Anson Northup Explained
| -- commercial vessels --> | +Anson Northup| Ship Name: | - Anson Northup (until 1861)
- Pioneer (1861)
| | Ship Namesake: | Anson Northup | | Ship Owner: | - Anson Northup (until 1861)
- J. C. Burbank (1861–1862)
| | Ship Builder: | Anson Northup | | Ship Fate: | Sank winter 1861/1862 |
| Ship Type: | Riverboat | | Ship Length: | 90feet | | Ship Beam: | 22feet | | Ship Power: | 100hp | | Ship Propulsion: | Sternwheel | | Ship Capacity: | 50 to 75 tons |
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| -- commercial vessels --> | +Anson Northrup| Ship Image: | AnsonNorthrupGrandExcursionJun2004A.jpg | | Ship Caption: | The new Anson Northrup at Dubuque |
| Ship Namesake: | Anson Northrup (Northup?) | | Ship Owner: | Padelford Packet Boat Company | | Ship Launched: | 1988 |
| Ship Type: | Riverboat | | Ship Length: | 92feet | | Ship Beam: | 33feet | | Ship Height: | 22feet | | Ship Propulsion: | Twin Screw |
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Anson Northup (possibly
Anson Northrup) was a 100hp sternwheel
riverboat named for her captain who was the first to navigate the
Red River of the North from
Fort Abercrombie,
Dakota Territory, to
Fort Garry,
Rupert's Land, departing 6 June and arriving 10 June 1859. Sold and renamed
Pioneer, she sank during the winter of 1861–62.
[1] Pioneer was dismantled and her boiler reused by .
[2] The new Anson Northrup is a riverboat that normally offers tours in the Twin Cities area on the Mississippi River. The boat was built in Louisiana and is operated by Padelford Packet Boat Company. In 2004, the boat participated in the Grand Excursion, which ran from the Quad Cities of Iowa to the Twin Cities.
External links
- Web site: Anson Northrup . Padelford Packet Boat Company . 2013-07-28.
- Web site: Colville Landing . St. Clements Heritage . 2013-08-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160306140838/https://www.stclementsheritage.com/index.php/heritage-articles/transportation/influence-of-the-river/shipping/colville-landing . 6 March 2016 .
- https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/_docs/hbca/ships_histories/anson-northup.pdf
- https://library.ndsu.edu/fargo-history/?q=content/steamboats-1859-1871
- https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/hrb/plaques/plaq0019.html
Notes and References
- Web site: The Anson Northup . Manitoba Heritage Council Commemorative Plaques . 2013-07-28.
- Web site: Navigating the Red: Steamships and the Colville Landing . Jared . Laberge . St. Clements Heritage . 27 July 2005 . 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 . 23 February 2014.
