Minto (sternwheeler)

Rossland (in center), with Trail on left and Minto on right, between 1898 and 1900
Minto (on right), with Trail on left and Rossland in center, at Arrowhead between 1898 and 1900
History
Canada
NameMinto[1][2][3]
OwnerCanadian Pacific Railway
RouteArrow Lakes
BuilderThomas J. Bulger
Laid downJuly 28, 1898 (assembly of pre-manufactured components began)
LaunchedNovember 19, 1898, at Nakusp, BC
Maiden voyageNovember 19, 1898[4]
In service1898
Out of service1954
IdentificationCAN 107453
FateDeliberately burned August 1968 after attempts at conversion to museum failed
Notesnear twin of Moyie
General characteristics
Typeinland shallow-draft boat passenger/freighter
Tonnage829 gross; 522 net
Length161.7 ft (49 m)
Beam30.1 ft (9 m)
Depth5.1 ft (2 m) depth of hold
Ice classsteel-sided hull allowed some ice navigation
Installed powercoal-fired boiler generating steam at pressure of 175 lbs p.s.i., steam engines manufactured by Bertram Engineering Company of Toronto, Ontario, twin single-cylinder, horizontally mounted, 16" bore by 72" stroke, 17 horsepower nominal[1]
Propulsionsternwheel
CapacityAs of 1920: 13 staterooms, 400 passengers
CrewAs of 1920, total of 33: Master, mate, pilot, nine deckhands, two engineers, three firemen, one coal passer, purser, freight clerk, chief steward, eleven assistant stewards and cooks

Minto was a sternwheel steamboat that ran on the Arrow Lakes in British Columbia from 1898 to 1954. In those years of service, Minto had steamed over 3.2 million kilometers serving the small communities on Arrow Lakes. Minto and her sister Moyie (which ran on Kootenay Lake) were the last sternwheelers to run in regularly scheduled passenger service in the Pacific Northwest.[3][4] The "Minto" class of sailing dinghies is named after this vessel.

  1. ^ a b Affleck, Edward L., A Century of Paddlewheelers in the Pacific Northwest, the Yukon, and Alaska, at 19-20, Alexander Nicholls Press, Vancouver, BC 2000 ISBN 0-920034-08-X
  2. ^ Turner, Robert D., Sternwheelers and Steam Tugs -- An Illustrated History of the Canadian Pacific Railway's British Columbia Lake and River Service, at 77-78, 97-99, 102, 105-107, 138, 141, 144, 149, 155-157, 161, 173, 175, 176, 185, 200, 201, 206, 209, 213, 214-229, 242, 243, 251, 263 and 264, Sono Nis Press, Victoria, BC 1984 ISBN 0-919203-15-9
  3. ^ a b Newell, Gordon R. ed., H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, at 31, 583, and 605, Superior Publishing, Seattle, WA 1966
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Downs was invoked but never defined (see the help page).