Ship Details

Alice Sprague

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Registry #1 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1886 Alice Sprague Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1886 Place Selkirk Area MB Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) ? x ? x ?
Builder Kilpatrick, David Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage Type 1 Passenger/Freight Vessel
Registered Tonnage Type 2
Engine steam engine Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Sidewheeler
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1886 she was owned by the Sprague Lumber Company.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
Nathan Kramer states "This steamship carried excursionists from Winnipeg to destinations downstream, including Selkirk and into Lake Winnipeg, when water levels remained sufficient. In 1888, a mid-June advertisement claims the steamer, under the charter of the Winnipeg & Western Transportation Company, was to serve as a passenger and freight express for a round trip of the Saskatchewan River from Winnipeg to Edmonton (Alberta) via the Saskatchewan River, with ports of call along the way to include Prince Albert and Battleford. Whether or not the voyage ever took place remains in doubt. Beyond regular excursion trips, the Alice Sprague saw routine use as a freighter, hauling logs and lumber for the Sprague Lumber Company. this vessel was reportedly wrecked, though details surrouding this fate have not been found. In December 1896, this vessel was stricken from the federal registry."
 
References
http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/steamboats/index.shtml; Nathan Kramer (Email to Nauticapedia 03/12/2020);
Last update
2020-06-19 00:00:00
Record Creator
John M. MacFarlane
Record Updater
John M. MacFarlane (2020);

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