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In the 1890s, CPR purchased the
Columbia and Kootenay Steam Navigation Company (C&KSN), which had hitherto provided steam transportation services on the Arrow Lakes. Soon after the takeover, CPR commissioned a series of three new vessels to improve services on the lakes and expand traffic in the
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crew in 1897 consisted of master W.E. Nesbitt, purser A.W. Shiels, chief engineer J.E. Jeffcott, pilot P. Wilson, first officer E.C. Bridgeman, second engineer J. Johnston, freight clerk Fred B. Wright, steward
William Dyson, express messenger J.G. Millard, and bar manager J.S. Byron. By 1913, the
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However, the steamships' historical significance and role in the development of the region are evident, as
Christmas cards bearing photos of the ships and crews with greetings have become valuable to collectors. In 2012, a
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remained stranded for several weeks and relied on wood cut on shore for fuel when coal ran out. Finally, she was able to break out by smashing open a channel with the paddlewheel. Although
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had a wooden hull, which proved to be a disadvantage because it required constant maintenance and easily became weak and waterlogged. New, steel-hulled steamers such as
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in 1911 and had two passenger decks with large lounges and a dining saloon, a freight deck for fuel and cargo, and a wheelhouse. Her engines came from the sternwheeler
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in
British Columbia, Canada from 1897 to 1919. She was a large freight and passenger steamship and the first in a series of CPR riverboats built for the Arrow Lakes.
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Nesteroff, Greg. 'Christmas Cards From
Kootenay’S Past - Nelson Star'. Nelson Star. N.p., 2015. Web. 30 June 2015.
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was the first to be built and was a large, attractively designed riverboat almost identical to the earlier
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The winter of 1916 brought record low temperatures and heavy snowfalls. On
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was retired 1919 and sold in 1920. She was left to rot at
Crescent Bay near Nakusp.
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became stranded in ice near
Cottonwood Island, at the head of Lower Arrow Lake.
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Bonnington, Rossland, and
Kootenay (sternwheelers) in ice at Nakusp ca 1911
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captain had become G. Robertson and the chief engineer was A. Thompson.
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Crowsnest.bc.ca,. 'S.S. Kootenay'. N.p., 2015. Web. 30 June 2015.
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underwent a similar modification. The following winter,
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359:was renovated as well. The cost of the work on
225:during the prosperous years of the late 1800s.
872:Columbia and Kootenay Steam Navigation Company
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135:Abandoned at Crescent Bay, British Columbia
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496:S.S. Sicamous: Queen of Okanagan Lake
241:was also considered a sister ship to
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882:Interior Tug & Transport Company
426:card from 1897 sold for US$ 162.50.
1181:Paddle steamers of British Columbia
987:Canadian Pacific Railway (mainline)
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521:Canadian Railway and Marine World
1145:Columbia River (Wenatchee Reach)
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1206:Ships built in British Columbia
299:was launched in April, 1897 at
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918:Owners, captains and personnel
287:was considerably smaller than
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1196:Steamboats of the Arrow Lakes
977:Columbia and Kootenay Railway
561:Steamboats of the Arrow Lakes
1078:Pacific Northwest steamboats
1069:Gulf of Georgia-Lower Fraser
474:Sternwheelers and Steam Tugs
255:was built at Nakusp yard at
1033:Columbia Lake-East Kootenay
1001:British Columbia steamboats
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472:Turner, Robert D. (1998).
71:Kootenay, British Columbia
1060:Peace & Finlay Rivers
982:Nakusp and Slocan Railway
719:Landings (south to north)
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1186:Canadian Pacific Railway
900:(EN : Death Rapids)
202:Canadian Pacific Railway
79:Canadian Pacific Railway
441:Sicamous (sternwheeler)
323:traveled daily between
235:, but slightly larger.
140:General characteristics
1100:Yaquina Bay and River
992:Kettle Valley Railway
311:With the addition of
156:1117 gross, 732.5 net
1160:Upper Kootenai River
1155:Lower Kootenai River
930:Gustavus Blin-Wright
436:Moyie (sternwheeler)
267:until the launch of
204:(CPR) wooden-hulled
164:184 feet (56 m)
970:Railway connections
891:Geographic features
821:Halcyon Hot Springs
623:(1891 sternwheeler)
568:Steamboats and tugs
494:Cox, Doug. (1995).
180:6 feet (1.8 m)
172:33 feet (10 m)
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954:Modern ferry lines
208:that serviced the
87:Arrowhead to Trail
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1090:Oregon Coast
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945:Selby Soules
851:Downie Creek
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1115:Puget Sound
1023:Slocan Lake
909:Arrow Lakes
801:West Demars
519:(May 1913)
367:Winter 1916
261:Slocan Lake
210:Arrow Lakes
1201:1897 ships
1175:Categories
1048:Skaha Lake
846:Revelstoke
826:Galena Bay
796:Arrow Park
700:Nipigonian
692:Bonnington
655:(1896 tug)
576:Forty-Nine
447:References
412:Bonnington
403:Retirement
396:Kootenay's
335:Renovation
293:hog chains
270:Bonnington
116:In service
111:April 1897
103:April 1897
935:J.A. Mara
841:Arrowhead
781:Mackinson
746:Castlegar
726:Marcus WA
325:Arrowhead
281:in 1894.
119:1897-1919
856:La Porte
836:Comaplix
816:St. Leon
766:Fauquier
756:Edgewood
684:Whatshan
668:Rossland
660:Kootenay
652:Columbia
620:Columbia
596:Despatch
592:Dispatch
584:Kootenai
430:See also
424:Kootenay
416:Kootenay
408:Kootenay
385:Kootenay
381:Kootenay
373:Kootenay
361:Kootenay
351:Kootenay
346:Rossland
341:Kootenay
321:Kootenay
313:Kootenay
297:Kootenay
289:Kootenay
257:Rosebery
253:Kootenay
244:Aberdeen
239:Kootenay
227:Kootenay
197:Kootenay
100:Launched
68:Namesake
62:Kootenay
19:Kootenay
761:Needles
259:, near
153:Tonnage
92:Builder
37:History
831:Beaton
811:Nakusp
806:Burton
751:Robson
711:(1948)
708:Widget
703:(1929)
695:(1911)
687:(1909)
679:(1898)
671:(1897)
663:(1897)
647:(1890)
639:(1895)
636:Nakusp
631:(1892)
615:(1890)
612:Lytton
607:(1890)
604:Marion
599:(1888)
587:(1885)
579:(1865)
317:Nakusp
301:Nakusp
232:Nakusp
200:was a
161:Length
132:Status
51:Canada
791:Birds
741:Trail
676:Minto
644:Trail
377:Minto
356:Minto
329:Trail
177:Depth
84:Route
76:Owner
391:Crew
327:and
169:Beam
127:1919
58:Name
195:SS
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