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| Locale | Kootenai County, Idaho |
|---|---|
| Waterway | Lake Coeur d'Alene |
| Transit type | Steamboat |
| Owner | Red Color Line (1908-1922), and others |
| Began operation | 1880 |
| Ended operation | 1936 |
Steam navigation on Lake Coeur d'Alene lasted from the 1880s to the 1930s. More steamboats operated on Lake Coeur d’Alene than on any other lake west of the Great Lakes.[1] The high point of steam navigation was probably from 1908 to 1913[citation needed]. After that railroads, and increasingly automobile and truck traffic on newly built highways supplanted steam navigation, although some vessels continued to be operated until the mid-1930s.
- ^ Holt, Ruby El (1951). "Shadowy St. Joe". Steamboats in the Timber (1st ed.). Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, Ltd. pp. 141–155. LCCN 52-5206.