The era of steamboats on the Arrow Lakes and adjoining reaches of the Columbia River is long-gone but was an important part of the history of the West...
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The Arrow Lakes in British Columbia, Canada, divided into Upper Arrow Lake and Lower Arrow Lake, are widenings of the Columbia River. The lakes are situated...
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sternwheel steamboat that ran on the Arrow Lakes in British Columbia from 1891 to 1894. Columbia should be distinguished from the many other vessels with the same...
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Keenleyside Dam (redirect from Arrow Lakes Generating Station)
Castlegar, British Columbia, Canada. The dam is at the outflow of what was the upper and lower Arrow Lakes; today the two lakes are joined forming one long reservoir...
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Arrowhead, British Columbia (category Arrow Lakes)
stretch of fast-flowing channel connecting Upper Arrow to Lower Arrow Lake. List of ghost towns in British Columbia Steamboats of the Arrow Lakes Comaplix...
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Lytton (sternwheeler) (category Steamboats of the Arrow Lakes)
Lytton was a sternwheel steamboat that ran on the Arrow Lakes and the Columbia River in southeastern British Columbia and northeastern Washington from...
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SS Kootenay (category Steamboats of the Arrow Lakes)
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...
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Kootenai (sternwheeler) (category Steamboats of the Arrow Lakes)
sternwheel steamboat that ran on the Arrow Lakes in British Columbia from 1885 to 1895. Kootenai was the second sternwheeler to run on the Arrow Lakes. This...
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Nakusp (category Arrow Lakes)
on traditional Sinixt culture at the Nakusp Museum Along the road to Nakusp Hot Springs Steamboats of the Arrow Lakes "British Columbia Regional Districts...
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Columbia and Kootenay Railway (category History of British Columbia)
mining traffic heading southward by steamboat to the US. At Robson, CPR steamers sailed up the Arrow Lakes and the Columbia River to connect with its mainline...
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Marcus, Washington (category Washington (state) populated places on the Columbia River)
conditions at the Narrows of the Arrow Lakes on the first attempt in 1865. Marcus was officially incorporated on October 18, 1910. The original townsite...
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Minto (sternwheeler) (category Steamboats of the Arrow Lakes)
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...
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Castlegar, British Columbia (redirect from History of Castlegar, British Columbia)
been found along the nearby Arrow Lakes. A reconstructed kekuli dwelling was discovered on Zuckerberg Island, at the confluence of the Kootenay and Columbia...
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Nakusp (sternwheeler) (category Steamboats of the Arrow Lakes)
The Nakusp was a sternwheel steamboat that operated from 1895 to 1897 on the Arrow Lakes of British Columbia. Nakusp was commissioned by the Columbia and...
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SS Illecillewaet (category Steamboats of the Arrow Lakes)
that operated on the Arrow Lakes in British Columbia, Canada from 1892 to 1902. She was built as a replacement for SS Dispatch on the Columbia River and...
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Marion (sternwheeler) (category Steamboats of the Arrow Lakes)
steamboat could navigate south down the Columbia River to the Arrow Lakes and on the lakes proceed far to the south, near the international border, where spectacular...
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SS Trail (category Steamboats of the Arrow Lakes)
SS Trail was a sternwheeler used for freight on the Columbia River and Arrow Lakes in British Columbia, Canada. Built to replace SS Kootenai, Trail began...
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Columbia (motor vessel) (category Steamboats of the Arrow Lakes)
operated on the Arrow Lakes in British Columbia, Canada from 1948 to 1954. She was the Canadian Pacific Railway Company's last vessel in a long line of ships...
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Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. 31 (5): 955–976. doi:10.1139/f74-111. "Okanagan Lake". World Lakes Database. International Lake Environment...
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the Arrow Lakes. About halfway to La Porte, typical winter ice blocked the passage. Unable to break through the heavy ice in the narrows between the two...
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Burton, British Columbia (category Arrow Lakes)
scenic location surrounded by mountains with lake, creeks and wildlife close at hand. Steamboats of the Arrow Lakes Burton Elementary School (Burton, British...
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Bonnington (sternwheeler) (category Steamboats of the Arrow Lakes)
was a sternwheel steamboat that ran on the Arrow Lakes in British Columbia from 1911 to 1931. Bonnington and two sisterships were the largest sternwheelers...
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characteristics of steamboats placed in service on the Columbia River and its tributaries. The articles Steamboats of the Columbia River, Steamboats of the Arrow Lakes...
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Rossland (sternwheeler) (category Steamboats of the Arrow Lakes)
The Rossland was a sternwheel steamboat that ran on the Arrow Lakes in British Columbia. It was named after Rossland, British Columbia, once a prosperous...
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SS Widget (category Steamboats of the Arrow Lakes)
operated on the Arrow Lakes in British Columbia, Canada. She was built by Ivan Horie in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1948. She was chartered by the Canadian...
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SS Whatshan (category Steamboats of the Arrow Lakes)
the Lower Arrow Lakes in British Columbia, Canada from 1909 to 1919. Although she was small, she proved to be the most suited to the Lower Arrow Lake...
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Lake Washington steamboats and ferries operated from about 1875 to 1951, transporting passengers, vehicles and freight across Lake Washington, a large...
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steamboats also operated along the Wenatchee Reach of the Columbia, in northern Washington, and on the Arrow Lakes of southern British Columbia. The paddle-wheel...
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SS Dispatch (category Steamboats of the Arrow Lakes)
to 1893 on the Columbia River and Arrow Lakes in British Columbia, Canada. She is sometimes referred to as Despatch, though sources from the time period...
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SS Columbia (1920) (category Steamboats of the Arrow Lakes)
Lower Arrow Lake in British Columbia, Canada from 1921 to 1948. Columbia was built at Nakusp, British Columbia to replace the tugs SS Whatshan and the earlier...
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