 Kuskanook underway, 1928.
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Kuskanook |
| Owner | Canadian Pacific Railway |
| Operator | CPR River and Lake Service |
| Route | Kootenay Lake |
| Builder | James M. Bulger |
| Cost | $104,145..37 |
| Launched | May 5, 1906 |
| Maiden voyage | July 19, 1906 |
| Out of service | December 1931 |
| Identification | Canada #121758 |
| Fate | Converted to floating hotel in 1932 and sank in 1936. |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | inland all-purpose. |
| Tonnage | 1008 GRT; 548 NRT |
| Length | 193.5 ft (58.98 m) |
| Beam | 30.9 ft (9.42 m) |
| Depth | 7 ft (2.13 m) depth of hold |
| Installed power | twin steam engines, horizontally mounted: cylinder bore 22 in (56 cm); stroke 8 ft 3 in (251 cm); 32.3 nominal horsepower; 560 indicated horsepower; boiler generated steam pressure 180 p.s.i. |
| Propulsion | stern-wheel |
| Capacity | Licensed for 450 passengers; 37 staterooms. |
| Crew | Twenty-eight (including seven officers). |
Kuskanook was a wooden, stern-wheel driven steamboat that operated on Kootenay Lake, in British Columbia from 1906 to 1931. After being taken out of service, Kuskanook was sold for use as a floating hotel, finally sinking in 1936. The vessel name is also seen spelled Kooskanook.[1]
- ^ Mills, Randall V. (1947). "Ch. 7: To the Farthest Reach". Sternwheelers up Columbia -- A Century of Steamboating in the Oregon Country. Lincoln NE: University of Nebraska. 89. ISBN 0-8032-5874-7. LCCN 77007161.