28 Trade and Commerce

by two able and steady men always ready between sunrise and sunset when navigation open.”12 At this time the channel was officially marked with two buoys and William Macgowan was the subcollector of customs, appointed in 1832.

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Souris West - 1880 This drawing was copied from Meacham’s Atlas.

In 1849, tenders were called for building a wharf on the east side of the mouth of Souris River. When completed in 1852 it was 300 feet long and was called Queen’s Wharf. A breakwater of brush and stone was built to protect it but it was not too effective.

Finally, in 1865, a drawbridge was built across Souris River. But, because shipping was still active on the River for many years, it was 1900 before a solid bridge was built.