Megantic

The transport "Megantic," one of the finest ships on the North Atlantic, was hauled up at the pier with long planks out to take our regiment on board.

"The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders John Allister Currie

When all our troops were on board the "Megantic" we cast loose, pulled up the stream off Cape Diamond, and "dropped our hook," as a landsman in the ranks was heard to remark.

"The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders John Allister Currie

Slowly the "Megantic" threaded her way in and out between buoys, through mines loaded with enough dynamite to blow her to smithereens.

"The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders John Allister Currie

I resisted the temptation to crank up my speed – this two-lane blacktop was narrow and full of unexpected twists – and I was relieved to get to Lac Megantic and the turnoff marked Rt 161: Woburn et la frontière americaine.

State of the Union Douglas Kennedy 2005

His proposal was to move troops up the Kennebec River to a carrying place opposite a stretch of Dead River, then west on that stream to its headwaters near Lake Megantic and thence northward again down the Claudière to the St. Lawrence almost directly opposite Quebec.

Washington Richard Harwell 1968

His proposal was to move troops up the Kennebec River to a carrying place opposite a stretch of Dead River, then west on that stream to its headwaters near Lake Megantic and thence northward again down the Claudière to the St. Lawrence almost directly opposite Quebec.

Washington Richard Harwell 1968

His proposal was to move troops up the Kennebec River to a carrying place opposite a stretch of Dead River, then west on that stream to its headwaters near Lake Megantic and thence northward again down the Claudière to the St. Lawrence almost directly opposite Quebec.

Washington Richard Harwell 1968

His proposal was to move troops up the Kennebec River to a carrying place opposite a stretch of Dead River, then west on that stream to its headwaters near Lake Megantic and thence northward again down the Claudière to the St. Lawrence almost directly opposite Quebec.

Washington Richard Harwell 1968

The ship we were on was the finest of the White Star Line, the "Megantic."

"The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders John Allister Currie

Divisional Ammunition Column, who had been with us on the "Megantic."

"The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders John Allister Currie