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''St. Charles'' was a small, screw-driven
steamboat A steamboat is a boat that is marine propulsion, propelled primarily by marine steam engine, steam power, typically driving propellers or Paddle steamer, paddlewheels. Steamboats sometimes use the ship prefix, prefix designation SS, S.S. or S/S ...
that serviced the upper
Peace River The Peace River (french: links=no, rivière de la Paix) is a river in Canada that originates in the Rocky Mountains of northern British Columbia and flows to the northeast through northern Alberta. The Peace River joins the Athabasca River in th ...
, from 1903 to 1914. She was built from local timber for Brothers of the
Oblate Order of Mary Immaculate The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) is a missionary religious congregation in the Catholic Church. It was founded on January 25, 1816, by Eugène de Mazenod, a French priest born in Aix-en-Provence in the south of France on August 1, 1 ...
, using engines and other fittings brought from Peterborough, Ontario. She was the first steamboat on the upper Peace River. She was sold in 1911 to Ford and Lawrence. According to Edward L. Affleck, ''St. Charles'' was one of a "fleet of pint-sized vessels" the Order operated, so they would not have to rely on the Hudson's Bay Company's monopoly on river shipping. The Peace River has two long navigable sections, from the mouth on Lake Athabasca to the
Vermilion Chutes Vermilion Falls (french: chutes Vermilion; cr, script=Latn, nepegabeketik, lit=where the water falls) is a waterfall on the Peace River in Alberta, Canada. It is the second largest waterfall in Canada by average flow rate after the Niagara Falls ...
, and on the upper river, from
Fort Vermilion Fort Vermilion is a Hamlet (place), hamlet on the Peace River in northern Alberta, Canada, within Mackenzie County. Established in 1788, Fort Vermilion shares the title of oldest European settlement in Alberta with Fort Chipewyan. Fort Vermilio ...
to Hudson's Hope—a distance of . ''St Charles'' was confined to the upper reaches.


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Western Canadian steamships of the Oblate Order of Mary Immaculate In the late 19th Century the Oblate Order of Mary Immaculate operated a fleet of steamboats on rivers in the Canadian west. The order is an organization of Christian missionaries. They had established small missions to proselytize to Canada's F ...


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South Peace Historical Society South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz ...
, author = G.R. Clare , date = 1998 , archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20201214031153/https://calverley.ca/article/03-019-going-up-the-river/ , archivedate = 2020-12-14 , accessdate = 2020-12-13 , url-status = live , quote = Her season on the river usually consisted of three round-trips to Fort St John and back. 1903 ships Steamships of Canada Water transport in the Northwest Territories