Ship Details
Northern Chief (II) Photo Credit: Photo from a 1929 newspaper story

 

Registry #1	(Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1929	Northern Chief (II)	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1929	Place	Edmonton	Area	AB	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	? x ? x ?
Builder	Northern Boat Building Co. Ltd. (Capt. John Matheson)	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage		Type 1	Work Boat
Registered Tonnage		Type 2
Engine	gasoline engine	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1929 she was owned by the MacInnes Fish Co., Edmonton AB Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
There is no record of this vessel having been registered in the records of Libraries and Archives Canada. Blair Jean stated (Email to Nauticapedia 07/02/2025) "The MV Northern Chief was built by Capt. John Matheson of the Northern Boat Building Company Ltd. in 1929."

 

References
Blair Jean (Email to Nauticapedia 07/02/2025);
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