Passenger and Merchant Ships of the Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Northern Railways by David R.P. Guay

Author:David R.P. Guay
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Dundurn
Published: 2016-06-06T00:00:00+00:00

Skeena River Sternwheelers

Native Canadians called it K-shian or “water of the clouds.” Riverboat men called it names that cannot be repeated here. It was a temperamental river, impatient and unstable, hurrying its way to the sea from the Skeena Mountains as western Canada’s fastest-flowing waterway. Most sternwheeler captains thought that it was the toughest of North America’s navigable rivers. Water levels can rise 17 feet in a single day and fluctuate 60 feet between low and high water. Ships’ hulls can be ripped apart in a dozen rapid-torn canyons or rock-strewn rapids.

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