&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Steamers_Trail,_Rossland_and_Minto_at_Arrowhead,_British_Columbia_c.1900.jpg) Rossland (in center), with Trail on left and Minto on right, between 1898 and 1900
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Canada | |
| Name | Rossland |
| Owner | Canadian Pacific Railway |
| Route | Arrow Lakes |
| Builder | Thomas J. Bulger[1] |
| Cost | $86,000[2] |
| Launched | November 18, 1897, at Nakusp, BC[2] |
| In service | 1898[1] |
| Out of service | 1916[1] |
| Identification | CAN 107142[1] |
| Fate | Sunk at dock while out of service, January 25, 1917[2] |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | inland lake boat, express passenger/tourism/general purpose |
| Tonnage | 884 gross; 531.5 net[1][2] |
| Length | 183.5 ft (56 m)[2] |
| Beam | 29.1 ft (9 m)[2] |
| Depth | 7.0 ft (2 m) depth of hold[2] |
| Installed power | coal-fired boiler, steam engines, twin horizontally mounted, 22" bore by 96" stroke, 32.2 horsepower nominal[2] |
| Propulsion | sternwheel |
| Speed | 22 miles per hour (maximum)[2] |
| Capacity | 300 passengers[2] |
The Rossland was a sternwheel steamboat that ran on the Arrow Lakes in British Columbia. It was named after Rossland, British Columbia, once a prosperous mining town in the region.
- ^ a b c d e Affleck, Edward L., A Century of Paddlewheelers in the Pacific Northwest, the Yukon, and Alaska, at 24, Alexander Nicholls Press, Vancouver, BC 2000 ISBN 0-920034-08-X
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Turner, Robert D., Sternwheelers and Steam Tugs -- An Illustrated History of the Canadian Pacific Railway's British Columbia Lake and River Service, at 60-62, 138-144, 155, 157, 160, 161, 173, 175, 179, 251, 253, 258-59, Sono Nis Press, Victoria, BC 1984 ISBN 0-919203-15-9