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SS Colvile
SS Colvile docked at Norway House, Manitoba c. 1880
History
NameColvile
OwnerHudson's Bay Company
BuilderJohn Reeves at Grand Forks
Completed1875
FateBurned 1894
NotesTwo non-condensing side-valve engines made April 1872 by C. Dumont, Cincinnati, Ohio

SS Colvile was a Lake Winnipeg steamboat built for the Hudson's Bay Company in Grand Forks, Dakota Territory. Colvile was constructed, using some parts of the vessel called Chief Commissioner which in turn used a boiler taken from Anson Northup. Colvile was one of the largest vessels constructed for the HBC. The company hired Captain J. Reeves to supervise the construction of the vessel.

By 1878 Colvile was a vital link in the HBC trade on the Red River of the North and Saskatchewan River routes. When a railway was built to Selkirk, Manitoba, a storage area was built on the shore of the river. Later, this site became known as the Colvile Landing. A railway spur was constructed from the Selkirk station to the landing.

Colvile was destroyed by fire in 1894 while docked in the town of Grand Rapids in the northwest corner of Lake Winnipeg. The fire also destroyed several dockside buildings.

References

  1. "The Anson Northup". Manitoba Heritage Council Commemorative Plaques. Retrieved 2013-07-28.
  2. Laberge, Jared (27 July 2005). "Navigating the Red: Steamships and the Colville Landing". St. Clements Heritage. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014.
  3. Ships_histories

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