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1881
Wreck of the Saskatchewan Steamer
The wreck of the steamer City of Winnipeg, formerly the
Manitoba, as she was being brought across Lake Winnipeg, is a
great loss, not only to the owners, but to the people of the
whole Saskatchewan country, as it will be impossible to put
another boat in her place in time to be of much service next
season. Each year the necessity for more and improved steamers
on the river is more severely felt as the population increases
and the country develops, and each year the difficulties of the
roads between Winnipeg and here become greater. During the
season now nearly over, it was no uncommon thing for carts to be
three months on the way, while the distance could be made by
steamer with all ease in twenty days. As the country opens up
heavy goods, such as machinery, stoves and building hardware,
are more needed. But the difficulty of bringing such articles in
carts is so great as to almost prevent their being brought, and
when they do get here the cost of freighting is so great as to
put the price almost out reach. The Saskatchewan is considered
by some not to be fit for navigation to any extent, but it must
be very bad indeed if it is not better than slow going oxen on a
muddy road 1,000 miles long..
A good line of boats on the river would do nearly as much to
open up the country as the railroad itself, and would, for all
time to come, offer strong competition to the railroad,
especially on eastern bound freight. An advantage that a line of
boats on the Saskatchewan would have over one on the Red or
Assiniboine rivers is that full loads (coal and lumber) could be
had for every return trip; in fact that is what is principally
needed for the development of these two industries. When the
Lake Winnipeg & Hudson's Bay Railway is completed, as it will be
ultimately, it, in connection with the navigation of the
Saskatchewan, will form the shortest and most natural outlet for
the surplus produce of this country on its way to the English
market, putting Edmonton on nearly as good a footing for the
shipping of grain as St. Paul is now.
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Source: Edmonton Bulletin Nov. 5, 1881
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