St. Charles (ship) explained
-- commercial vessels -->| Ship Image: | St. Charles an early steamship on the upper Peace River.jpg | | Ship Image Size: | 300px | | Ship Caption: | St. Charles at Peace River Crossing 1906 |
| Ship Name: | St. Charles | | Ship Owner: |
| | Ship Launched: | 1893 | | Ship Fate: | Scrapped 1916–1917 |
| Ship Type: | Steamboat | | Ship Tonnage: | 28.9 (gross), 19.5 (registered) | | Ship Length: | 60feet | | Ship Beam: | 12feet |
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St. Charles was a small, screw-driven
steamboat that serviced the upper
Peace River, from 1903 to 1914.
[1] She was built from local timber for Brothers of the
Oblate Order of Mary Immaculate, using engines and other fittings brought from
Peterborough, Ontario.
[2] She was the first steamboat on the upper Peace River.She was sold in 1911 to Ford and Lawrence.According to Edward L. Affleck, St. Charles was one of a "fleet of pint-sized vessels" the Order operated, so they would not have to rely on the Hudson's Bay Company's monopoly on river shipping.
The Peace River has two long navigable sections, from the mouth on Lake Athabasca to the Vermilion Chutes, and on the upper river, from Fort Vermilion to Hudson's Hope—a distance of 526miles.[2] St Charles was confined to the upper reaches.
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Transporting Northern Dreams: Steamboats on the Peace River, 1903-1930 . Peace River Museum. 2012 . 3 . 2013-09-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054337/http://www.museevirtuel-virtualmuseum.ca/sgc-cms/histoires_de_chez_nous-community_memories/pm_v2.php?id=story_line&lg=English&fl=0&ex=695&sl=6436&pos=1. live.
- Steamboating on the Peace River . pdf . BC Historical News. 33 . 1 . Edward L. Affleck. Winter 1999 . 3, 7 . 2013-09-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054140/http://www.bchistory.ca/awards/article/Affleck.pdf. dead . In that year the pint—sized sternwheeler St. Charles began to work the 526 mile stretch from Fort Vermilion to Hudson's Hope, carrying lumber and supplies for the Mission at Fort St. John in British Columbia, as well as goods for the Northwest Mounted Police..
