The Columbia was a steamboat built at Astoria, Oregon in 1850. It was the first steamboat built in the Oregon Territory, and the first to establish regular...

which sank on the Illinois River in July 1918 Columbia (sidewheeler 1850), a steamboat in Oregon MV Columbia, a large passenger and automobile ferry in the...

including stops en route. Captain Wilson, then in command of the inland sidewheeler North Pacific (488 GT), and his purser, would be shifted over to be in...

between service areas was common. Oneonta, an early example of a sidewheeler on the Columbia river, in 1867 Virginia V, proper-driven steamship, July 4, 1996...

amounted to the same thing. A boiler explosion occurred on board the sidewheeler New World just above Benicia, California during a race with the Wilson...

Gazelle was an early sidewheeler on the Willamette River in what is now the U.S. state of Oregon. She did not operate long, suffering a catastrophic boiler...

Steamboats operated on the Wenatchee Reach of the Columbia River from the late 1880s to 1915. The main base of operations was Wenatchee, Washington, located...

Launched in 1850, Lot Whitcomb, later known as Annie Abernathy, was the first steam-powered craft built on the Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon...

the Columbia River and its tributaries, in the Pacific Northwest region of North America, from about 1850 to 1981. Major tributaries of the Columbia that...

Despite the low level of water, Black Hawk, and another steamboat, the sidewheeler Columbia, were still able to make their runs. In September 1851, the steamer...

seaport, and seaplane airport in the Canadian city of Victoria, British Columbia. It serves as a cruise ship and ferry destination for tourists and visitors...

last paddle steamer on the River Rhine. Previously the world's largest sidewheeler with a two-cylinder steam engine of 700 hp (520 kW), a length of 83 m...

travel on the portage road along the north bank, and then board the sidewheeler Mary upriver to the next head of navigation, The Dalles. Freight charges...

"Gassy Jack", was a bar-owner in British Columbia. The Gastown neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia takes its name from him. Deighton was born...

captain, businessman, miner and explorer in British Columbia and Alaska. During most of British Columbia's gold rushes (from the Queen Charlottes in 1852 until...

1984 Belle of Louisville Natchez Delta Queen racing Delta King Steam Sidewheeler Belle of Cincinnati, a participant in the Great Steamboat Race American...

pilot of Ocean Wave was Capt. Lester A. Bailey (b.1850), who had previously commanded the large sidewheeler Olympian on the route from Portland to Ilwaco...

company operated steamships between San Francisco and ports along the Columbia River at Astoria, Portland and The Dalles, serving the lumber and salmon...

River running from Wrangell, Alaska into British Columbia, and the Fraser River, in British Columbia. This vessel should not be confused with the coastal...

with iron hoops which made caulking unnecessary. The Multnomah was a sidewheeler, as were all the boats operating in Oregon before 1854. The vessel's...

them shipped to Oregon around Cape Horn. Hedges returned to Oregon in late 1850, and he and his partners began construction of Canemah. By the end of September...

of vessels notable in the history of the Canadian province of British Columbia, including Spanish, Russian, American and other military vessels and all...

weekly to Stockton for the Aspinwall Steam Transportation Line. By February 1850, the Line had added the El Dorado running to Sacramento and the Sacramento...

John McCrosky and associates in the Mississippi style of river boats, a sidewheeler, with twin smokestacks placed forward of the pilot house. McCrosky was...

financially. (Minnie Holmes later married Dan O' Neill, who in 1850 had been a captain of Columbia, the first steamboat built in the Oregon Territory. O'Neill...

occurring between 1857 and 1861 in Oregon and in British Columbia. Portland was a small sidewheeler, 90 ft (27.4 m) long, launched at Portland on July 2,...

guards. The depth of hold was 5 feet. Oregon was described as a small sidewheeler and a poor money earner. Upon completion, Parker and J.D. Shields served...

Oregon. Callender was to become one of six large towing companies of the Columbia and Willamette rivers in the early decades of the 1900s, the others being...

Pennsylvania, the Columbia was sent to New York City, where Edison and his personnel installed its lighting system. This made Columbia the first commercial...

first steamboat appeared on the upper Willamette. This was the small sidewheeler Hoosier. Although small and crude, Hoosier was capable of hauling much...