SS ''Colvile'' was a

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built for the

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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

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was built to Selkirk,

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, 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

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in the northwest corner of Lake Winnipeg. The fire also destroyed several dockside buildings.Ships_histories
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