Geschichte
This passenger vessel was built in 1861 in San Francisco, CA.
Historische Notizen
In 1861 this vessel was built at San Francisco for trade with Stockton, but brought north to operate on Puget Sound.
In 1884, for a brief time, this vessel operated in oppostion to the Amelia on the Victoria - Nanaimo run. On July 28, 1885 this vessel was in a collision with the R.P. Rithet and sank at Cadboro Bay BC with a loss of two passengers.
Eigentümer & Kapitäne
In 1861 she was owned by William Curry and Peter F. Doling.
In 1862 she was moved to Victoria for competition with the H.B.Co. vessel Eliza Anderson on the Puget Sound run.
In 1862 she was purchased by the Hudsons Bay Co. for the Victoria to New Westminster run.
In 1864 she was on the Victoria to Sooke run for the Leechtown Gold Rush.
In 1883 she was incorporated into the Canadian Pacific Navigation Co. Ltd.
Kapitäne
Captain John Swanson; Captain W.H. McNeill; Captain Mouat, Captain Wyldie, Captain Finch, Captain Pamphlet; Captain McKinnon; Captain Herbert Lewis; Captain George Rudlin (1885); Captain McCulloch; Captain Gardiner.
Benannte Orte
Enterprise Reef (BC), Enterprise Channel (BC)
Umbauten
In 1878 she was rebuilt to 380t.
Referenzen
- Walbran, Captain John T. (1909)
- Hacking, Norman R. Steamboating on the Fraser in the Sixties (in British Columbia Historical Quarterly Vol. X No.1 January 1946)
- Lewis & Dryden's Marine History of the Pacific Northwest
- Victoria Colonist (Victoria BC) May 2, 1884
- www.gov.mb.ca ↗
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