Chief Commissioner (HBC vessel)

Chief Commissioner was a Hudson's Bay Company propeller driven steamship intended for operation on the Saskatchewan River.[1] She was launched in May, 1872, in Fort Garry. However, her draft was too deep, and for her three years of operation, she provided service on Lake Winnipeg.[2] She was retired in 1875, with her components cannibalized and used in other vessels.

After being stripped of her steam engine the Chief Commissioner (right) was converted to a floating warehouse.

References

Ted Barris (2015-09-26). Fire Canoe: Prairie Steamboat Days Revisited. Dundurn Press 2015. ISBN 9781459732100. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
Martha McCarthy (1987). "Steamboats on the rivers and lakes of Manitoba: 1859-96" (PDF). Operated on Lake Winnipeg. Had been designed for Lake Manitoba but could not proceed up the Little Saskatchewan (Dauphin) River. Used as a freighter on Lake Winnipeg to Grand Rapids. Flat bottom unsuitable for Lake Winnipeg and declared unsafe.

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[FireCanoe-1] Ted Barris (2015-09-26). Fire Canoe: Prairie Steamboat Days Revisited. Dundurn Press 2015. ISBN 9781459732100. Retrieved 2020-08-22.

[SteamboatsRiversLakesManitoba-2] Martha McCarthy (1987). "Steamboats on the rivers and lakes of Manitoba: 1859-96" (PDF). Operated on Lake Winnipeg. Had been designed for Lake Manitoba but could not proceed up the Little Saskatchewan (Dauphin) River. Used as a freighter on Lake Winnipeg to Grand Rapids. Flat bottom unsuitable for Lake Winnipeg and declared unsafe.