&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Marion_(sternwheeler)_ca_1890s.JPG) Marion somewhere in interior British Columbia, ca 1890s
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Canada | |
| Name | Marion |
| Owner | Frank P. Armstrong |
| Port of registry |  Canada |
| Route | Inland British Columbia on Columbia River, later Arrow Lakes and Kootenay Lake |
| Builder | Alexander Watson[1] |
| Launched | 1888 at Golden, BC |
| In service | 1888 |
| Out of service | 1901 |
| Identification | CAN #94801[2] |
| Fate | Sank January 1901 at Kaslo, BC |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Inland passenger/freighter |
| Tonnage | 15 gross tons; 9.3 registered tons |
| Length | 61 ft (19 m) |
| Beam | 10.3 ft (3.1 m) |
| Depth | 3.6 ft (1 m) depth of hold |
| Installed power | twin steam engines, horizontally mounted, 2.1 nominal horsepower, manufactured by Polson Iron Works |
| Propulsion | sternwheel |
Marion was a small sternwheel steamboat that operated in several waterways in inland British Columbia from 1888 to 1901.
- ^ McCurdy, H.W., ed., H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, at 4-5, Superior Publishing, Seattle, WA 1966
- ^ Affleck, Edward L., A Century of Paddlewheelers in the Pacific Northwest, the Yukon, and Alaska, at 19, Alexander Nicholls Press, Vancouver, BC 2000 ISBN 0-920034-08-X