Distributor (HBC vessel)

Distributor was a steamship built for service on the Mackenzie River System.

[1] The fast moving waters of the Mackenzie River, and the lower reaches of many of its tributaries, were navigable.

Cargo was transported to the north on the Slave River, and had to be portaged overland over a long portage between Fort Smith and Fort Fitzgerald.

[2] She was built for Lamson & Hubbard Canadian Company, in 1920, with her construction led by engineers from the yard of George Askew of Vancouver, British Columbia.

The Hudson's Bay Company bought Alberta & Arctic Transportation, in 1924, acquiring all its assets, including Distributor.