''Anson Northup'' (possibly ''Anson Northrup'') was a sternwheel

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named for her captain who was the first to navigate the

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from

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, to

Fort Garry Fort Garry, also known as Upper Fort Garry, was a Hudson's Bay Company trading post located at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers in or near the area now known as The Forks in what is now central Winnipeg, Manitoba. Fort Garr ...

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, departing 6 June and arriving 10 June 1859. Sold and renamed ''Pioneer'', she sank during the winter of 1861–62. ''Pioneer'' was dismantled and her boiler reused by . The new ''Anson Northrup'' is a

that normally offers tours in the

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area on the

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. The boat was built in

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and is operated by Padelford Packet Boat Company. In 2004, the boat participated in the

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, which ran from the

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to the Twin Cities.

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External links

* * * https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/_docs/hbca/ships_histories/anson-northup.pdf * https://library.ndsu.edu/fargo-history/?q=content/steamboats-1859-1871 * https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/hrb/plaques/plaq0019.html Riverboats Hudson's Bay Company ships {{Minnesota-transport-stub