In the early 1980s I took a special train from Vancouver to Penticton, B.C. over the Canadian Pacific. I seem to recall a sternwheeler beached by the lake there. I thought it was ex-Canadian Pacific.
Is it still there? Was it a former CPR one?
Apparently there's one preserved at Kelowna, B.C. See the link below.

CPR lake sternwheeler (B.C.)

> In the early 1980s I took a special train
> from Vancouver to Penticton, B.C. over the
> Canadian Pacific. I seem to recall a
> sternwheeler beached by the lake there. I
> thought it was ex-Canadian Pacific.
> Is it still there? Was it a former CPR one?
> Apparently there's one preserved at Kelowna,
> B.C. See the link below.

You might want to ask over on the Steam Boat site.

Ed


http://www.steamboats.org

The 1914 CPR sternwheeler SS Sicamous is preserved in Penticton, along with a CPR tug, the SS Naramata, also built in 1914.

I've never been able to find a link with more photos, so if anyone knows of one please share.

SS Sicamous
SJHussar@aol.com

There are four CPR steamboats preserved, of which only two are sternwheelers and only one of which is beached. That is the S.S. Moyie; built in 1898, and "Display/plinthed" at Kootenay Lake, Kaslo, BC, Canada.

-James Hefner
Hebrews 10:20a

> In the early 1980s I took a special train
> from Vancouver to Penticton, B.C. over the
> Canadian Pacific. I seem to recall a
> sternwheeler beached by the lake there. I
> thought it was ex-Canadian Pacific.
> Is it still there? Was it a former CPR one?
> Apparently there's one preserved at Kelowna,
> B.C. See the link below.


Surviving World Steamships
james@survivingworldsteam.com

> There are four CPR steamboats preserved, of
> which only two are sternwheelers . . .

I presume one of the four is the fabulous Keewatin, in use as a restaurant at Douglas (Saugatuck) Michigan. This is a single-screw overnight steamer from Lake Superior, and will be familiar to anyone who read and was affected by David Plowden's 1960's book, "Twilight of Steam."

This boat was bought by a marina owner and stuffed and mounted in the shallows of the mouth of the Kalamazoo River in southwest Michigan. It looked to be in passable shape every time I've been aboard it for a tour of its public spaces. But I've never suceeded in getting into the engine room to see its quadruple-expansion engine. This ship was built on the Clyde and shipped through the old Welland Canal in sections and reassembled in the Lakes. The CPR was a British-Empire enterprise through and through. Not what one would expect to find amid the sand dunes and quaint bed-and-breakfasts and art galleries of Saugatuck.

There is a steam tugboat stored on the site, too. Douglas is a couple miles downstream from the Kalamazoo River crossing that was the bottom of the helper district on the Pere Marquette that was the last place the 2-8-4's were used on the PM, in 1951. All very picturesque.

Shamelessly huckstering for Michigan tourism,
Aarne Frobom

> There are four CPR steamboats preserved, of
> which only two are sternwheelers and only
> one of which is beached. That is the S.S.
> Moyie; built in 1898, and
> "Display/plinthed" at Kootenay
> Lake, Kaslo, BC, Canada.

> -James Hefner
> Hebrews 10:20a
The Moyie is not actually beached. I believe it was orignally beached when it was given to the City of Kaslo. Probably something on the order of 15 years ago, it was lifted up onto a steel frame work that supports the hull at the appropriate points so that it will remain stable for many many years to come. The Moyie is a beautiful boat, well worth going to see!


jamesbane@hotmail.com

folks,

The Keewatin is powered by a rare type of steam engine. It is a true quadriple expansion engine.
Most such four cylinder jobs have two high pressure cylinders.

People tell me that the boat remains just as she ended her service days. There is a nice web site about her that is well worth a visit.

Ted Miles

ted_miles@nps.gov