Paddle steamer wheel

Arrow Lakes
Historical Society

2020.006.2.3 SS Rossland

: 2020.006.2.3

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: 1911-- - --

: Gary Hunter

: F.A. Buchholz and Vogue Studio

: 1910s, SS Rossland, and sternwheelers

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1 b/w postcard (17.8 cm x 12.7 cm)

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'Arrow Card' postcard (ca. 1980s), F.A. Buchholz photograph of SS Rossland sailing on the Arrow Lakes, 1911. Inscription on rear: 'The SS Rossland was launched at Nakusp on the 18th of November, 1897 and serve the Arrow Lakes for the CPR. This trim sternwheeler could maintain speeds above 22 miles per hour and was the fastest steamer between Robson and Arrowhead. During the cold winter of 1916-1917, the Rossland sank at its moorings in Nakusp. Photo: Vogue Studio and B.C. Provincial Archives.'

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