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Chief Commissioner (HBC vessel)

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17: 109:. Operated on Lake Winnipeg. Had been designed for Lake Manitoba but could not proceed up the Little Saskatchewan (Dauphin) River. Used as a freighter on Lake Winnipeg to Grand Rapids. Flat bottom unsuitable for Lake Winnipeg and declared unsafe. 16: 157: 181: 103: 66: 80: 150: 20:
After being stripped of her steam engine the Chief Commissioner (right) was converted to a floating warehouse.
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propeller driven steamship intended for operation on the
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