&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Princess_Louise_(sidewheeler)_at_Masset_BC_ca_1880.JPG) Princess Louise, at Masset, BC, circa 1880.
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| History | |
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| Name | Princess Louise |
| Owner | Hudson's Bay Company; Canadian Pacific Railway, others. |
| Route | San Francisco Bay, Puget Sound, coastal British Columbia and southeast Alaska |
| In service | 1869 |
| Out of service | 1919 (unpowered after 1906) |
| Identification | Canadian #72682: US #19297 |
| Fate | Sank at Port Alice, British Columbia |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 971 gross tons. |
| Length | 180 ft (55 m) |
| Beam | 30 ft (9 m) |
| Depth | 12.5 ft (4 m) depth of hold |
| Installed power | Walking beam single-cylinder steam engine |
| Propulsion | side wheels |
| Sail plan | brig (auxiliary) |
Princess Louise was a sidewheel steamboat built in 1869. From 1869 to 1879 this ship was named Olympia. In 1879 the name was changed to Princess Louise, after Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, a daughter of Queen Victoria who was married to Marquess of Lorne (1845–1914), Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883. Princess Louise was the last sidewheeler to be operated commercially on the coast of British Columbia.