Bonnington (sternwheeler)
Bonnington | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Canada | |
| Name | Bonnington |
| Owner | Canadian Pacific Railway |
| Route | Arrow Lakes |
| Builder | James M. Bulger |
| Cost | $161,055 |
| Laid down | November 1910 (assembly of pre-manufactured components began) |
| Launched | 24 April 1911, at Nakusp, BC |
| Maiden voyage | 10 May 1911 |
| In service | 1911 |
| Out of service | 1931 |
| Identification | CAN 130555 |
| Fate | Partially dismantled in the 1950s and later sunk |
| Notes | Near twin of steamers Nasookin and Sicamous |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Inland shallow-draft boat passenger/freighter, steel hull, wood house |
| Tonnage | 1663 gross; 955 net; later: 1700 gross; 1010 net |
| Length | 202.5 ft (62 m) |
| Beam | 39.1 ft (12 m) |
| Draft | 3.5 ft (1 m) |
| Depth | 7.5 ft (2 m) depth of hold |
| Decks | four (main, saloon, gallery, texas) |
| Ice class | steel hull allowed some ice navigation |
| Installed power | coal-fired boiler generating steam pressure at 200 lbs/p.s.i, compound steam engines, bore: 16" high pressure/34" low pressure, each with 96" stroke, 98 hp (73 kW) nominal |
| Propulsion | sternwheel |
| Speed | 16 miles per hour (maximum) |
| Capacity | 57 staterooms; licensed to carry 400 passengers |
| Crew | 25 to 30 |
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Bonnington was a sternwheel steamboat that ran on the Arrow Lakes in British Columbia from 1911 to 1931. Bonnington and two sisterships were the largest sternwheelers ever built in British Columbia. Bonnington was partially dismantled in the 1950s, and later sank, making the vessel the largest freshwater wreck site in British Columbia.