[KegRiver]

Originally Posted by chad66

In 1903 the first steam-powered vessel to serve Fort Vermilion was the St. Charles built to navigate the 526 miles (847 km) the upper reaches of the Peace River, from Hudson's Hope to Fort Vermilion.

List of steam-powered sternwheelers and other vessels
worked on the Peace River above Vermilion Chutes

ATHABASCA RIVER #130277 wood[en hulled]
sternwheel [propelled, built in] 1912 [in] Athabasca
Landing, Alta. by and for Hudson’s Bay Company.
[Length of hull in feet exclusive of sternwheel]
136.0 x [breadth of hull in feet] 28.0 x [depth of
hull in feet] 3.6. 341.21 Gr[oss tonnage]. 230.29. Reg[istered tonnage] Engines: [built in] 1901 [by] Albion Iron Works two hor. h.p. cyl. [horizontal
high pressure cylinders each] 12” [diameter by] x 48” [length] 9.6 NHP [Nominal Horsepower] from Skeena River sternwheeler Hazelton #107834.
Winched up Vermilion Rapids 19 14—15 and worked on Peace River run up to Hudson’s Hope until 1919. She was then beached at Peace River
Crossing and used as a warehouse.

BUFFALO LAKE #156567 (motor vessel) wood twin-screw 1930 Peace River Alta. by George Askew for Hudson’s Bay Company.
91.0 x 19.5 x 4.55.176.67 Gr. 157.55. Reg.Engines: l93O Vivian
Gas Engine Works,Vancouver. 4.5 N.H.P Converted from passenger & freight vessel to tug, 1938.
Register closed 1950.

D.A. THOMAS #138429 wood sternwheel 1916
Peace River,Alta. by George Askew for Peace River
Development Co. Ltd.
161.9 x 37.0 x 6.3 1.11445 Gr. 798.10
Reg. Engines: 1915 Polson two hor. h.p. cyl. 18”x 84” 21.6 NHP 1921 sold to Alberta & Arctic Transportation Co. Ltd. Acquired 1924
by HBC. Foundered 1927 but raised. 1930 hauled
successfully over Vermilion Rapids, but stranded
and abandoned at the approach to Fort Fitzgerald.

GRENFELL # ? wood sternwheel 1912 West Peace
River by George Magar for Peace River Trading
& Land Co. 139 Gr. 81 Reg. Engines: 2.7 NHP
Destroyed by fire September 1914 15 miles above
Fort St.John.

HUDSON’S HOPE #138024 (ex Northland Call)
wood sternwheel 1915 West Peace River,Alta.
Acquired 1919—20 by the Peace River Development
Co. from the Peace River Navigation Co.,
substantially rebuilt, reengined and renamed Hudsons
Hope. Original dimensions: 99.5 x 18.0 x 4.0. 192
Gr. 111 Reg. Engines: 3.5 NHP Not successful;
abandoned after 1920 season; broken up 1924.

LADYMACWORTH #138621 (motor vessel) wood
twin-screw 1916 Peace River Alta. by George F
Askew for Peace River Development Corp. 56.9
x 11.0 x 3.7.21.05. Gr. 14/31 Reg. Engines:Auto
Engine Works, St. Paul, Minn. 7.34 N.H.P Sold
Mar 21, 1921 to Alberta & Arctic Transportation
Co. Ltd. of Edmonton. Dismantled and broken up,
August, 1930.

NORTHLAND CALL #138024 wood sternwheel
1915 West Peace River for Peace River Navigation Co.99.5 x 18.0 x 4. 192.04 Gr. 111 Reg.Engines: 3 NHP Engines, boiler and fittings from retired Athabaska River steamer Northland Call
#134312, Sold 1919—1920 to Peace River Devel
opment Corporation, who substantially rebuilt and
reengined her and renamed her Hudson S Hope.

PEACE RIVER #121777 wood sternwheel 1905 Fort
Vermilion, Alta. by Alex Watson,Jr. for HBC
110.0 x 24.0 x 4.5. 282.02 Gr. 183.98 Reg. Engines: 1905 Marine Engine Works, Chicago two hor. h.p. cyl 10” x 48” 6.7 NHP Abandoned 1916
at Fort Vermilion.

PEACE RIVER BOY #134604 (motor vessel) wood screw 1915 Prudence Crossing, Alta. by and for Clifford Smith.
68.6 x 14.0 x 2.5. 16.49 Gr. 11.21
Reg. Engines: 1913 Brook Motor Works, Lowes toft, U.K. 6.6 N.H.P
Wrecked, 1917.

PINE PASS #134606 (motor vessel, ex Beaver) wood screw tug, 1915 Prudence Crossing by James Cooley for the Smoky & Peace River Boat Company Ltd.
74.0 x 15.1 x 2.5.42.20 Gr. 29.70 Reg.
Engines: one 4-cycle gas engine, 1914 Sterling Engines Works, Buffalo, N.Y. 6.05 N.H.P Certificate issued in 1918.
Destroyed by fire, Peace River,Alta., 1920.


ST CHARLES # ______wood sternwheel
1903 Dunvegan for Bishop Emile Grouard,Vicar Apostolic of Athabasca.
67 x 12 x —. 28.79 Gr. 19.5
Reg. Sold 1911 to Ford & Lawrence. Peace River
Record, Apr 29, 1915: “Grounded on a bar in the river during freeze-up, was thrown high and dry on the bank when the ice went out and is undam
aged.” Dismantled 1916-17.

WATSON LAKE #175563 (motor vessel) steel(?)
screw 1946 Edmonton 55 x 12 x 2.9 26. Gr. 21
Reg. Engines: 220 IHP

WEENUSK #138630 wood screw 1921 Vancouver
for Hudson’s Bay Company. 59.9 x 11.1 x 4.2.29
Gr. 18 Reg.