_loading_at_Golden,_BC_for_first_river_trip_1911.JPG) Nowitka loading at Golden, BC for first commercial trip on Columbia River, 1911.
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Nowitka (CAN #130604[1]) |
| Owner | Golden Columbia River Lumber Company |
| Port of registry | Golden, BC |
| Route | Inland British Columbia on the Columbia River in the Columbia Valley |
| Builder | George Rury[2] |
| Launched | 1911 at Golden, BC |
| Out of service | May 1920 |
| Fate | Abandoned 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Inland passenger/freighter |
| Tonnage | 113 gross tons; 62 registered tons |
| Length | 80.5 ft (25 m) |
| Beam | 19 ft (6 m) |
| Depth | 3.5 ft (1 m) depth of hold |
| Installed power | twin steam engines, horizontally mounted, 8" bore by 30" stroke, 2 nominal horsepower, manufactured 1840 by G.A. Ponbriand, Sorel, Que. |
| Propulsion | sternwheel |
| Notes | Engines were over 70 years old when installed. Some of upperworks came from North Star |
Nowitka was a sternwheel steamboat that operated in British Columbia on the Columbia River from 1911 to May 1920. The name is a Chinook Jargon word usually translated as "Indeed!" or "Verily!".
- ^ Affleck, Edward L., A Century of Paddlewheelers in the Pacific Northwest, the Yukon, and Alaska, at 57, Alexander Nicholls Press, Vancouver, BC 2000 ISBN 0-920034-08-X
- ^ McCurdy, H.W., ed., H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, at 191, Superior Publishing, Seattle, WA 1966