Ship Details
Weenusk II Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Registry #1	(Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1940	Weenusk II	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1940	Place	Edmonton	Area	AB	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	35' x 9' x 4.6'
Builder	Standard Iron Works Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	(nk)	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	9.87	Type 1	Work Boat
Registered Tonnage		Type 2
Engine	85bhp diesel engine (1937)	Engine Manufacture	Norris, Henty & Gardners Ltd., Patricroft UK
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters	Captain Douglas Cadenhead;

 

Owner(s)
In 1940-1951 she was owned by the Hudson's Bay Co., London UK.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
Her engine had been first installed in the Canadusa, then in the Barge No. 86, before being installed in the Weenusk II. In 1940 this vessel was built to operate on the Peace River between Vermilion and the Chutes.

 

References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boats_of_the_Mackenzie_River_watershed?fbclid=IwAR2MsXTHw2UtzFkmPWrRfH8WfWZntz29EeSkdqTa_cjJ-nkkQplcfZxKO-c; https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/ships_histories/pdf/weenusk-ii-1940-1951.pdf ;
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