When Sailing Ships in Quebec Took Timber Through their Bows

When Sailing Ships in Quebec Took Timber Through Their Bows

This historical image from the McCord Museum Collection captures timber loading at Quebec City’s timber basin in the mid-1800s.

It illustrates the standard method of that era, where sailing ships were loaded through specially designed ports located in the bow, allowing stacked timber to be efficiently packed deep into the hull for transatlantic trade.

Source: Maritime Archives