S.S. Marquis

Image of the S.S. Marquis. Written on front of photo at top: "At the close of the Rebellion the Marquis left Fort Pitt for the Grand Rapids at 2:30 on the 4th of July 1885 having on board the following troops. 90th Battalion, Winnipeg Rifles, The Little Black Devils, 232 officers and [illegible]; 10th Royal Grenadiers, Toronto, 190 officers and men; part of the Winnipeg Light Infantry, 50 officers and men; arriving Battleford at 3 a.m., 5th of July, Prince Albert 8:30 a.m. 5th of July, The Pas [illegible], 10th of July, Grand Rapids 6:30 a.m." At bottom of photo: "The end of the Hudson's Bay Company steamboat "Marquis" [illegible] on the bank of the Saskatchewan River [illegible]. During the North West Rebillion (sic), 1885, the "Marquis" operated on both branches of the Saskatchewan River."