Ship Details

Northland Echo (II)

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Registry #1 138812 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1923 Northland Echo (II) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1923 Place Waterways Area AB Country Canada
 
Designer Captain John Matheson Measurement (imp) 137.6' x 24.3' x 5.4'
Builder Northern Boat Building Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement 532
Gross Tonnage 532.11 Type 1 Passenger/Freight Vessel
Registered Tonnage 335.23 Type 2
Engine 5nhp steam engine (1923) Engine Manufacture Albion Iron Works Co. Ltd., Victoria BC
Repower Propulsion Sternwheeler
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1923-1928 she was owned by Athabasca Shipping Company (J.K. Cornwall), Edmonton AB Canada. In 1928-1947 she was owned by Hudson's Bay Co., London UK.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1945-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
Assembled at Waterways AB Canada. This vessel was on the Athabasca and Upper Slave Rivers between McMurray and Fitzgerald. In 1945 this vessel was abandoned and in 1946 this vessel was reported as having been broken up.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/ships_histories/pdf/northland-echo.pdf ; https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=5588759&q=ship%20registration%20Northland%20Echo&ecopy=e011446350_180 (website viewed 11/02/2025);
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