I-30812

The S.S. Peerless on Shuswap Lake, c. 1885
BCA Call Number: I-30812
BCA Catalogue Number: ON2-39
BCA Accession Number: 198401-006
Photo in Onderdonk Album, #2, 39.
The photo also appears in the Notman Album (MP 600 - 74).


The full caption in the Onderdonk Album reads: Steamer Peerless used in constructing CP Ry - Little Shuswap Lake. The Peerless was launched by the Kamloops Steam Navigation Company in November of 1880. The sternwheeler was 131 feet long and she had engines that allowed her a speed of 18 knots. She required only 18 inches of water.


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