Steamboats of The Mackenzie River - List of Historic Vessels

List of Historic Vessels

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SS Grahame 1882
  • Steamer operated by the Hudson's Bay Company, built in 1882 at Athabasca Landing by Captain Smith, operating from Ft. McMurray to Fort Fitzgerald on the Athabasca and Slave Rivers.
SS Wrigley 1885
  • Screw-prop steamer operated by the Hudson's Bay Company, built in 1885 at Fort Smith, operating on the Slave and Mackenzie Rivers below Fort Smith. Captain Mills piloted this vessel from 1893 to 1903.
SS Athabasca 1888
  • Paddlewheeler operated by the Hudson's Bay Company, built in 1888 at Fort McMurray shipyards to operate on the Athabasca-Slave Rivers from Fort Mcurray to Fort Fitzgerald. Replaced by Athabasca River in 1922.
St. Joseph 1893
  • An Oblate Order mission ship, on the Athabasca, Peace and upper Slave rivers.
St. Alphonse 1894
  • An Oblate Order mission ship, on the Mackenzie and lower Slave rivers.
Messenger 1897
  • Operated by the Hudson's Bay Company.
St. Emile 1902-3
  • An Oblate Order mission ship, on Lesser Slave Lake.
SS St. Charles 1903
  • The first steamship on the upper Peace River.
Midnight Sun 1904
  • Built in 1904 by Northern Traders Co.
Peace River 1905
  • A Hudson's Bay Company vessel on the Peace River.
Mackenzie River 1908
  • Steelframe paddlewheeler (125' long, 150 tons cargo, 50 passengers) built at Fort Smith and launched in 1908 by Captain Mills operating on Great Slave Lake in the 1920s by the Hudson's Bay Company. Mothballed by the HBC in 1924.
Northland Sun 1909
  • Built in 1909 by Northern Traders Co. Operated on the Athabasca-Slave Rivers from Fort McMurray to Fort Fitzgerald.
Northland Call 1910
  • Built in 1910 by Northern Traders Co. Operated on the Athabasca-Slave Rivers from Fort McMurray to Fort Fitzgerald.
Northland Star 1911
  • Built in 1911 by Northern Traders Co. Operated on the Athabasca-Slave Rivers from Fort McMurray to Fort Fitzgerald.
Grenfell 1912
  • Built for service on the upper Peace River, by the Peace River Trading and Land Company, she was accidentally destroyed by fire in 1914.
Northland Echo 1912
  • Paddlewheeler built in 1912 by Northern Traders Company, who thought its shallow draft would enable it to transit the who length of the Peace River. It only transitted the Vermilion Chutes once, and only functioned until 1914.
Ft. McMurray 1916
  • Paddlewheeler (100 ton cargo, 40 passengers) built at Fort McMurray and launched in 1916 to operate between Ft. McMurray and Ft. Fitzgerald by the Hudson's Bay Company.
Liard River 1919
  • Paddlewheeler (80' long) launched in 1919 at Fort Smith to operate from Fort Simpson up the Liard River to service Hudson's Bay Company posts.
SS Distributor 1920
  • Paddlewheeler (176' long, 30' beam, 200 ton cargo, 250 passengers) placed in service in 1920 by the Lamson & Hubbard Co., acquired by the Alberta Arctic Transportation Co. in 1921, and the Hudson's Bay Company in 1924. Operated on the Slave-Mackenzie River network, below Fort Smith on the Slave River, in the 1920s-1940s. Decommissioned in 1946.
Northland Pioneer 1921
  • Gas motor vessel (100' long, 20' beam, 90 tons cargo) launched in 1921, operated by Northern Traders Co. on the Slave and Mackenzie Rivers and Great Slave Lake.
Lady Mackworth 1921
  • Gas motor vessel built by the Lamson & Hubbard Co. and acquired by the Alberta Arctic Transportation Co in 1921 to operate on the Mackenzie and Liard River network.
Athabasca River 1922
  • Paddlewheeler (146' long, 36' beam, 200 tons cargo, 48 passengers) built and launched in 1922 by the Hudson's Bay Co. to operate between Fort McMurray and Fort Fitzgerald on the Athabasca and Slave Rivers.
MT Liard River 1923
  • Gas motor vessel launched in 1923 by the Hudson's Bay Co. to operate on the Slave-Mackenzie-Liard Rivers.
Speed
  • Gasoline motor vessel operated by the Northern Traders Co. in the 1920s along the Slave and Mackenzie Rivers.

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