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Steamboats of the Upper Fraser River

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and it was a common activity. Most sternwheelers burnt upwards of four cords of wood an hour when they were travelling upstream and they could only carry three. She would arrive in Fort George the next day, usually around 11am. Her return trips downriver were far swifter, she would leave Fort George
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in her sumptuous bridal suite, which featured, among other luxuries, a double brass bed with a silk eiderdown. She was the only steamer that could advertise a bi-weekly service from Soda Creek to Fort George. On Sunday and Wednesday mornings, she would leave Soda Creek at the break of dawn, usually
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and was piloted by Captain Owen Forrester Browne. She had stateroom accommodation for seventy and was also licensed to carry sixty deck passengers. Her paddlewheel was covered, so there was no backsplash, and a fine view could be enjoyed from the stern, which was where the ladies cabin was located.
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and then hauled by mule wagon to TĂȘte Jaune Cache where they were reassembled for use on the stretch of the river between there and Fort George. Their captains were Captain 'Con' Myers and Captain Jack Shannon, respectively. When their work was completed their machinery was recycled and the hulls
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who had purchased the company from Stephen Tingley in 1897. Millar decided to build two large and very luxurious steamers to accommodate the growing demand. Both were built at Soda Creek by Alexander Watson Junior, the son of the man who had built the Charlotte. The first company sternwheeler was
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would be lost in April 1911, torn apart in the icy waters of the Fraser near the Cottonwood Canyon. To compete against the BC Express Company's sternwheelers, the Fort George Lumber and Trading Company built a third sternwheeler, again by Donald McPhee in 1910, the
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3am, and would reach Quesnel around noon. After unloading the mail and supplies for that town she would continue upriver until dark, tying up at a woodpile where her crew would have an opportunity to load more fuel aboard. This was called
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from 1863 until 1921. They were used for a variety of purposes: working on railroad construction, delivering mail, promoting real estate in infant townsites and bringing settlers in to a new frontier. They served the towns of
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was launched by Telesphore Marion, a pioneer merchant from the town of the same name. It would become the fourth sternwheeler to work the upper Fraser and would also be the last. Her pilot was Captain DA Foster.
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struck a reef named "Woodpecker" and sank in the Fort George Canyon while carrying 100 tons of concrete. Her sister ship towed her back to Quesnel for salvage but she never sailed again.
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boasted hot and cold running water and steam heat. She soon became the preferred steamer for passenger service and also won the government mail contract. Premier
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was the last sternwheeler on the upper Fraser, Captain Foster piloted her for the last time in April 1921 and then she was wrecked on the rocks of the
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townsite promoter, George Hammond, started the Fort George Lake and River Transportation Company and built the tenth sternwheeler, the
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was built by Alexander Watson for the North British Columbia Navigation Company in 1896. The N.B.C.N.C was organized by
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had worked on the Skeena River and were dismantled at Victoria. Their machinery and boilers were hauled up by rail to
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in 1912, they were able to use their own sternwheelers to transport workers and supplies up and down the river. The
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that summer. She would also be piloted by Captain Bonser, with Captain George Ritchie taking command of the
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returned to the river in 1918, still under Captain Browne, and was joined, when the need arose, by the
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worked the route from Fort George to TĂȘte Jaune Cache until 1913 and then joined her sister ship, the
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in May 1909. She was built by Donald McPhee for the Fort George Lumber and Navigation Company of
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For the 1911 season of navigation, the BC Express Company built a second sternwheeler, the
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at 7am on Tuesdays and Saturdays, arriving in Soda Creek by 4;30pm of the same day.
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was the only steamer on the upper Fraser until 1909 when it was announced the
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for the latter part of the 1910 season of navigation. Unfortunately the
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for eight years, having been the most famous of the "bull whips" of the
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worked on the Fraser, and in '16 and '17 there were none at all. The
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which pioneered the route to TĂȘte Jaune Cache in 1910 and like the
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were left at the shore of the Fraser River near Prince George.
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For ten years the area was without steamer service until the
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would be the first sternwheeler to navigate the treacherous
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The Fort George Lumber and Navigation Company sternwheelers
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by James Trahey for her owners Captain Thomas Wright and
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The first steamer used on the upper Fraser River was the
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would be crossing the Fraser River at Fort George. The
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Steamboats of the Lower Fraser River and Harrison Lake
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Index


Chilco
Frank Swannell
paddlewheel steamboats
Fraser River
British Columbia
Quesnel
Barkerville
Fort George
Soda Creek
TĂȘte Jaune Cache
Nechako River
Fort Fraser

Enterprise
Soda Creek
Enterprise
Alexandria
Gustavus Blin Wright
Takla Landing
Omineca Gold Rush
Victoria

Charlotte
Quesnel
Charlotte
Senator James Reid
Captain John Irving
Victoria
Stephen Tingley

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