&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:North_Star_(sternwheeler)_on_Columbia_River_ca_1902.JPG) North Star on the Columbia River
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | North Star (US #130739[1]) |
| Owner | Upper Columbia Navigation & Tramway Co. |
| Route | Kootenay River in Montana and British Columbia; Columbia River in Columbia Valley |
| Builder | Louis Pacquet |
| Launched | 1897, at Jennings, Montana |
| Out of service | 1899-1901 |
| Fate | Out of service at Golden, BC in 1903 due to customs seizure; gradually dismantled thereafter |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | inland passenger/freighter |
| Tonnage | 380 gross tons; 265 registered tons |
| Length | 130 ft (40 m) |
| Beam | 26 ft (8 m) |
| Depth | 4.0 ft (1 m) depth of hold |
| Installed power | twin steam engines, horizontally mounted, 14" bore by 48" stroke |
| Propulsion | sternwheel |
North Star was a sternwheel steamer that operated in western Montana and southeastern British Columbia on the Kootenay and Columbia rivers from 1897 to 1903. The vessel should not be confused with other steamers of the same name, some of which were similarly designed and operated in British Columbia and the U.S. state of Washington.
- ^ Affleck, Edward L., A Century of Paddlewheelers in the Pacific Northwest, the Yukon, and Alaska, at 36-37, 57, 59, Alexander Nicholls Press, Vancouver, BC 2000 ISBN 0-920034-08-X