Histoire
This passenger/freight vessel was built in 1895 by Watson, Alex (Jr.) in Quesnelle, BC.
Notes historiques
This vessel was launched August 3, 1896. In winter 1896 this vessel was at Steamboat Landing but the lay-up was occupied by the Victoria. The Victoria was purchased and demolished to make room for the Charlotte. This vessel hit a rock in Fort George Canyon on 15/07/1910 and sank in Fort George Canyon BC Canada. This vessel was brought back to Quesnelle BC and abandoned there. On December 23, 1915 this vessel was destroyed by fire at Quesnelle BC Canada. The boiler was salvaged and used in a sawmill at Quesnel and later abandoned. The boiler was put back into operation in the 1930s in the Cariboo Gold Quartz Mine at Wells, operating until the 1940s.
Propriétaires et capitaines
In 1895 she was owned by North British Columbia Navigation Co.
She was in service between Soda Creek and Quesnel.
In 1898-1909 she was owned by John Irving, Victoria BC Canada.
In 1909-1910 she was owned by North British Columbia Navigation Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC Canada.
Capitaines
Captain Frank Odin (1896)
Références
- Patenaude, B.C. (1981)
- Canada List of Shipping (1898)
- Affleck, Edward L. (2000)
- Newell, G. (1966)
- recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca ↗ (website viewed 23/02/2025)
