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 MHM The Anson Northup - Kildonan Park - Winnipeg MB Posted by:  PeterNoG
N 49° 56.459 W 097° 06.089
14U E 636223 N 5533796
This Manitoba Historic Marker (MHM) is on Riverview Drive in Kildonan Park in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Waymark Code: WMD3P0
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date Posted: 11/14/2011
Views: 2
According to the Manitoba Historical Society, the Anson Northup is commonly misspelled Anson Northrup, as on this plaque. ( visit link)
Marker Name: The Anson Northup
Agency: The Historic Sites Advisory Board of Manitoba
Languages: English
Location:
Riverview Drive
Kildonan Park
Winnipeg
Marker Text:
The Anson Northup
The first steamboat on the Red River and the first to reach Fort Garry. Her maiden trip in 1859 proved that steamboat navigation on the Red River was practicable and initiated a new era of economic relations and transportation between the Red River Settlement and the United States. Built at Lafayette, North Dakota by Anson Northup of St. Paul. The machinery, cabin and furniture were transported overland from Crow Wing, Minnesota. Capacity, 50 to 75 tons; width, 22 feet; length, 90 feet; engines, 100 horsepower. On her first trip the Anson Northup left Fort Abercrombie on June 6, and reached Fort Garry June 10, 1859, winning for her builder the prize money offered by the St. Paul Chamber of Commerce to the first person to institute steamboat travel on the Red River. Following her maiden trip she was purchased by J. C. Burbank, rebuilt and renamed the Pioneer in 1861. The boat sank at Cook's Creek near Selkirk in the winter of 1861-62, and was dismantled.
Website: [Web Link]
Link to HistoricPlaces.ca or mhs.mb.ca: [Web Link]
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