SS Colvile

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.[1]

SS Colvile
SS Colvile docked at Norway House, Manitoba c. 1880
History
Name: Colvile
Owner: Hudson's Bay Company
Builder: John Reeves at Grand Forks
Completed: 1875
Fate: Burned 1894
Notes: Two non-condensing side-valve engines made April 1872 by C. Dumont, Cincinnati, Ohio
General characteristics

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.[2]

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.[3]

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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