R. R. Thompson was a large sternwheel steamboat designed in the classic Columbia River style. She was named after Robert R. Thompson, one of the shareholders...
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the run up from Portland in the company of another famous sternwheeler, the R.R. Thompson, the Lurline having also embarked an army band from Vancouver...
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Thompson and Columbia rivers in British Columbia from 1895 to 1917. This vessel should not be confused with the much larger Yukon River sternwheeler Selkirk...
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Olympia-Tacoma-Seattle route. In 1890, Hassalo collided with the smaller sternwheeler Otter, damaging Otter beyond repair. In 1892 Hassalo was returned to...
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Hazelton was a sternwheeler that worked on the Skeena River in British Columbia, Canada from 1901 until 1912. Her first owner was Robert Cunningham who...
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1916, was the natural outlet of Lake Washington. Starting in 1874, the sternwheeler Otter also ran on the Duwamish. In March 1877 Wenat was laid up in Seattle...
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John McNulty (steamboat captain) (section Record Run of the R.R. Thompson through the Cascade Rapids)
ISBNÂ 9785884013193 R. Mills, Sternwheelers up Columbia, c 1979 University of Nebraska, Lincoln ISBNÂ 0-8032-5874-7 Newell, Gordon R., H.W. McCurdy Marine...
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Skeena River from the coast to Hazelton from 1864 to 1912. The first sternwheeler to arrive on the Skeena River was the Union, which was owned and operated...
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R.P. Rithet was a sternwheel steamer that operated in British Columbia from 1882 to 1917. The common name for this vessel was the Rithet. After 1909 this...
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Louis Pacquet from Portland, Oregon to build a comparable vessel, the sternwheeler North Star. Captain M. L. McCormack commanded Farrell on the vessel's...
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