POINTE-AU-PÈRE and RIMOUSKI, QC, May 29, 2014 /CNW Telbec/ – Canada Post today issued two stamps to mark the centennial of the sinking of RMS Empress of Ireland on May 29, 1914, in the St. Lawrence River, near Rimouski, Quebec. The Empress of Ireland was a Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) ocean liner – built for its Canadian Pacific Steamship Company subsidiary – that made 95 successful return …
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