The Boat

General Particulars:

 

• Weight: 205 tons
• Length O.A.: 85.0 ft
• Length W.L.: 80.0 ft
• Breadth MLD: 22.0 ft
• Depth MLD: 9.79 ft
• Classification: C.C.G. Minor Waters II Limited Voyages Class II
• Complement: 195 Passengers, 5 Crew

Other Information:

 

• Built in 1968, Selkirk Manitoba
• Originally the boat was a shallow draft freighter named Lady Selkirk
• Was a tender to Lord Selkirk
• Became the Lady Northland in 1972
• Was driven up the mudbanks in 1984 in Lockport for renovations
• The wheelhouse was cut off and she was shipped by a semi-trailer in two pieces to Lake of the Woods
• The trip took a total of 5 days to travel 200 km (120 miles)
• Relaunched in Clearwater Bay as the M.S. Kenora in June of 1984