Red River Ox Cart


These creaking, groan- ing vehicles never gained a reputation for speed. In fact, this could be where the say- ing “as stubborn as an Ox” originated. But progress moved on, and soon, the latest word in shipping was the...


Travois


Simplicity was the key word here, just a couple of poles pulled behind a horse with the goods of commerce slung between. Then came the while man who was quick to recog- nise functional craft in the form of the...


York Boat


Longer, wider and virtu- ally unsinkable, these craft carried bulky goods of all descrip- tions up and down Hudson Bay tributaries as far South as the Red River Settlement. But their size also made it impossible to navigate on smaller rivers and creeks. Meanwhile, shippers who wanted to stay dry used the...


Covered Wagon


In their day, covered wag- ons which often travelled at speeds in excess of 10 miles per hour were con- sidered breathtakingly fast. The sight of flying hooves and spinning wooden wheels raising a cloud of dust made everyone watch in awe. For those Western settlers not quite so daring of spirit, there was always the...


Train


Since trains were restricted to following the ribbon of steel, shippers could be sure that goods wouldn’t go miles off their path. These smoke belching iron horses played an important role in the development of Canada. When Henry Ford began tinkering around with horseless carriages, a new method of shipping was born...


Dog Sled


Some innovations in the transport industry were discovered quite by acci- dent. The first refrigerated transport service was the inevitable result of trying to ship blubber across the frozen Arctic terrain. But dog sleds, and many of the other means of trans- port then in use, often got lost enroute, so someone thought of trying the...


Highway Motor Transport


It took a while to get the motor transport industry started, but pioneers in the field kept at it. Year after year, improvements were added, until one day there was...


Canoe


For many decades the dar- ing voyageurs paddled their fur laden canoes along the lakes and rivers of Canada’s wilderness. Many a canoe and all its crew were lost in rapids or the huge waves of Lake Superior. If the goods did arrive at all, they were often in a pretty soggy and battered condition. Items too large or heavy for canoes to handle were shipped via...


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Reimer Express


The unreliable vehicles of earlier days were replaced by powerful new diesels. Driving a transport was no longer an adventure but a pro- fession that demanded skilled operators. Now, shippers had greater assurance than ever before that cargos would arrive at their destination safely, on schedule.


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