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City of Ainsworth (paddle steamer)
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City of Ainsworth was a paddle steamer sternwheeler that worked on Kootenay Lake in British Columbia, Canada from 1892 to 1898.
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![]() City of Ainsworth on Kootenay Lake 1894 | |
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Name | City of Ainsworth |
Launched | May 4, 1892 |
In service | 1892–1898 |
Fate | Sank on Kootenay Lake November 29, 1898 |
Notes | Captain Lean |
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Length | 84 ft (25.6 m) |
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In November 1898, she sank during a storm in the worst sternwheeler disaster in Kootenay Lake history. She sank to such a great depth that her wreck would go undiscovered for nearly a century.