Mystery Photo #77: Passenger Boat arriving in Duluth

My guess would be the SS Noronic, a steamer that made trips to Duluth from 1914 through 1949. The ship was destroyed in a tragic fire in Toronto in September 1949, which resulted in at least 118 deaths.

References:
Wikipedia entry
Zenity City Online

Here are the two images side by side. It looks like a pretty good match. There seem to be some subtle differences, but parts of the ship may have changed over time.

1915 advertising

The "big steel Floating Hotel."

Walkerville Times: "The Burning of the Noronic"

There were two sister ships in the Canadian Steamship Lines, the SS Huronic and the SS Hamonic, but this image does seem to match the Noronic shape the best.

The Noronic had a unique hull design. She was found to be a bit top heavy and  unstable in rolling waves. Her owners had her modified with hull plates that flared out at the water line. This stabilized her and made her look a bit unusual. This flared hull is quite pronounced in some photos I've seen of her.