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Sailing the Saskatchewan
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serv.focus(); } //--> </script> </head> <body leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0"> <div id="stChild"> <div class="sc" id="sc1"> <h4 class="float-left">1</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> The Saskatchewan River has always been an essential thread in the fabric of the North. It was important during the fur trade as a major route from the interior to Hudson Bay, and once the settlement at The Pas began to grow it was an essential transportation route before major roads and highways were built in the area.<br /> <br /> The first steamboat to sail on the Saskatchewan River was the S.S. Northcote in 1874. Its first stop was The Pas on its way upriver to Carlton House. During the early 1900s, the boats most likely to be seen on the Saskatchewan River around The Pas belonged to the Ross Navigation Company, The Pas Lumber Company and Tom Lamb. </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc2"> <h4 class="float-right">2</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> York Boats<br />20th Century, Circa 1920<br /> Split Lake, Manitoba<br /> </span> <div align="left"><A HREF="javascript:;" onClick="remWin('CM_V2_Apps/ui/remWindow.php?remID=104959&remP=%2Fsgc-cms%2Fhistoires_de_chez_nous-community_stories%2Fhdcn-cm%2FABJL%2F0004%2Ftext%2F&remEx=Opportunities+in+the+North&lg=English');" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('textIcon_2_1','','English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_over.gif',1)"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_off.gif" alt="TEXT ATTACHMENT" name="textIcon_2_1" width="28" height="28" style="border:none;"></A></div> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#2" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=209026','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=800,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ABJL/0004/image/storycard/ABJL0004012a.jpg" ></span></a> <span class="cmStoryLineText">Credits:<br />PP93.18.407<br></span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc3"> <h4 class="float-left">3</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> York boat in use<br />20th Century, Circa 1911<br /> Saskatchewan River, Manitoba<br /> </span> <div align="left"><A HREF="javascript:;" onClick="remWin('CM_V2_Apps/ui/remWindow.php?remID=104968&remP=%2Fsgc-cms%2Fhistoires_de_chez_nous-community_stories%2Fhdcn-cm%2FABJL%2F0004%2Ftext%2F&remEx=Opportunities+in+the+North&lg=English');" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('textIcon_3_1','','English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_over.gif',1)"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_off.gif" alt="TEXT ATTACHMENT" name="textIcon_3_1" width="28" height="28" style="border:none;"></A></div> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#3" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=209042','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=521,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ABJL/0004/image/storycard/ABJL0004013a.jpg" ></span></a> <span class="cmStoryLineText">Credits:<br />PP95.13.18<br></span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc4"> <h4 class="float-right">4</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> People Loading Boats<br />20th Century, Circa 1920<br /> The Pas, Manitoba<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#4" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=209046','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=800,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ABJL/0004/image/storycard/ABJL0004013e.jpg" ></span></a> <span class="cmStoryLineText">Credits:<br />Roy Easton (?)<br>PP2001.6.16<br></span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc5"> <h4 class="float-left">5</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> S.S. King George V<br />20th Century, Circa 1916<br /> The Pas, Manitoba<br /> </span> <div align="left"><A HREF="javascript:;" onClick="remWin('CM_V2_Apps/ui/remWindow.php?remID=104952&remP=%2Fsgc-cms%2Fhistoires_de_chez_nous-community_stories%2Fhdcn-cm%2FABJL%2F0004%2Ftext%2F&remEx=Opportunities+in+the+North&lg=English');" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('textIcon_5_1','','English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_over.gif',1)"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_off.gif" alt="TEXT ATTACHMENT" name="textIcon_5_1" width="28" height="28" style="border:none;"></A></div> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#5" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=209019','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=800,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ABJL/0004/image/storycard/ABJL00040123.jpg" ></span></a> <span class="cmStoryLineText">Credits:<br />PP88.14.2<br></span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc6"> <h4 class="float-right">6</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Fishing at the Docks<br />20th Century, Circa 1950<br /> The Pas, Manitoba<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#6" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=209039','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=800,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ABJL/0004/image/storycard/ABJL00040137.jpg" ></span></a> <span class="cmStoryLineText">Credits:<br />PP93.18.462<br></span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc7"> <h4 class="float-left">7</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> The Pas Docks<br />20th Century, Circa 1925<br /> The Pas, Manitoba<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#7" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=209038','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=800,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ABJL/0004/image/storycard/ABJL00040136.jpg" ></span></a> <span class="cmStoryLineText">Credits:<br />PP93.18.461<br></span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc8"> <h4 class="float-right">8</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> The Pas Dock<br />20th Century, Circa 1925<br /> The Pas, Manitoba<br /> </span> <div align="left"><A HREF="javascript:;" onClick="remWin('CM_V2_Apps/ui/remWindow.php?remID=104965&remP=%2Fsgc-cms%2Fhistoires_de_chez_nous-community_stories%2Fhdcn-cm%2FABJL%2F0004%2Ftext%2F&remEx=Opportunities+in+the+North&lg=English');" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('textIcon_8_1','','English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_over.gif',1)"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_off.gif" alt="TEXT ATTACHMENT" name="textIcon_8_1" width="28" height="28" style="border:none;"></A></div> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#8" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=209037','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=800,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ABJL/0004/image/storycard/ABJL00040135.jpg" ></span></a> <span class="cmStoryLineText">Credits:<br />PP93.18.460b<br></span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc9"> <h4 class="float-left">9</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> Ross Navigation Company was named for its larger than life owner, Captain Horatio Hamilton Ross. Although born into the gentry in Scotland, his adventurous spirit brought him to Western Canada and ultimately The Pas, where he founded a fleet of steamboats. His life of partying and steamboats came to an end under what were considered suspicious circumstances by many townspeople when he was found dead with his shotgun beside him in 1925.<br /> <br /> Captain Ross operated boats first out of Medicine Hat, and then moved to The Pas around 1908 when he was appointed fisheries inspector there by the Dominion Government. He had the Sam Brisbin built to be used in his new duties as Fisheries Inspector for the Northland. In 1911 he had S.S. LePas built, and upon forming the Ross Navigation Company he added to his fleet the O'Hell (1910), Minasin (1913), Notin (1914), Nipawin (1917) and the Tobin (1921). With the opening of the Mandy Mine on Schist Lake around 1917, Ross Navigation Company hauled many a barge of copper ore from the mine site to the railhead at The Pas. The S.S. Nipawin was built to move the ore barges by water from Sturgeon Landing, across Cumberland Lake, out the Bigstone River, and down the Saskatchewan River to The Pas. </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc10"> <h4 class="float-right">10</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Captain Horatio Hamilton Ross<br />20th Century, Circa 1925<br /> The Pas, Manitoba<br /> </span> <div align="left"><A HREF="javascript:;" onClick="remWin('CM_V2_Apps/ui/remWindow.php?remID=104939&remP=%2Fsgc-cms%2Fhistoires_de_chez_nous-community_stories%2Fhdcn-cm%2FABJL%2F0004%2Ftext%2F&remEx=Opportunities+in+the+North&lg=English');" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('textIcon_10_1','','English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_over.gif',1)"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_off.gif" alt="TEXT ATTACHMENT" name="textIcon_10_1" width="28" height="28" style="border:none;"></A></div> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#10" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=209006','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=388,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ABJL/0004/image/storycard/ABJL00040116.jpg" ></span></a> <span class="cmStoryLineText">Credits:<br />PP1.76<br></span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc11"> <h4 class="float-left">11</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> S.S. Minasin<br />20th Century, Circa 1934<br /> The Pas, Manitoba<br /> </span> <div align="left"><A HREF="javascript:;" onClick="remWin('CM_V2_Apps/ui/remWindow.php?remID=104958&remP=%2Fsgc-cms%2Fhistoires_de_chez_nous-community_stories%2Fhdcn-cm%2FABJL%2F0004%2Ftext%2F&remEx=Opportunities+in+the+North&lg=English');" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('textIcon_11_1','','English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_over.gif',1)"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_off.gif" alt="TEXT ATTACHMENT" name="textIcon_11_1" width="28" height="28" style="border:none;"></A></div> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#11" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=209025','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=315,height=409')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ABJL/0004/image/storycard/ABJL00040129.jpg" ></span></a> <span class="cmStoryLineText">Credits:<br />PP93.18.404<br></span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc12"> <h4 class="float-right">12</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> The Ross Navigation Co. shed at The Pas Docks<br />20th Century, Circa 1930<br /> The Pas, Manitoba<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#12" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=209032','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=800,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ABJL/0004/image/storycard/ABJL00040130.jpg" ></span></a> <span class="cmStoryLineText">Credits:<br />PP93.18.421a<br></span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc13"> <h4 class="float-left">13</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> S.S. Minasin<br />20th Century, Circa 1925<br /> The Pas, Manitoba<br /> </span> <div align="left"><A HREF="javascript:;" onClick="remWin('CM_V2_Apps/ui/remWindow.php?remID=104964&remP=%2Fsgc-cms%2Fhistoires_de_chez_nous-community_stories%2Fhdcn-cm%2FABJL%2F0004%2Ftext%2F&remEx=Opportunities+in+the+North&lg=English');" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('textIcon_13_1','','English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_over.gif',1)"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_off.gif" alt="TEXT ATTACHMENT" name="textIcon_13_1" width="28" height="28" style="border:none;"></A></div> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#13" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=209036','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=800,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ABJL/0004/image/storycard/ABJL00040134.jpg" ></span></a> <span class="cmStoryLineText">Credits:<br />PP93.18.459<br></span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc14"> <h4 class="float-right">14</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Mandy Mine Barge<br />20th Century, Circa 1916<br /> The Pas, Manitoba<br /> </span> <div align="left"><A HREF="javascript:;" onClick="remWin('CM_V2_Apps/ui/remWindow.php?remID=104966&remP=%2Fsgc-cms%2Fhistoires_de_chez_nous-community_stories%2Fhdcn-cm%2FABJL%2F0004%2Ftext%2F&remEx=Opportunities+in+the+North&lg=English');" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('textIcon_14_1','','English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_over.gif',1)"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/text_off.gif" alt="TEXT ATTACHMENT" name="textIcon_14_1" width="28" height="28" style="border:none;"></A></div> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#14" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=209040','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=800,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ABJL/0004/image/storycard/ABJL00040138.jpg" ></span></a> <span class="cmStoryLineText">Credits:<br />PP93.18.574<br></span> </div> <table id="scNav"><tr> <td width="172" style="text-align:left;"><a href="pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000765&sl=7779&pos=1&scpos=1" id="scJumpFirst" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_start.gif" width="10" height="9" /></a></td> <td width="170" style="text-align:right;"><a href="javascript:;" onClick="flip(this.id, 0, 1, 41);" id="scPrev" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_prev.gif" width="9" height="9"></a><a href="pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000765&sl=7779&pos=1&scpos=0" id="scJumpPrev" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_prev.gif" width="9" height="9" /></a></td> <td width="174" style="text-align:left;"><a href="javascript:;" onClick="flip(this.id, 0, 1, 41);" id="scNext" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_next.gif" width="9" height="9"></a><a href="pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000765&sl=7779&pos=14&scpos=1" id="scJumpNext" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_next.gif" width="9" height="9" /></a></td> <td width="172" style="text-align:right;"><a href="pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000765&sl=7779&pos=40&scpos=1" id="scJumpLast" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_last.gif" width="10" height="9" /></a></td> </tr> </table> </div> <div class="scSplit" id="scSplit" /> </body> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> var scCount = 14; var scShowing = []; flip("scPos", 1, 1, 41); </script>
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