| 词条 | Beaver (sternwheeler 1873) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Beaver was a sternwheel steamboat built in 1873 for the Willamette Transportation Company. Operations in OregonIn 1875 Beaver passed into the ownership of the Willamette Falls Locks and Canal Company. Beaver worked on the Willamette River and then on the Columbia River on the run from Portland to Astoria. Transfer to Stikine River serviceIn June 1876 Beaver was sold to Uriah Nelson and taken north to the Stikine River to serve traffic generated by the Cassiar Gold Rush. Wrecked on Stikine RiverOn May 17, 1878 Beaver struck a rock {{convert|60|mi|km}} below Glenora, British Columbia. The boat was wrecked but her machinery was salvaged.[2] Notes1. ^1 2 Mills, Randall V., Sternwheelers up Columbia -- A Century of Steamboating in the Oregon Country, at 103, 143, 190, University of Nebraska, Lincoln NE (1977 reprint of 1947 ed.) {{ISBN|0-8032-5874-7}} {{Willamette River Steamboats}}{{Columbia River Steamboats}}{{Steamboats British Columbia}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Beaver (Sternwheeler 1873)}}{{ship-stub}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 Affleck, Edward L., A Century of Paddlewheelers in the Pacific Northwest, the Yukon, and Alaska, at 8, Alexander Nicholls Press, Vancouver, BC 2000 {{ISBN|0-920034-08-X}} 3. ^Corning, Howard McKinley, Willamette Landings -- Ghost Towns on the River, at 127, Oregon Historical Society, Portland, OR (2d Ed. 1973) {{ISBN|0-87595-042-6}} 6 : Willamette Transportation Company|Steamboats of Oregon|Steamboats of British Columbia|Steamboats of the Columbia River|Steamboats of the Willamette River|Steamboats of the Stikine River |
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