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RPPC photo postcard of the Hudson Bay Co. passenger/freight vessel ‘Buffalo Lake’ docked on a bank of the Peace River (Alberta), appears to have unloaded some lumber. It operated between Fort Vermilion and Hudson’s Hope.
The vessel was described as a tunnel-sterned tug boat typical of shallow-draft riverboats used in northern Canada
Behind ferry another docked smaller boat. Note bridge in background crossing over the river.
Building with ‘& PACIFIC’ painted on it. In background a building with sign ‘American Oil Co. Ltd’’ (The American Oil Co. Ltd. was one of several firms—alongside Abasand Oils Ltd., International Bitumen Co., and McMurray Oils—that explored the feasibility of oil sands and conventional drilling in northern Alberta.)
Labeled ‘Launching of the Buffalo Lake June 9, 1930. Art Craft’
VELOX photographic paper dates it to 1923-1939
Unused
In 1930-1931 this vessel operated on the Peace River from Fort Vermilion to Hudson's Hope. In 1932-1939 this vessel was out of commission because of high operating costs. In 1939 this vessel was converted to Barge No. 87. In 1958 the Registrar of Shipping noted that this vessel was "broken up some years ago."
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Fort Vermilion
The main access to the settlements was by means of the river, using river boats and then ferries to haul materials in the summer months, when the water was not frozen. In 1903 the first steam-powered vessel to serve Fort Vermilion was the St. Charles built to navigate the 526 mi (847 km) to the upper reaches of the Peace River, from Hudson's Hope to Fort Vermilion.
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