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World War II caused another decline, as wartime shortages kept many Americans at home and many Canadians were engaged in war activities.

Postwar prosperity brought another boom based around the automobile and the newly affordable fiberglass boat.

Suddenly owning a summer cottage became possible not only for the adventurous or the wealthy, but for many in the middle class.

The steamship companies retired their boats one by one until the last sailing in the late 1950s.