Hazelton (sternwheeler)
The Hazelton was a sternwheeler that worked on the Skeena River in British Columbia, Canada from 1901 until 1912. Her first owner was Robert Cunningham who ran a freighting business that served the communities along the Skeena River.
The Hazelton was named after one of the communities she served, Hazelton, which was one of the oldest towns in Northern British Columbia, having been founded in 1866 and was the main staging area for the Omineca Gold Rush.
Robert Cunningham had the Hazelton built to run against the sternwheelers of the Hudson's Bay Company, the Caledonia and the Strathcona. To design and pilot the her, Cunningham hired veteran white-water skipper John Bonser, who went down to Victoria in the winter of 1900 to help in the details of her design and construction.
Read more about Hazelton (sternwheeler): The Rivalry Begins, Sternwheeler Race On The Skeena, End of An Era, References and Further Reading