 Downbound, the steamers would carry passengers back to Port McNicoll, returning to Toronto, via Medonte and Midhurst.During the depression of the 1930s the rail connection between Orillia and Lindsay was abandoned.The CPR's older steamers, "SS Alberta", "SS Athabaska" and "SS Manitoba" continued to run from Owen Sound until the mid-1930s when the "Alberta" and "Athabaska" were withdrawn from service.