LIST OF SHIPS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA

The following is a list of vessels notable in the history of the Canadian province of British Columbia, including Spanish, Russian, American and other military vessels and all commercial vessels on inland waters as well as on saltwater routes. Royal Navy ships are listed separately in List of Royal Navy ships in the Pacific Northwest.
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|''Activa
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|''SS Abyssinia''
| ''Abyssinia''
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| 3651 tons
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|1887, TransPacific record on inaugural CPR shipment from Orient to NY/UK
| 1887-1891
| destroyed by fire
| First of CPR liners, pre-''Empress'' series
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|''Adventure
| ''Orcasitas''
| Robert Haswell
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|''SS Albion
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|''SS Alert
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|''SS Alice
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|''SS Alpha
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|''SS Amelia
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|''Aranzazu
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|''SS Argonaut
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|''SS Arthur
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|''SS Astrolabe
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| France
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|''Atahualpa
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|''Atrevida
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|''RMS BC Express
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| Joseph Bucey
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| Gross 449 Registered 283
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| Barnard's Express
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| Launched at Soda Creek June 1912
| Retired in 1920 at South Fort George
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|''Beaver
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| HBC
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| Wrecked Prospect Point
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|''SS Boston
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|''Boussole
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|''SS Butterworth
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|''RMS B.X.
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| Owen Forrester Browne
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| Gross 513 Registered 283
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| Barnard's Express
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| Launched in Soda Creek May 13th 1910
| Sank in August 1919, Salvaged and Retired October 1919
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|''SS Cadboro
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|''SS Champion
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|''MV Charlotte
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| Owen Forrester Browne Frank Odin
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| Gross 217 Registered 79
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| North British Columbia Navigation Company
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| Launched at Quesnel on August 3rd 1896
| Wrecked at Fort George Canyon, salvaged and abandoned at Quesnel 1910
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|''Chernui Orel
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|''MV Chilco
| Nechacco
| John Bonser in 1909-10 George Ritchie 1910-11
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| Gross 129 Registered 76
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| Fort George Lumber and Navigation Company
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| Launched at Quesnel May 25th 1909
| Tore apart in ice jam at Cottonwood Canyon in April 1911. Nothing recovered
| First sternwheeler to navigate the Grand Canyon of the Fraser
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|''MV Chilcotin
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| D.A. Foster
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| Gross 435 Registered 274
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| Fort George Lumber and Navigation Company
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| Launched at Soda Creek July 20th 1910
| Retired 1914
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|''City of Ainsworth''
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| Wreck is heritage site
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|''SS Colonel Moody
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|''SS Columbia Rediviva
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| Robert Gray
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|''SS Commodore
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|''Concepción
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|''MV Conveyor
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| Jack Shannon
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| gross 725 registered 457
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| Foley, Welch and Stewart
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| Launched on Skeena River in 1909, Fraser River in 1912
| Retired at Fort George
| Worked on both GTP and PGE rail construction
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|''SS Convoy
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| Union Steamship Company
| Union Steamship Company's first successful passenger ship
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|''SS Demaris Cove
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|''Descubierta
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|''SS Duchess of San Lorenzo
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|''SS Eagle
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|''SS Eliza Anderson
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|''RMS Empress of Japan
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|''SS England
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|''MV Enterprise
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| JW Doane and Thomas Wright
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| Gustavus Blin-Wright
| Made one trip to Takla Lake for Omenica Gold Rush
| Launched at Alexandria May 9th 1863
| Wrecked on Trembleur Lake 1871
| First sternwheeler on upper Fraser River. First of only two to travel to Takla Lake
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|''SS Europa
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|''SS Exact
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|''SS Experiment
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|''SS Fair American
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|''SS Fairy
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|''Favorita
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|''SS Felice
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|''SS Felice Adventure
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|''SS Fenis and St. Joseph
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|''SS Florencia
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|''SS Florinda
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|''Flying Dutchman
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|''MV Fort Fraser
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| John Bonser (1910) George Ritchie (1911-13)
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| gross 33, registered 21
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| Canada
| Fort George Lumber and Navigation Company
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| launched at Soda Creek June 1910
| retired in 1913
| First sternwheeler to navigate the upper Fraser River to Tete Jaune Cache
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|''SS Fort Yale
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|''SS Forty-Nine
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|''SS Gaynmede
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|''SS Grace
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|''SS Growler
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|''SS Harmon
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|''Hazelton
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| John Bonser Joseph Bucey
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| Canada
| Robert Cunningham and Hudsons Bay Company
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| made obsolete on Skeena River due to completion of GTP
| sold to Prince Rupert Yacht Club
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|''Hope
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|''Imperial Eagle
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| James Barkley
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|''Inlander
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| Joseph Bucey 1910-11 John Bonser 1911-12
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| Prince Rupert and Skeena River Navigation Company
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| abandoned at Port Essington
| last sternwheeler on Skeena River
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|''SS Iphigenia
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|''SS Isaac Todd
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|''Isabella
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|''SS Jane
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|''SS Jenny
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|''SS John Bright
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| inconclusive piracy & murder investigation
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|''SS King George
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|''Komagata Maru
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| Japan
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| blockade of East Indian immigration, Vancouver
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|''Lady Washington
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|''La Flavie
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|''La Solide
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|''La Plata
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|''SS Labouchere
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|''SS Lady of the Lake
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|''SS Langley
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|''SS Lausanne
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|''Loriot
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|''SS Lydia
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|''SS Margaret
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|''SS Marquis of Bute
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|''SS Maurelle
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|''SS Marten
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|''SS Massachusetts
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|''Mexicana
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|''Mount Royal (sternwheeler)
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| SB Johnson
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| Hudson Bay Company
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| Wrecked in Kitselas Canyon, six lives lost
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|''SS Moyie
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| Canadian Pacific Railway and in 1957, Kootenay Lake Historical Society
| after a nearly 60 year career, was the last passenger sternwheeler to operate in Canada
| launched October 22nd, 1898. taken out of service April 27th, 1957
| berthed and restored at Kaslo, now a National historic site
| World's oldest surviving intact passenger sternwheeler
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|''SS Nanaimo Packet
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|''SS Nancy
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|''MV Nechacco
| Chilco
| John Bonser George Ritchie
| sternwheeler
| Gross 129 Registered 76
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| Canada
| Fort George Lumber and Navigation Company
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| launched May 25th, 1909 at Quesnel
| Tore apart in ice jam at Cottonwood Canyon April 1911
| First sternwheeler to navigate the Grand Canyon of the Fraser
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|''SS Nereide
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|''SS Nootka
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|''SS North West America
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| John Meares
| First Ship built on NW Coast, Nootka Sound
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|''MV Operator
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| Con Myers
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| gross 698 registered 439
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| Foley, Welch and Stewart
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| Launched on Skeena River in 1909, Fraser River in 1912
| Retired at Fort George
| Worked on both GTP and PGE rail construction
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|''Orel
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|''Orizaba
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|''SS Orpheus
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|''SS Otter
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|''SS Pacific
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|''SS Prince Albert
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|''SS Prince George
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|''SS Prince of Wales
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|''SS Prince of Wales
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|''SS Prince Rupert
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|''SS Prince William Henry
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|''Princesa
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|'SS Princess Royal
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|'SS Princess Sophia
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|''SS Providence
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|''SS Queen Charlotte
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| BC Ferries
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|''MV Quesnel
| City of Quesnel
| Donald Arthur Foster
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| Gross 130 Registered 177
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| Canada
| Telesphore Marion {Quesnel Merchant}
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| Launched in May 1909 at Quesnel
| Wrecked at Fort George Canyon May 1921
| Last sternwheeler on upper Fraser River
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|''SS Recovery
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|''SS Resolution
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|''MV Robert C Hammond
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| sternwheeler
| Gross 250 Registered 158
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| Canada
| Fort George Lake and River Transportation Company
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| Launched on May 22nd 1913 at Central Fort George
| Retired 1914
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|''SS Rosalind
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|''SS Royal Charlie
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|''SS Ruby
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|''St. Roch
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| Canada
| RCMP
| First voyage through Northwest Passage
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|''San Carlos
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| Spain
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|''Santa Gertrudis
| Santa Gertrudis
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|''Santa Saturnina
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|''Santiago
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|''SS Sea Bird
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|''SS Sea Otter (I)
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|''SS Sea Otter (II)
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|''SS Sierra Nevada
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|''SS Sir James Douglas
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|''Skeena
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| Magar 1909-1911 Charles Seymour 1914-1925
| sternwheeler
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| Canada
| Grand Trunk Pacific Railway 1908-1914 Charles Seymour 1914-1925
| Last sternwheeler on lower Fraser River
| Launched in 1909,
| sold and converted to barge in 1925
| Delivered meat for Pat Burns
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|''MV Skuzzy''
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| Ausbury Insley and SR Smith
| sternwheeler
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| Canada
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| Took 16 days to navigate 16 miles of Fraser River from Hells Gate Canyon to Boston Bar
| Launched on May 4th, 1882 at Spuzzum
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| First sternwheeler to arrive in Lytton
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|''Sonora
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| Spain
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|''SS Sophia
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| Inside Passage & passenger disaster during Klondike Gold Rush
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| sunk in Lynn Canal
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|''Sumatra
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|''SS Surprise (I)
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|''SS Surprise (II)
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|''SS Susan Sturges
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|''SS Sutil
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|''SS Swiss Boy
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|''MV Taseco
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|''SS Templar
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|''Tepic
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| Spain
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|''SS Thames City
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|''SS Three Brothers
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|''MV T'lagunna
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| Canada
| BC DoH
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|''Tonquin
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| U.S.A.
| American Fur Company
| Founding of Ft. Astoria
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| blown up/scuttled in Clayoquot Sound
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|''SS Tory
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|''SS Tynemouth
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|''SS Umatilla
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| paddle steamer
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| Fraser & Cariboo Gold Rushes
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|''SS Una
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|''SS Union
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|''SS Vancouver (I)
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|''SS Vancouver (II)
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|''SS Venus
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|''MV Victoria
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| JW Doane and Thomas Wright
| sternwheeler
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| Canada
| G.B. Wright
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| Built at Quesnel in 1868
| Berthed at Alexandria 1886
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|''SS Vigilant
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|''Washington
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|''SS William and Ann
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|''SS Woodpecker
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|''Yascathchnoi
| ''Yasashna
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| Russia
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Contents

References

See also

References

★ ''British Columbia Chronicle: Adventurers by Sea and Land'', Helen B. Akrigg and G.P.V. Akrigg, Discovery Press, Vancouver, 1975. ISBN

★ ''British Columbia Chronicle: Gold and Colonists'', Helen B. Akrigg and G.P.V. Akrigg, Discovery Press, Vancouver, 1977. ISBN

★ ''The Nootka Connection'', Derek Pethick, Douglas & McIntyre, Vancovuer, 1980. ISBN

★ British Columbia Archives

See also

★ Steamboats of the Upper Fraser River in British Columbia

★ Steamboats of the Skeena River

★ List of Royal Navy ships in the Pacific Northwest

★ Graveyard of the Pacific

★ Inside Passage