Aklavik, a Hudson's Bay Company cargo vessel, that may have made an unofficial transit of the Northwest Passage
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History | |
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Name | Aklavik |
Operator | Hudson's Bay Company |
Port of registry | Winnipeg |
General characteristics | |
Length | 60 ft (18 m) |
Installed power | 35 shp (26 kW) auxiliary engine |
Capacity | 45 tons |
Aklavik was a small cargo vessel the Hudson's Bay Company used to carry supplies to, and furs from, its outposts in the high Arctic.[1] She was active in the first half of the 20th century.