I don't know that the Maritime fishery was involved but seeing as we are talking fresh fish, speed was critical to keep the time from the water to the consumer's plate at a minimum. Therefore my guess would be yes as I expect that fishing boats weren't also travelling to New York and other ships wouldn't have been particularly fast.
sswain@TOTAL.NET wrote:
CN 10000-10099 express reefer kit in HO scale. I'm told these wood-sheathed cars were commonly seen in New England headed to New York loaded with fresh fish from fisheries such as that based in Prince Rupert BC and the inland fisheries of Manitoba, Ontario, etc.
Probably from maritime fisheries, too, or would that be assumed to be unable to compete with direct coastal shipping? In any case, CN express reefers were common on the Rutland's passenger trains originating in Montreal (and presumably empties returning). Since these trains went to both NYC and Boston, I'm not sure which of these was the destination of the Canadian fish.
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