St. Alphonse (1894 ship) explained
-- commercial vessels -->| Ship Image: | File:The steamboat St. Alphonse, an Oblate Order Mission ship on the lower Slave and Mackenzie rivers.jpg | | Ship Image Size: | 300px | | Ship Caption: | The Oblate order operated the St. Alphonse on the Mackenzie River, Great Slave Lake and the lower Slave River |
| Ship Name: | St. Alphonse | | Ship Launched: | 1895 |
| Ship Type: | Steamboat | | Ship Tonnage: | 28.9 (gross), 19.5 (registered) | | Ship Length: | 60feet | | Ship Beam: | 12feet |
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The
St. Alphonse was a small steamship operated by the Brothers of the
Oblate Order of Mary Immaculate, in the
Northwest Territories of
Canada. The order built a small fleet of steamboats to transit the
Mackenzie River and its tributaries. Although fastmoving, the Mackenzie River is navigable along its entire length. But the Order required multiple vessels because some of the major tributaries, like the
Peace River,
Slave River had rapids that were too fast, or too shallow for navigation.
The St. Alphonse traveled on the Mackenzie itself, Great Slave Lake, and the lower Slave River, to the portage near Fort Smith, Northwest Territories.
