''Enterprise'' was a steamship operated on the

Fraser River The Fraser River is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Blackrock Mountain in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for , into the Strait of Georgia just south of the City of Vancouver. The river's annual d ...

system, from 1861 until her loss in 1885. She should not be confused with several similar vessels of the same name that also operated on the Fraser, around the same time, including the ''Enterprise'' of 1855 and ''Enterprise'' of 1863. She was built in San Francisco in 1861, and first operated from Victoria, British Columbia to the lower

. She made her first voyage after purchase by the Hudson's Bay Company in April 1862. In 1883 she was sold to the

Canadian Pacific Navigation Company The Canadian Pacific Navigation Company was an early steamship company that operated steamships on the coast of British Columbia and the Inside Passage of southeast Alaska. The company was founded in 1883 by John Irving (1854-1936), a prominent ...

, and, she was lost on July 28, 1885, after a collision with the ''R.P. Rithet''.

References

{{Reflist, refs= {{cite news , url = https://www.victoriaharbourhistory.com/transportation/sea-transportation/wrecks/1918-princess-sophia/ , title = 1885 Enterprise: Princess Sophia's loss is the worst disaster in the Pacific Northwest , work = Victoria Harbour History , author = , date = , page = , archivedate = , accessdate = 2020-11-21 , quote = At about 2:25 p.m. near Victoria, at Ten Mile Point (now known as Cadburo Point) at the entrance to Cadburo Bay, the two vessels collided. {{cite book , title = The Princess Story: A Century and a Half of West Coast Shipping , author1 = Norman R. Hacking , author2 = William Kaye Lamb , publisher = Mitchell Press , year = 1974 {{cite news , url = https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/_docs/hbca/ships_histories/enterprise.pdf , title = ENTERPRISE AREA OF SERVICE: VICTORIA-NEW WESTMINSTER (1862-1883) , work =

Manitoba archives Archives of Manitoba (), formerly the Provincial Archives of Manitoba () until 2003,Steamships of Canada Hudson's Bay Company ships