Isabella McCormack

Isabella McCormack entering Windermere Lake, c. 1909
History
Canada
NameIsabella McCormack, later known as Isabel[1] (CAN #122399[2]) or Isabelle
OwnerColumbia River Lumber Company
Port of registryGolden, BC
RouteInland British Columbia on the Columbia River in the Columbia Valley
BuilderAlexander Blakely
Launched1908 at Golden, BC
Out of service1910
FateConverted to floating houseboat and hotel
StatusUnknown after 1914
General characteristics
Typeinland passenger/freighter
Tonnage178 gross tons; 112 registered tons
Length94.9 ft (29 m)
Beam18.8 ft (6 m)
Depth3.5 ft (1 m) depth of hold
Installed powerTwin steam engines, horizontally mounted, 7" bore by 42" stroke, 3 nominal horsepower, manufactured 1896 by Albion Iron Works
Propulsionsternwheel
NotesEngines installed in steamer Klahowya

Isabella McCormack (sometimes known as Isabel, Isabell or Isabelle) was a sternwheel steamboat that operated in British Columbia on the Columbia River from 1908 to 1910.

  1. ^ McCurdy, H.W., ed., H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, at 149, Superior Publishing, Seattle, WA 1966
  2. ^ Affleck, Edward L., A Century of Paddlewheelers in the Pacific Northwest, the Yukon, and Alaska, at 53, Alexander Nicholls Press, Vancouver, BC 2000 ISBN 0-920034-08-X