BX (sternwheeler)

BX in Fort George Canyon 1911
History
Canada
Name	BX
Builder	Alexander Watson Jr
Laid down	1910 in Soda Creek, British Columbia
Launched	Friday May 13, 1910 at Soda Creek
In service	1910-1919
Fate	Sank at Woodpecker 1919, salvaged and retired in 1920
Notes	Captain Owen Forrester Browne
General characteristics
Length	127.5 feet (38.9 m)
Beam	28.8 feet (8.8 m)
Draft	16 inches empty 30 inches (760 mm) loaded
Notes	No.126516[1]: 227

The BX sternwheeler was the first of two river steamers built for service on the upper Fraser River by the BC Express Company during the busy era of Grand Trunk Pacific Railway construction. The BX was built at Soda Creek in early 1910 by Alexander Watson Jr, of Victoria, who was one of British Columbia's foremost shipbuilders and the son of the man who had built the Charlotte.^{[1]: 148–149} The BC Express Company also hired Captain Owen Forrester Browne to be the master of the BX as he was the most experienced upper Fraser River pilot.^{[2]: 102–104}