Alpha (sternwheeler)

The sternwheeler Alpha in 1878.

The Alpha was a wooden steamship that operated on the rivers of Manitoba, Canada.[1] She was launched on July 5, 1873.[1][2]

She had a reputation as being one of the fastest vessels in Manitoba, and one capable of proceeding during periods of shallow water, as her draft was just one foot.[1]

Running aground didn't always end the career of prairie steamboats, but it did end the career of the Alpha, when she ran aground on the Assiniboine River in April 1885.[1][2]

Her wreck was found in 1958, and her rudder is now housed in a maritime museum in Selkirk, Manitoba.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "The S.S. Alpha and the River Routes". Virtual Manitoba. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  2. 1 2 3 "Historic Sites of Manitoba: SS Alpha Shipwreck (RM of Victoria)". Government of Manitoba. 2016-12-31. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
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