&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:HBC_Mount_Royal.gif) HBC sternwheeler Mount Royal
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| History | |
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| Name | Mount Royal |
| Builder | Alexander Watson |
| Laid down | 1901 in Victoria, British Columbia |
| Launched | first attempt April 9, 1902 successfully launched several days later |
| In service | 1902-1907 |
| Fate | Wrecked in Kitselas Canyon, six lives lost |
| Notes | Captain SB Johnson |
| General characteristics | |
| Length | 138 ft (42.1 m) |
| Beam | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Draft | 18 inches empty 36 inches loaded |
| Speed | 12 knots |
Mount Royal was a sternwheeler that worked on the Skeena River and Stikine Rivers in British Columbia, Canada, from 1902 until 1907. She was named after Lord Strathcona who was also known as Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal.[1]: 199
Mount Royal was owned by the Hudson's Bay Company which also owned Caledonia and Strathcona. These sternwheelers were used to serve the communities along the river before and during the construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. During her six seasons of service, Mount Royal was piloted by Captain SB Johnson.[1]: 112
Mount Royal was built to run against Hazelton a privately owned sternwheeler that worked as a passenger and freight steamer for Robert Cunningham.[2]: 65, 66
- ^ a b Bennett, Norma (1997). Pioneer Legacy: Chronicles of the Lower Skeena River. Dr. REM Lee Hospital Foundation. ISBN 0-9683026-0-2.
- ^ Downs, Art (1971). Paddlewheels on the Frontier Volume 1. Foremost Publishing. pp. various. ISBN 0-88826-033-4.