Isabella McCormack

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Isabella McCormack (sternwheeler) entering Windermere Lake, BC ca 1912 BCA A-01662.JPG
Isabella McCormack entering Windermere Lake, c. 1909
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NameIsabella McCormack, later known as Isabel [1] (CAN #122399 [2] ) or Isabelle
OwnerColumbia River Lumber Company
Port of registry Golden, BC
RouteInland British Columbia on the Columbia River in the Columbia Valley
BuilderAlexander Blakely
Launched1908 at Golden, BC
Out of service1910
FateConverted to floating houseboat and hotel
StatusUnknown after 1914
General characteristics
Typeinland passenger/freighter
Tonnage178 gross tons; 112 registered tons
Length94.9  ft (29  m)
Beam18.8  ft (6  m)
Depth3.5  ft (1  m) depth of hold
Installed powerTwin steam engines, horizontally mounted, 7" bore by 42" stroke, 3 nominal horsepower, manufactured 1896 by Albion Iron Works
Propulsionsternwheel
NotesEngines installed in steamer Klahowya

Isabella McCormack (sometimes known as Isabel, Isabell or Isabelle) was a sternwheel steamboat that operated in British Columbia on the Columbia River from 1908 to 1910.

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Design and construction

Isabella McCormack was built at Golden, BC by Alexander Blakely for the Columbia River Lumber Company, and was intended to be a replacement for Ptarmigan. [2] [3]

Operations

Isabelle McCormack was placed on the Columbia River route that began at Golden and ran south, at least during high water, to Columbia Lake, the ultimate source of the Columbia River. While the vessel was the fastest steamboat on the route, she was not a success. [3]

Conversion to houseboat

Isabel McCormack as houseboat on left, Klahowya center and Nowitka on right Sternwheelers at Athalmer, BC ca 1913.JPG
Isabel McCormack as houseboat on left, Klahowya center and Nowitka on right

In 1910 Isabella McCormack was converted into a floating houseboat and hotel. Her engines were removed and installed in a new sternwheeler, 'Klahowya. The vessel remained in houseboat use until 1914. [3]

Notes

  1. ↑ McCurdy, H.W., ed., H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, at 149, Superior Publishing, Seattle, WA 1966
  2. 1 2 Affleck, Edward L., A Century of Paddlewheelers in the Pacific Northwest, the Yukon, and Alaska, at 53, Alexander Nicholls Press, Vancouver, BC 2000 ISBN   0-920034-08-X
  3. 1 2 3 Downs, Art, Paddlewheels on the Frontier -- The Story of British Columbia and Yukon Sternwheel Steamers, at 108 and 112, Superior Publishing, Seattle WA 1972

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