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Gertrude Perrin

The Ship

While the HBC decided to allow tourists aboard the Nascopie between 1933 and 1941, this was still very much a working vessel. Traveling an average of 10,500 miles over 75 days, the Nascopie was vital to the HBC's operations in the North and the survival of the many communities it visited. It brought much needed supplies, mail, personnel and medical help.

In addition to Gertrude Perrin there were six other tourists paying for the privilege of taking the voyage in 1936. Additional passengers included HBC employees and their families, missionaries, RCMP officers, and members of the Eastern Arctic Patrol (listed in the records as the Government Party), which included doctors, various scientists, a postmaster, etc. all of whom were either heading north, returning south, or being transported from post to post.

Learn more about the Nascopie and the year Gertrude travelled aboard her through the HBC's own records of the 1936 voyage.

Passenger Record
Nascopie passenger list, 1936.
HBCA, Ungava District bay voyage records
of "Nascopie," RG3/26F/1, fos. 1-3

Crew list
Nascopie crew list, 1936.
HBCA, Fur Trade Department bay voyage records
of the "Nascopie," RG3/60/1

Passenger Rates
Nascopie passenger rates, 1936.
HBCA, Fur Trade Department bay voyage
records of the "Nascopie," RG3/60/1

Log book
Chief Officer's log of the Nascopie, 16 July 1936.
HBCA, Fur Trade Department ships' logs RG3/6B/20

Find out more... search Nascopie in the Keystone Archives Descriptive Database