Comox was a steamship built in 1891 in British Columbia which served until 1920. Comox was the first steel ship built on the west coast of North America...
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Homalco Comox (steamboat), 1891–1920 HMCS Comox, several naval vessels Comox Land District, one of the 59 cadastral subdivisions of British Columbia Comox Valley...
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Comox (English: /ˈkoʊmɒks/) is a town on the southern coast of the Comox Peninsula in the Strait of Georgia on the eastern coast of Vancouver Island, British...
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Okanagan Lake (redirect from Steamboats of Lake Okanagan)
Penticton. Bacon Magazine: The Ogo Pogo Okanagan Lake History website Gallery of Okanagan Lake steamboats Media related to Okanagan Lake at Wikimedia Commons...
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Elwood (sternwheeler) (redirect from Elwood (steamboat))
Elwood was a sternwheel steamboat which was built to operate on the Willamette River, in Oregon, but which later operated on the Lewis River in Washington...
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General Miles (redirect from Bellingham (steamboat))
53 m) steam tug built in 1875 at South Bend, Washington. ISN organized steamboat routes both on Willapa Bay, on the east side of the Long Beach Peninsula...
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to Comox riding in Victoria.: 164 The post office was re-opened on May 1, 1904. The name was adopted into the provincial gazette as a steamboat landing...
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Twelve paddlewheel steamboats plied the upper Fraser River in British Columbia from 1863 until 1921. They were used for a variety of purposes: working...
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SS Island Princess (redirect from Daily (steamboat))
The steamboat Daily operated in the early 1900s as part of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet. In later years, Daily was renamed Island Princess and later...
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Steamship had acquired the assets of the All Day Line, which included a steamboat route from Vancouver to Selma Park, British Columbia. (Selma Park is now...
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Granville, British Columbia, Canada Nationality English Canadian Other names Gassy Jack Occupation Bar owner/steamboat captain Known for Founding Gastown...
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Terrace, British Columbia (section Steamboat era)
terracestandard.com. 23 Nov 2018. "Ms. Rachel Blaney, M.P." lop.parl.ca. "Comox Valley Record". www.comoxvalleyrecord.com. 4 Nov 2015. "CBC Music News"...
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James William Troup (redirect from James W. Troup (steamboat captain))
(1865–1896) who was also an accomplished steamboat captain. James Troup also had a son, Roy Troup, who became a steamboat captain. Together with his father,...
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Race Rocks Lighthouse in 1911. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Steamboats of Lake Washington. Hattie Hansen was built in 1893 on Lake Washington...
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Princess Louise (sidewheeler) (category Steamboats of Washington (state))
Princess Louise was a sidewheel steamboat built in 1869. From 1869 to 1879 this ship was named Olympia. In 1879 the name was changed to Princess Louise...
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George E. Starr (redirect from George E. Starr (steamboat))
The steamboat George E. Starr operated in late 19th century as part of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet and also operated out of Victoria, B.C. Geo. E....
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Kitselas Canyon (section Steamboats)
1880s, steamboats were able to pass through the canyon. In 1891, the HBC SS Caledonia was the first steamboat to navigate the ravine. Steamboat captains...
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Beaver (1873 sternwheeler) (category Steamboats of Oregon)
Beaver was a sternwheel steamboat built in 1873 for the Willamette Transportation Company. In 1875 Beaver passed into the ownership of the Willamette...
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SS Princess Louise (1921) (category Steamboats of Washington (state))
fleet was inaugurated." Steamship Historical Society of America. (1940). Steamboat Bill (US), Vol. 54, p. 206. "Princess Louise". Evergreen Fleet.com. Retrieved...
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Wilson G. Hunt (sidewheeler) (category Steamboats of Washington (state))
Wilson G. Hunt was a steamboat that ran in the early days of steam navigation on Puget Sound and Sacramento, Fraser, and Columbia Rivers. She was generally...
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Otter (sternwheeler) (category Steamboats of Washington (state))
Otter was a wooden sternwheel steamboat that was used in Puget Sound and briefly on the Columbia and Stikine rivers from 1874 to 1897. Otter was built...
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neighbourhood and was named for "Gassy" Jack Deighton, a Yorkshire seaman, steamboat captain and barkeep who arrived in 1867 to open the area's first saloon...
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The company was founded in 1883 by John Irving (1854–1936), a prominent steamboat man, businessman, and politician of early British Columbia. In 1901, the...
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Olympian (sidewheeler) (category Steamboats of Oregon)
12.5 ft (3.8 m). Olympian drew 8.2 ft (2.5 m) of water when light. The steamboat measured out at 1419.60 gross tons and 1,083.20 registered tons. In this...
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fluctuating as much as sixty feet between high and low water. For the steamboat captains, that wide range made it one of the toughest navigable rivers...
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Vessels of the Lakes Route (redirect from Steamboats of the Lakes Route)
Marshall's Ferry Steamboats of the Arrow Lakes Steamboats of Lake Okanagan Steamboats of the Lower Fraser River and Harrison Lake Steamboats of the Upper...
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Princess of Vancouver Lists of vessels Ships in British Columbia Princess fleet Retired BC ferries Steamboats on the Columbia River Puget Sound steamboats...
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Alberni-Clayoquot RD BC Coast Capital RD Kootenay RD Columbia-Shuswap RD Comox Valley RD Cowichan Valley RD East Kootenay RD Fraser Valley RD Kootenay...
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provincial teachers' examinations. She taught in the one-room school in Comox in 1882 and then returned to Victoria in 1883 to teach at the private Angela...
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