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Colvile (other)
Colvile may refer to: * SS ''Colvile'', a Lake Winnipeg steamboat built for the Hudson's Bay Company * Colvile (surname), a common family name See also *Colville (other) Colville may refer to: Places Canada *Colville Lake (Northwest Territories), a lake in Northwest Territories *Colville Lake, Northwest Territories, a settlement corporation * Colville Range, a small mountain range in southwestern British Colum ... * Coalville {{disambig ...
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SS Colvile
SS ''Colvile'' was a Lake Winnipeg steamboat built for the Hudson's Bay Company in Grand Forks, Dakota Territory. ''Colvile'' was constructed, using some parts of the vessel called ''Chief Commissioner'' which in turn used a boiler taken from '' Anson Northup''. ''Colvile'' was one of the largest vessels constructed for the HBC. The company hired Captain J. Reeves to supervise the construction of the vessel. By 1878 ''Colvile'' was a vital link in the HBC trade on the Red River of the North and Saskatchewan River routes. When a railway was built to Selkirk, Manitoba, a storage area was built on the shore of the river. Later, this site became known as the ''Colvile Landing''. A railway spur was constructed from the Selkirk station to the landing. ''Colvile'' was destroyed by fire in 1894 while docked in the town of Grand Rapids Grand Rapids is a city and county seat of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 198,917 w ...
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Colvile (surname)
Colvile is a surname. Notable persons with that surname include: *Andrew Wedderburn Colvile (also spelled Colville), governor of the Hudson's Bay Company *Charles Robert Colvile (1815–1886), British MP * Eden Colvile (1819–1893), governor of the Hudson's Bay Company *James William Colvile, (1810–1880), British judge *Oliver Colvile Oliver Newton Colvile (born 26 August 1959) is a British politician. He is a former Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Plymouth Sutton & Devonport. Background Colvile's father served as an officer in the Royal Navy for over thirty yea ...
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Colville (other)
Colville may refer to: Places Canada *Colville Lake (Northwest Territories), a lake in Northwest Territories *Colville Lake, Northwest Territories, a settlement corporation * Colville Range, a small mountain range in southwestern British Columbia New Zealand *Colville, New Zealand, a small town *Cape Colville, northernmost point of the Coromandel Peninsula *Colville Channel, a channel connecting the Hauraki Gulf with the Pacific Ocean United States * Colville, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Colville, Kentucky, an unincorporated community *Colville, Washington, a city *Colville Indian Reservation, an Indian reservation in Washington state *Colville Island, an island in the San Juan Islands of Washington state *Colville National Forest, a U.S. National Forest *Colville River (Alaska), a river on the Arctic Ocean coast *Colville River (Washington), a tributary of the Columbia River Other uses *Colville (surname), several people with the surname *Colville tribe, a Na ...
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