Sincere thanks

Dear sir:
I wish to thank publicly Pam Hawley of the Fort Frances Museum and the members of the La Verendrye Parkway committee for erecting a plaque about the mercantile firm of Watson and Lloyd and Lloyd’s Tourist Emporium.
The Lloyd Boat Line began in 1940 with the “Cascadia,” making daily trips to the Cascades, and the “Belle Isle,” available for charter. They often could be seen with two or three Lloyd’s green (later red) cannons on top.
Later, they added the “Blue Fin,” “the Elsie J.,” and the “Imp” to the “fleet,” all built by my brother, Bill Lloyd. The last boat to be purchased (1956) was the 48-foot “Rainy Lake,” built locally by Maffey’s Steel Boat Works.
It could carry more than 40 passengers, required a lifeboat, as well as Master’s papers for the drivers. Captain Bill Lloyd and John Lyons were the drivers.
The boat line also had a barge and the Toughie (a freight boat).
How appropriate that this plaque was erected at the foot of Crowe Avenue because most of the loading and unloading of tourists, guides, and their duffle (all provided by Lloyd’s) were carried out at the Crowe Avenue dock!
Signed,
Mildred (Lloyd) Brockie
Fort Frances, Ont.