SS Colvile
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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.{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/hrb/plaques/plaq0019.html |title=The Anson Northup |website=Manitoba Heritage Council Commemorative Plaques |publisher= |accessdate=2013-07-28}}
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.stclementsheritage.com/index.php/our-heritage/transportation/influence-of-the-river/shipping/steamships-and-the-colville-landing |title=Navigating the Red: Steamships and the Colville Landing |first=Jared |last=Laberge |website=St. Clements Heritage |date=27 July 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223200642/http://www.stclementsheritage.com/index.php/our-heritage/transportation/influence-of-the-river/shipping/steamships-and-the-colville-landing |archive-date=23 February 2014 }}
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.[https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/_docs/hbca/ships_histories/colvile.pdf Ships_histories]
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