Minto (sternwheeler)
Minto (on right), with Trail on left and Rossland in center, at Arrowhead between 1898 and 1900 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Canada | |
| Name | Minto |
| Owner | Canadian Pacific Railway |
| Route | Arrow Lakes |
| Builder | Thomas J. Bulger |
| Laid down | July 28, 1898 (assembly of pre-manufactured components began) |
| Launched | November 19, 1898, at Nakusp, BC |
| Maiden voyage | November 19, 1898 |
| In service | 1898 |
| Out of service | 1954 |
| Identification | CAN 107453 |
| Fate | Deliberately burned August 1968 after attempts at conversion to museum failed |
| Notes | near twin of Moyie |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | inland shallow-draft boat passenger/freighter |
| Tonnage | 829 gross; 522 net |
| Length | 161.7 ft (49 m) |
| Beam | 30.1 ft (9 m) |
| Depth | 5.1 ft (2 m) depth of hold |
| Ice class | steel-sided hull allowed some ice navigation |
| Installed power | coal-fired boiler generating steam at pressure of 175 lbs p.s.i., steam engines manufactured by Bertram Engineering Company of Toronto, Ontario, twin single-cylinder, horizontally mounted, 16" bore by 72" stroke, 17 horsepower nominal |
| Propulsion | sternwheel |
| Capacity | As of 1920: 13 staterooms, 400 passengers |
| Crew | As of 1920, total of 33: Master, mate, pilot, nine deckhands, two engineers, three firemen, one coal passer, purser, freight clerk, chief steward, eleven assistant stewards and cooks |
Minto was a sternwheel steamboat that ran on the Arrow Lakes in British Columbia from 1898 to 1954. In those years of service, Minto had steamed over 3.2 million kilometers serving the small communities on Arrow Lakes. Minto and her sister Moyie (which ran on Kootenay Lake) were the last sternwheelers to run in regularly scheduled passenger service in the Pacific Northwest. The "Minto" class of sailing dinghies is named after this vessel.