Wenat (sternwheeler)

Advertisement for steamer Wenat, from Morning Oregonian, September 17, 1868.
History
Name	Wenat (ex Cowlitz ex Swan)
Owner	Monticello and Cowlitz Steamboat Co.; Willamette Steamboat Co.; Joseph Kellogg; Oregon Steam Navigation Co., and others.
Route	Tualatin, Willamette, Columbia, Duwamish River, White River, Puyallup and Skagit rivers; Puget Sound
In service	1857
Out of service	1878
Identification	U.S. 80026
Fate	Engines removed, converted to barge
General characteristics
Type	inland steamship
Length	77 ft (23.5 m) or 87 ft (26.5 m) exclusive of fantail.
Beam	18 ft (5.5 m) or 17 ft (5.2 m) exclusive of guards
Depth	4 ft (1.2 m) 3.5 ft (1.1 m) or depth of hold
Installed power	twin high-pressure steam engines, horizontally mounted, single cylinder, bore 8.25 in (210 mm), stroke 36 in (91 cm).
Propulsion	stern-wheel

Wenat was a stern-wheel steamboat that, under the name Swan, was built and operated, briefly, on the Tualatin River, in the state of Oregon. In 1858, Swan was sold, moved to the lower Willamette River, renamed Cowlitz, and placed on a route between Portland, Oregon the Cowlitz River.

In 1868, Cowlitz was rebuilt, renamed Wenat, which was operated from 1868 to 1875 on the Willamette and Cowlitz rivers. In 1875, was transferred to Puget Sound, where it operated on several rivers flowing into the sound, including the Duwamish, the Puyallup, and the Skagit, before being converted into an unpowered barge in 1878.