| This vessel was powered with two steam engines 10nhp from the Gertrude. In 1903 this vessel was beached at Robson BC. In 1904 this vesselas dismantled at Nakusp BC. An entry in the BC Archives database states "Created in 1890 in response to the increasing traffic on the Columbia and Kootenay waterways, the Columbia & Kootenay Steam Navigation Company was well-situated to take advantage of the mining boom in the region. The company was founded by the partners J.F Hume, W. Cowan, and Captain R. Sanderson who had built the SS Despatch for use on the Columbia River and Arrow Lakes run, and joined by Captain J. Irving, J.A. Mara and F.S. Barnard. The first ship built by the CKSN was the SS Lytton for the run on the Columbia River from Revelstoke, B.C. to Northport, Washington. The company soon expanded to the Kootenay Lake and River south to Bonners Ferry, Idaho, with the construction of the SS Nelson in 1891. The SS Spokane was purchased in 1893, lengthened and put to work on Kootenay Lake. The CKSN continued to enlarge its fleet; the SS Kootenai and SS Nakusp were used on the Columbia River-Arrow Lakes, and the SS Kokanee for Kootenay Lake. In February of 1897, the Canadian Pacific Railway Company purchased the CKSN for $200,000, thus eliminating a strong rival and positioning themselves to take over the growing shipping trade in southeastern British Columbia." |
