1997.002.84 S.S. Spokane at Nelson, B.C. during high water of June 1894

Accession Num: 1997.002.84

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Document Date: 1894-06- - --

Donors: Jean Takkinen (Estate of Ed Vipond)

Keywords: 1890s, Canadian Pacific Railway, Columbia & Kootenay Railway, flood, Kootenay Lake, Nelson shipyard, SS Spokane, sternwheelers, and West Arm of Kootenay Lake

Locations: Nelson

Physical Description:
1 b/w photograph (15.4 cm x 12.9 cm)

Notes:
SS Spokane docked at Columbia & Kootenay Railway slip at high water, West Arm, Kootenay Lake, Nelson, June 1894. Notes on rear: 'Sternwheeler S.S. Spokane at Nelson B.C. during high water of June 1894. Built at Bonners Ferry, [Idaho], U.S.A. – 1891, by cap. G.W. Gray – purchased in 1893 by C.K.S.N.Co. 126' x 25' – 400 tons – burned at Kaslo, B.C. March 21 – 1895. Hull was salvaged & used as a cargo on Kaslo – Bonners Ferry run'.

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