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SS Evangeline
Two steamships named Evangeline served the DAR.
SS Evangeline (1st) ~ 1882-1903
Built by Churchill and Sons Shipyard, Hantsport in 1882.
- 50 hp steam engine
- Cargo capacity: 25 tons
This small coastal steamer carried freight and passengers. It was at first operated by the "Evangeline Navigational Company" to connect the "Missing Link" from Annapolis Royal to Digby between the rival railways of the Windsor and Annapolis Railway and Western Counties Railway. After Annapolis Royal and Digby were finally connected by rail in 1891, Evangeline was bought by the Dominion Atlantic for its Minas Basin service, connecting the railway service at Kingsport with Parrsboro. Evangeline was replaced in 1904 by the SS Prince Albert.
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References and Footnotes
Canning Library and Heritage Centre, Historical Calendar 2000, March
SS Evangeline (2nd) ~ 1920-19??
Run by the CPR partner, the Eastern Steamship Company. In the 1920s Evangeline served the Yarmouth-New York route connected in the summer with the fast passenger trains No. 25 and 26, The New Yorker.
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Description of ship in the 1929 Passenger Timetable.
SS Evangeline preparing to sail from Central Wharf, Boston, MA for Yarmouth, NS on July 2, 1954.
Eastern Shipping Co. SS Evangeline at Boston Boat dock, Yarmouth, NS on July 3, 1954.
