&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Steamship_Beaver.jpg) Beaver about 1870
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| Name | Beaver |
| Builder | Wigram & Green, Blackwall Yard, London |
| Laid down | London, England |
| Launched | 9 May 1835 |
| In service | 1835-1888 |
| Fate | Wrecked 25 July 1888 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Sidewheel paddle steamer |
| Tonnage | 109 tons |
| Length | 101 ft 9 in (31.01 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draft | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
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| Sail plan | Brigantine[1] |
| Armament | 4 brass cannons[1] |
Beaver was a steamship originally owned and operated by the Hudson's Bay Company. She was the first steamship to operate in the Pacific Northwest of North America, and made remote parts of the west coast of Canada accessible for maritime fur trading. At one point she was chartered by the Royal Navy for surveying the coastline of British Columbia.[1] She served off the coast from 1836 until 1888, when she was wrecked.
- ^ a b c "Beaver at the Vancouver Maritime Museum website". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2008.