List of Vessels
The following steamboats and related vessels operated on these lakes:
| Name | Type | Year Built | Where Built | Owners | Builder | Gross Tons | Reg. Tons | Length | Beam | Depth | Engines | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forty-Nine | sternwheeler | 1865 | Colville Landing, WA | Leonard White | Leonard White and C.W. Briggs | 219 | 114' | 20' | 5' | 12" by 48" | little used after 1870 | |
| Alpha | steam launch | 1882 | Hong Kong | unknown | ||||||||
| Dispatch | sternwheeler | 1888 | Revelstoke | Columbia Transportation Co. | 37 | 23 | 54' | 22' | 4.5' | 8"x24" | Last used as snag boat, dismantled 1893, engines to Illecillewaet. | |
| sternwheeler | circa 1888 | Golden, BC | Columbia Trans. Co. | Alexander Watson | 15 | 9 | 61' | 10.3' | 3.6' | 5.5" by 8" | sank on Kootenay Lake in 1901 | |
| sternwheeler | 1890 | Revelstoke | C&KSN Co. | Alexander Watson | 452 | 285 | 131' | 25.5' | 4.8' | 16'x62" | Dismantled 1902 or 1904 | |
| Kootenai | sternwheeler | 1885 | Little Dalles | Henderson & McCartney | Paquet & Smith/E.G.Thomason | 371 | 269 | 139' | 22' | 5' | 14"x60" | Grounded and dismantled 1895 |
| Columbia | sternwheeler | 1891 | Little Dalles, WA | Alexander Watson/Joseph Paquet | C&KSN Co. | 534 | 378 | 153' | 28' | 6.3' | 18"x72" | Burned, 1894, total loss |
| Illecillewaet | sternwheel scow | 1892 | Revelstoke | C&KSN Co. | Alexander Watson | 98 | 62 | 78' | 15' | 4' | 8"x24" (from Dispatch) | Sold for barge use, 1902 |
| sternwheeler | 1895 | Nakusp, BC | C&KSN | Thomas J. Bulger | 1083 | 832 | 171' | 33.5' | 6.3' | 20"x72" | Destroyed by fire at dock at Arrowhead, BC, 23 Dec 1897 | |
| Trail | sternwheeler | 1896 | Nakusp, BC | C&KSN | Thomas J. Bulger | 663 | 418 | 165' | 31 | 4.9' | 14" by 60" | destroyed by fire at Robson West, BC, June 1900 |
| Columbia | steam tug | 1896 | Nakusp, BC | C&KSN | Thomas J. Bulger | 50 | 34 | 77' | 14.5' | 6.4' | 9" / 18" by 12" | In service until 1947, sold 1948, later disposition unknown |
| Kootenay | sternwheeler | 1897 | Nakusp, BC | Canadian Pacific Railway | Thomas J. Bulger | 1117 | 732 | 184' | 33 | 6.2' | 18" by 72" | Used as houseboat after about 1920, eventually abandoned below Nakusp. |
| sternwheeler | 1897 | Nakusp, BC | C.P.R. | Thomas J. Bulger | 884 | 532 | 183' | 29' | 7' | 22" by 96" | sank 1917, raised, but proved to be unsalvageable, and sold for use as landing barge. | |
| Minto | sternwheeler | 1898 | Nakusp, BC | C.P.R. | J. M. Bulger | 830 | 522 | 162' | 30' | 5.1' | 16" by 72" | abandoned on beach 1955, fittings and sternwheel stripped, deliberately burned August 1, 1968 after restoration efforts failed. |
| Revelstoke | sternwheeler | 1902 | Nakusp, BC | Columbia River Steamship Co. | 309 | 179 | 127' | 22.7' | 4.3' | 12" by 60" | Destroyed by fire at Comaplix, April 1915, possibly arson. | |
| Whatsan | steam tug | 1909 | Nakusp, BC | C.P.R. | 106 | 72 | 90' | 19' | 8.1' | 12" / 26" by 18" | Out of service 1919, scrapped 1920 | |
| sternwheeler | 1911 | Nakusp, BC | C.P.R. | J. M. Bulger | 1700 | 1010 | 203' | 39 | 7.5' | 16"/ 34" by 96" | Dismantled 1950s | |
| Nipigonian | motor launch (steel hull) | 1929 | Penetang, Ont. | 10 | 7 | 40' | 9.5' | 4.8' | gasoline | Only used from February 1 to late April 1948 | ||
| Widget | diesel tug | Vancouver, BC | Ivan Horie | 9 | 6 | 36.5' | 9.5' | 4.8 | diesel | |||
| Columbia | motor pass. tug | 1928 | Vancouver, BC | C.P.R. | 22 | 15 | 50' | 11.4 | 5.6' | diesel |
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