"Moira Elsley" <mani2studio@amtelecom.net> asked about a sailing from Southampton on the Aquitania, arriving in Halifax on October 25th, 1948. Sue Swiggum commented: > That is a little curious, as I would have expected this trip to sail > to Quebec / Montreal! I don't know the limits for Quebec but very large ships, which would include the Aquitania, Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, are not able to reach Montreal. There are limits to the water depth available, and also, particularly since the building of the Jacques Cartier bridge at Montreal in 1930, limits to the masthead clearance. I believe the post-war Cunarders, Franconia etc., which were built for the Montreal route, had masts designed to clear the bridge. TheShipsList archives indicate that the Aquitania did sail to Quebec, which surprised me. -- Harry Dodsworth Ottawa Ontario Canada af877@freenet.carleton.ca ----------------------------------------------------------------