were between 1840 and 1880. By the latter date, the railroad had pretty much taken over. Not including the two mentioned above, the following is a list of the boats: the Reindeer, the John Waring, the Benjamin Beveridge, the Bonnie Doon, the Madawaska, the Forest Queen, the Union, the J. D. Pierce, the Richmond, the Antelope, the Gazelle, the Tobique, the Highlander, the Ida Whither, the Andover, the City of Fredericton, the Florenceville, the Northampton Packet, and the Aberdeen.