Photo description:
The Countess of Dufferin being transported up the Red River on a barge. It arrived in Winnipeg on October 8, 1877. The first locomtive was brought to Winnipeg by the CPR on a barge towed by the river steamer SS Selkirk, along with a caboose and six flat cars. The picture shows the locomotive on its barge moored at the foot of Lombard Street for inspection before being unloaded at St. Boniface. It was named Countess of Dufferin in honor of the wife of the governor-general. Winnipeg Free Press Archive fparchive Foote
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