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The S.S. Peace River at a "Wood Pile" on the Peace River.June-July, 1913
Upriver from Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada
Credits:University of Alberta Archives, Arthur Watts Fonds, UAA 76-50-14-163
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A member of the crew of the S.S. Peace River moving wood to the deck of the boat.Circa 1905-1915
Peace River Crossing, Alberta, Canada
Credits:Peace River Museum, Archives & Mackenzie Centre, 81.1197.003
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Wood is being gathered as fuel for the S.S. Grenfell.Circa 1912-4
Peace River Crossing, Alberta, Canada
Credits:Peace River Museum, Archives & Mackenzie Centre, 81.1194.097
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The size and nature of the crew required for steamboats on the Peace River was dependent on its size and the nature of its cargo. Smaller boats such as the steam tug Messenger could manage with only four crew while the largest, the D.A. Thomas used 10-15 crew. Steamboat crew members could include: the Captain; the Engineer (and assistants) for running and maintenance of the engines and boilers; the Pilot for finding a route through the various channels of the river; a Purser for handling tickets, freight and passenger accomodation, a Cook (and assistants) and a crew of labourers for loading wood and freight. On occasion, steamboats might need additional staff for repairs and tasks such as serving as night watchmen (steamboats were anchored every night during the operating season).18
John Sutherland, John Gullion and B. ManzerCirca 1906-1915
Peace River Crossing, Alberta, Canada
Credits:Peace River Museum, Archives & Mackenzie Centre, 82.1229.009
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Peace River Navigation Company ticket for travel on the S.S. Northland Call.Circa 1916-1920
Credits:Peace River Museum, Archives & Mackenzie Centre, AR89.7.20
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A group of people waiting for the S.S. Grenfell at Peace River Crossing.Circa 1912-4
Peace River Crossing, Alberta, Canada
Credits:Peace River Museum, Archives & Mackenzie Centre, 81.1194.088
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The S.S. Athabasaca River.Circa 1914-1916
Athabasca River, Alberta, Canada
Credits:Peace River Museum, Archives & Mackenzie Centre, 76.689.006
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A description of the S.S. Peace River leaving Peace River Crossing.August 1910
Peace River Crossing, Alberta, Canada
In the summer of 1910 a reporter for the Calgary Herald, Leroy Victor Kelly, boarded the S.S. Peace River at Peace River Crossing for a trip to Fort Vermilion. After waiting for the boat to return from taking on wood as fuel Kelly notes:
" At 2 o'clock the boat was back. A purser assigned us to our cabins, and there were white sheets on the berths. Everything was as trim and neat as a steamer on the Great Lakes, and the table manners were observed with great care, the passengers being allotted seats and tables, the captain taking the head and the purser the foot of the first table. There was a real service provided, cooking of a sort, and the course service was handled by a boy, who was better in many ways than the real waiters in some of the restaurants of the west.
As the boat pulled out, the citizens, and entire population of Peace River Crossing, gathered on the bank and gave us god-speed and good wishes. We responded with three cheers and a tiger. Three half-breeds with loaded rifles knelt on the bank and fired the royal salute, with riffle muzzles pointed skyward and the butts on the ground. Again we cheered and again the salute crackled out, then the steamer swung wide and took the big turn, and the current and the stern wheel paddles soon took us from the sight of the beautiful Peace River Crossing."
L.V. Kelly. North With Peace River Jim., edited by Hugh A. Dempsey. Historical Paper No. 2, Glenbow-Alberta Insitutute, Calgary, 1972, p.27.
Credits:L.V. Kelly. North With Peace River Jim., p. 27.
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Chief Hutchinson in the engine room of the S.S. D.A. Thomas.1918
The engine room of the S.S. D.A. Thomas
Credits:Peace River Museum, Archives & Mackenzie Centre, 73.559.42
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The engine room of the S.S. D.A. Thomas.1915-1916
The engine room of the S.S. D.A. Thomas
Credits:Provincial Archives of Alberta, A. 10,155
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The crew of the S.S. D.A. Thomas.Circa 1916-1930
Peace River Crossing, Alberta, Canada
Credits:Peace River Museum, Archives & Mackenzie Centre, 81.1172.008
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The S.S. Grenfell on the Peace River.Circa 1914
Peace River Crossing, Alberta, Canada
Credits:Peace River Museum, Archives & Mackenzie Centre, 80.1130.017
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The S.S. D.A. Thomas with a full load of freight on the front of its deck.15 July 1918
Peace River Crossing, Alberta, Canada
Credits:Peace River Museum, Archives & Mackenzie Centre, 73.550.056
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