Steamboats of The Upper Columbia and Kootenay Rivers - Lists of Vessels

Lists of Vessels

Steamboats and other vessels on the Upper Columbia River
Name Year Built Registra-
tion #		 Mills # Gross Tons Reg. Tons Length Beam Depth Engines Disposition

Duchess (1886)		 1886 32 60 ft (18 m) 17 ft (5 m) 4 ft (1 m) 8" x 30" Dismantled 1888, engines to Duchess (1888)
Clive 1879 20 31 ft (9 m) 9.3 ft (3 m) 4.0 ft (1 m) single cylinder 5.5" x 8" Sank near Spillmacheen 1887.

Duchess (1888)		 1888 90800 014610 145.5 99.5 81.6 ft (25 m) 17.3 ft (5 m) 4.6 ft (1 m) 8" x 30" Dismantled 1901 or 1902, engines to Ptarmigan

Marion		 1888 94801 035040 14.8 9.3 61 ft (19 m) 10.3 ft (3 m) 3.6 ft (1 m) 5.5" x 8" Transferred to Arrow Lakes 1890.

Pert		 1890 107826 042920 6.5 4.0 49.8 ft (15 m) 10 ft (3 m) 2.6 ft (1 m) 5" x 6" abandoned at Windermere Lake 1905

Hyak		 1892 100637 024760 39 24.6 81 ft (25 m) 11.2 ft (3 m) 3.9 ft (1 m) 6" x 24" Laid up 1906

Gwendoline		 1893 100805 022400 91 57 63.5 ft (19 m) 19 ft (6 m) 3.2 ft (1 m) 8" x 36" Returned to Kootenay River, spring 1894 (see chart below for final disposition).

Selkirk 1895		 1899 103299 050990 58.5 37.5 62 ft (19 m) 11.2 ft (3 m) 3.6 ft (1 m) 5" x 24" Abandoned 1917 at Golden shipyard, still visible on ways in 1926

North Star		 1897 US 130739 380 265 130 ft (40 m) 26 ft (8 m) 4.0 ft (1 m) 14" x 48" Transited Baillie-Grohman Canal in 1902 from Kootenay River to Columbia River. Technically under customs seizure at Golden in 1903; laid up and gradually dismantled with parts to other steamers.

Ptarmigan		 1903 111950 044870 246.5 155 110.5 ft (34 m) 20.5 ft (6 m) 4 ft (1 m) 8" x 30" Dismantled 1909, engines to Nowitka.

Isabella McCormack		 1908 122399 025730 178 112 94.9 ft (29 m) 18.8 ft (6 m) 3.5 ft (1 m) 7" x 42" Beached 1910 at Althalmer, BC, and converted to houseboat. Engines to Klahowya.

Klahowya		 1910 126946 029880 175 111 92 ft (28 m) 19 ft (6 m) 3.5 ft (1 m) 7" x 42" Laid up 1915
Nowitka 1913 130604 040720 82 62 80.5 ft (25 m) 19 ft (6 m) 3.5 ft (1 m) 8" x 30" laid up May 1920

F.P. Armstrong		 1913 134032 017430 126 79 81 ft (25 m) 20 ft (6 m) 4.0 ft (1 m) 12" x 72" Abandoned near Fairmont Hot Springs, BC ca 1920.

Invermere		 1912 130892 025370 66 75 ft (23 m) 13 ft (4 m) 4.0 ft (1 m) propeller-driven, gasoline or diesel engine
Muskrat (1892) 1892 none 038440 84 ft (26 m) 20 ft (6 m) Dominion government snag boat
Steamboats on the Upper Kootenay River
Name Year Built Registra-
tion #		 Jones # Gross Tons Reg. Tons Length Beam Depth Engines Disposition

Annerly		 1892 US #106963 128 80 92.5 ft (28 m) 16 ft (5 m) 4.4 ft (1 m) Broken up 1896
Gwendoline 1893 100805 022400 91 57 63.5 ft (19 m) 19 ft (6 m) 3.2 ft (1 m) 8" x 36" Toppled off flat car during rail transfer to lower Kootenay River, June 1899, fell in canyon and was total loss
Fool Hen 1894 Dismantled, engines to Libby
Libby 1895 steam engine
Rustler 1896 US 111114 258 196 124 ft (38 m) 22 ft (7 m) 4.0 ft (1 m) 10" x 72" Wrecked in Jennings Canyon, 1896 for total loss, after being in service only 6 weeks.
Ruth 1896 US 111113 315 275 131 ft (40 m) 22 ft (7 m) 4.5 ft (1 m) 10" x 74" lost control at The Elbow in Jennings Canyon and demolished in following collision with Gwendoline, 1897

J.D. Farrell		 1897 100687 359 226 130 ft (40 m) 26 ft (8 m) 4.5 ft (1 m) Dismantled 1903, engines, boiler, fitting and major parts of superstructure to Lake Pend Oreille sternwheeler Spokane (1903).

North Star		 1897 130739 380 265 130 ft (40 m) 26 ft (8 m) 4.0 ft (1 m) 14" x 48" Transited Baillie-Grohman Canal in 1902 to Columbia River. See table above for ultimate disposition.

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