Port Nelson was a dredger that served from 1914 to 1924 at Port Nelson, Manitoba Canada. == History == In 1913 Canada's Department of Railways and Canals commissioned the Polson Ironworks, in Toronto, Ontario to build a large suction dredger to help construct what was to be the first port on North America's Arctic Ocean coast—to be named the Port Nelson.
Port Nelson was a dredger that served from 1914 to 1924 at Port Nelson, Manitoba Canada. == History == In 1913 Canada's Department of Railways and Canals commissioned the Polson Ironworks, in Toronto, Ontario to build a large suction dredger to help construct what was to be the first port on North America's Arctic Ocean coast—to be named the Port Nelson.
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