Selkirk (sternwheeler 1895)
Early 20th-century steamboat operating in British Columbia, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Selkirk was a small sternwheel steamboat that operated on the Thompson and Columbia rivers in British Columbia from 1895 to 1917. This vessel should not be confused with the much larger Yukon River sternwheeler Selkirk.
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Selkirk abandoned on the shipways at Golden, BC, c. 1926 | |
History | |
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Name | Selkirk |
Owner | Harold E. Forster, later, E.N. Russell |
Port of registry | CAN #103299[1] |
Route | Inland British Columbia (Thompson and Columbia rivers) |
Builder | Alexander Watson |
Launched | 1895, at Kamloops, BC |
In service | 1895–1899 (Thompson River); 1899–1917 (Columbia River) |
Out of service | 1917 |
Fate | Abandoned at Golden, BC |
General characteristics | |
Type | inland passenger/freighter |
Tonnage | 58.5 gross tons; 37 registered tons |
Length | 62 ft (19 m) |
Beam | 11.2 ft (3 m) |
Depth | 3.6 ft (1 m) depth of hold |
Installed power | initial: twin steam engines, horizontally mounted, 5" bore by 24" stroke, 2 nominal horsepower, manufactured by BXC Iron Works; after 1906: gasoline engines |
Propulsion | sternwheel |
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