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CPR Lake And River Service
The Canadian Pacific River Lake and River Service, also known as the British Columbia Lake and River Service, was a division of Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) which began operating passenger and cargo shipping routes along British Columbia's inland waters during the late 19th century. CPR overview In 1884, CPR began purchasing sailing ships as part of a railway supply service on the Great Lakes. Over time, CPR became a railroad company with widely organized water transportation auxiliaries including the Canadian Pacific Railway Upper Lake Service, the Trans-Pacific service, the British Columbia Coast Steamships, the British Columbia Lake and River Service, the Trans-Atlantic service, and the Ferry service.Smith, Joseph Russell. (1908). In the 20th century, the company evolved into a transcontinental railroad which operated two transoceanic services which connected Canada with Europe and with Asia. The range of CPR services were aspects of an integrated plan. British Columbia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steamboats At Okanagan Landing, 1916
A steamboat is a boat that is marine propulsion, propelled primarily by marine steam engine, steam power, typically driving propellers or Paddle steamer, paddlewheels. The term ''steamboat'' is used to refer to small steam-powered vessels working on lakes, rivers, and in short-sea shipping. The development of the steamboat led to the larger steamship, which is a seaworthy and often ocean-going ship. Steamboats sometimes use the ship prefix, prefix designation SS, S.S. or S/S (for 'Screw Steamer') or PS (for 'Paddle Steamer'); however, these designations are most often used for steamships. Background Limitations of the Newcomen steam engine The first steamboat designs used Newcomen atmospheric engine, Newcomen steam engines. These engines were large, heavy, and produced little power, which resulted in an unfavorable power-to-weight ratio. The heavy weight of the Newcomen engine required a structurally strong boat, and the reciprocating motion of the engine beam required a compli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Kootenay
SS ''Kootenay'' was a Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) wooden-hulled sternwheeler that serviced the Arrow Lakes in British Columbia, Canada from 1897 to 1919.Turner, Robert D. (1998). ''Sternwheelers and Steam Tugs''. Winlaw, British Columbia: Sono Nis Press. She was a large freight and passenger steamship and the first in a series of CPR riverboats built for the Arrow Lakes. Construction 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 Slocan Valley during the prosperous years of the late 1800s. ''Kootenay'' was the first to be built and was a large, attractively designed riverboat almost identical to the earlier ''Nakusp'', but slightly larger. ''Kootenay'' was also considered a sister ship to ''Aberdeen'', which ran on Okanagan Lake. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steamboat York Assembled At Okanagan Landing 1901
A steamboat is a boat that is propelled primarily by steam power, typically driving propellers or paddlewheels. The term ''steamboat'' is used to refer to small steam-powered vessels working on lakes, rivers, and in short-sea shipping. The development of the steamboat led to the larger steamship, which is a seaworthy and often ocean-going ship. Steamboats sometimes use the prefix designation SS, S.S. or S/S (for 'Screw Steamer') or PS (for 'Paddle Steamer'); however, these designations are most often used for steamships. Background Limitations of the Newcomen steam engine The first steamboat designs used Newcomen steam engines. These engines were large, heavy, and produced little power, which resulted in an unfavorable power-to-weight ratio. The heavy weight of the Newcomen engine required a structurally strong boat, and the reciprocating motion of the engine beam required a complicated mechanism to produce propulsion. Rotary motion engines James Watt's design improvements ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS York
SS ''York'' was a small steamer that was used to haul freight on Okanagan Lake and Skaha Lake. ''York'' was built in 1902 by Bertram Iron Works of Toronto Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a p ... and assembled at Okanagan Landing. She was pre-fabricated with a steel hull and was twin-screw-driven. She was a small vessel in comparison to the many other ships on the lake; ''York'' was only 88 by 16 feet (27 by 4.9 metres). ''York'' was capable of moving 134 tons in freight and could carry up to 90 passengers. Purpose ''York'' was originally built to replace SS ''Victoria'' on Trout Lake in the Kootenays; however, SS ''Aberdeen'' was in need of a relief vessel. ''Aberdeen'' was in dire need of a refitting, hence ''York'' was launched on Lake Okanagan in 1902. After ''Ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyrell (steamboat)
Tyrrell or Tyrell may refer to: Places *Tyrrell, Ohio *Tyrrell County, North Carolina *Tyrrell Sea, prehistoric Hudson Bay People * Tyrrell (surname) *Tyrell Biggs (born 1960), American boxer * Tyrrell Pigrome (born 1997), American gridiron football player * Tyrell Shavers (born 1999), American football player * Tyrell Terry (born 2000), American basketball player Fictional characters *House Tyrell, in the ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' fantasy novel series by George R. R. Martin **Margaery Tyrell **Olenna Tyrell **Mace Tyrell **Loras Tyrell *Eldon Tyrell, founder and CEO of Tyrell Corporation in the ''Blade Runner'' universe * Dorian Tyrell, the antagonist of the 1994 film '' The Mask'' * Tyrell, a villain in the graphic novel '' Superman: Earth One'' * Tyrell Wellick, a character from the television series ''Mr. Robot'' Other uses *Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology * ''Tyrell'' (novel), 2006 novel by Coe Booth *Tyrrell Middle School, a secondary school in Wolcott, Connecticut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sicamous (sternwheeler)
SS ''Sicamous'' is a large, four-decked sternwheeler commissioned by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) and was built by the Western Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company for Okanagan Lake service between the fruit communities of Penticton, and other towns of Kelowna and Vernon, British Columbia. The vessel launched in 1914 and operated until 1937, and it is currently beached as a part of a heritage park cared for by the S.S. ''Sicamous'' Marine Heritage Society in Penticton. The vessel today is operated both as a museum, restoration site, and a facility for special events. Form Built in 1914, ''Sicamous'' made daily trips around Okanagan Lake until 1936, with her last official voyage in 1937. Throughout her twenty-two years of official service, ''Sicamous'' remained an important link within the transportation system of the Okanagan. ''Sicamous'' now resides in Penticton where she continues to undergo restoration. ''Sicamous'' had the following dimensions: * Length: 200.5 ft ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Okanagan
SS ''Okanagan'' was a steamship owned and operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway Lake and River Service. The vessel was constructed in 1906 at Okanagan Landing and launched in 1907, becoming Okanagan Lake's second steamship (after the SS ''Aberdeen''). She linked the transportation hubs at both the north and south ends of Okanagan Lake ( Vernon and Penticton, respectively, aiding the development of interior British Columbia with other steamships of the 1900s. The ship was retired in 1934 and sold for scrap and spare parts. Only the Stern Saloon, a room in the back of the upper deck, remains. It was moved to the SS ''Sicamous'' Heritage Park in Penticton in 2002, to undergo restoration work. Commission and construction The SS ''Okanagan'' was commissioned by the Canadian Pacific Railway company in 1906 to replace the aging SS ''Aberdeen'', the first steamer on Okanagan Lake, and link communities along the lake to facilitate trade and transportation in the Okanagan Valley. A simil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Naramata
SS ''Naramata'' is a steam tug commissioned by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) company. She pushed barges and broke ice on Okanagan Lake from 1914 to 1967. After over 50 years of service, the boat was eventually retired and left to rest in Penticton beside her sister ship, SS ''Sicamous''. In 2001, she was purchased by the S.S. Sicamous Restoration Society and is currently undergoing extensive renovations. ''Naramata'' is the only interior steam tug to be preserved in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Manufacture Built for CPR, the hull, engine, boiler, and steel fittings of ''Naramata'' were pre-manufactured in Port Arthur, Ontario (now Thunder Bay) by Western Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company, with final assembly taking place in Okanagan Landing. Construction began in September 1913 and was completed by the 20th of April in 1914. Upon completion, the total cost was and she was named after the village of Naramata, a town which at that time was responsible for pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moyie (sternwheeler)
''Moyie'' is a paddle steamer sternwheeler that operated on Kootenay Lake in British Columbia from 1898 until 1957. After her nearly sixty years of service, she was sold to the town of Kaslo and restored. She is a National Historic Site of Canada and the world's oldest intact passenger sternwheeler. A replica of ''Moyie'' currently runs in Heritage Park Historical Village in Calgary. She does seasonal runs in the Glenmore Reservoir. History The ''Moyie'' was built in prefabricated sections in Toronto, Ontario, and was originally intended for service on the Stikine River as part of an "all Canadian" water and rail route to the goldfields during the Klondike Gold Rush. However, when the project failed for the lack of a railway, the ''Moyie'' and her sister ship, the were put into service on Arrow Lakes and Kootenay Lake in the Kootenays of southern British Columbia. She was launched and christened at Nelson, British Columbia, Nelson on October 22, 1898, and embarked on her maid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minto (sternwheeler)
''Minto'' was a sternwheel steamboat that ran on the Arrow Lakes in British Columbia from 1898 to 1954. In those years of service, ''Minto'' had steamed over 3.2 million kilometers serving the small communities on Arrow Lakes. ''Minto'' and her sister ''Moyie'' (which ran on Kootenay Lake) were the last sternwheelers to run in regularly scheduled passenger service in the Pacific Northwest. The "Minto" class of sailing dinghies is named after this vessel. Design and construction Manufactured for the Stikine River service ''Minto'' was one of three steamboats built of steel and wood that were intended for service on the Stikine River during the Klondike gold rush. The other vessels were ''Moyie'' and ''Tyrrell''.There were about nine other sternwheelers constructed by C.P.R. for the Stikine River service, but ''Minto'', ''Moyie'' and ''Tyrrell'' were the only ones assembled from parts manufactured in eastern Canada. They were almost identical to each other but differed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lytton (sternwheeler)
''Lytton'' was a sternwheel steamboat that ran on the Arrow Lakes and the Columbia River in southeastern British Columbia and northeastern Washington from 1890 to 1904. Design and construction ''Lytton'' was built at Revelstoke, British Columbia. She was the first vessel constructed for the newly formed Columbia and Kootenay Steam Navigation Company. Construction began in December 1889, but winter ice conditions forced a suspension of work until April 1890. Alexander Watson, a veteran shipbuilder, supervised the construction, for which he had recruited a crew of carpenters from Victoria, British Columbia. The engines for Lytton were second-hand, coming from the steamer '' Gertrude'' which ran on the Stikine and lower Fraser rivers from 1875 to 1887. ''Lytton'' was a typical Columbia River steamer. She had three decks, the first one being reserved for freight, machinery and crew quarters, the second for passengers, including cabins and an observation saloon. Down the center of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuskanook (sternwheeler)
''Kuskanook'' was a wooden, stern-wheel driven steamboat that operated on Kootenay Lake, in British Columbia from 1906 to 1931. After being taken out of service, ''Kuskanook'' was sold for use as a floating hotel, finally sinking in 1936. The vessel name is also seen spelled ''Kooskanook''. Route Kootenay Lake was a long, glacially carved lake running north to south in the Kootenay region in British Columbia. About halfway along the lake's length, an extension called the Western Arm curved in to Nelson, British Columbia. Near the junction of the Western Arm with the main lake were, on the north of the arm, Balfour, and on the south, Proctor. North of Balfour, about halfway between the Western Arm and Lardeau, was the town of Kaslo, British Columbia. Just to the east across the lake from the Western Arm there were landings at Kootenay Bay, Crawford Bay, and Pilot Bay. At the southern end of the lake was Kootenay Landing, which was the furthest point reached by railroad whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
