Nakusp (sternwheeler)
Nakusp | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Canada | |
| Owner | Columbia and Kootenay Steam Navigation Company |
| Builder | Thomas J. Bulger |
| Launched | July 1, 1895 |
| Maiden voyage | late August 1895 |
| In service | 1895 |
| Out of service | 1897 |
| Identification | CAN 103302 |
| Fate | Destroyed by fire, December 23, 1897 at Arrowhead, BC |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Inland shallow draft passenger/freighter |
| Tonnage | 1083 gross; 832 registered |
| Length | 171 ft (52 m) |
| Beam | 33.5 ft (10 m) |
| Depth | 6.3 ft (2 m) depth of hold |
| Installed power | twin steam engines, single-cylinder, horizontally mounting, 20" bore by 72" stroke, 26.6 horsepower nominal, manufactured by Iowa Iron Works, Dubuque, Iowa |
| Propulsion | sternwheeler |
| Notes | near sistership to Kootenay |
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The Nakusp was a sternwheel steamboat that operated from 1895 to 1897 on the Arrow Lakes of British Columbia.