Port Nelson was a dredger that served from 1914 to 1924 in Manitoba, Canada.

History

In 1913 Canada's Department of Railways and Canals commissioned the Polson Ironworks, in Toronto, Ontario to build a large suction dredger to help construct what was to be the first port on North America's Arctic Ocean coast—to be named the Port Nelson. She was completed in March, 1914, and towed to Hudson's Bay, arriving in September 1914, where she promptly ran aground. A 1924 storm tossed her onto the artificial island she helped create, where her wreck remains today.

Port Nelson dredge

She carried a crew of 35, and was long, had beam of , a draft of , and displaced 1200 tonnes.

Port Nelson dredge

See also

Hudson Bay Railway

Seaport of the Prairies

References

External links

1914 ships

Ships built in Toronto

Dredgers

Port Nelson, Manitoba

Water transport in Manitoba

Shipwrecks of the Canadian Arctic coast

Port Nelson dredge