MV Cygnet

MV Cygnet

History
Canada
Owner	South Okanagan Transportation Company
Builder	Summerland Boat Works
Completed	1911
Fate	Sold c. 1920
General characteristics
Length	40 ft (12 m)
Beam	10 ft (3.0 m)
Installed power	Fairbanks marine engine

MV Cygnet was a motor launch that measured 40 feet (12 m) by 10 feet (3.0 m) and provided freight and ferry services on Skaha Lake in British Columbia, Canada. ^[1] It was built by Summerland Boat Works in 1911 for the South Okanagan Transportation Company, owned by James Fraser Campbell and A. S. Hatfield, to replace the tug Kaleden. ^[2] Cygnet used a steel bar that inserted into wheel sockets to rotate the flywheel for the purpose to start a Fairbanks marine engine. Early during the 1920s, it was moved to Okanagan Lake to transport fruit to Kelowna, British Columbia before getting sold in Kelowna during the summer. ^[3]

References

1. "The Birth of Kaleden". Forty-fourth annual report of the Okanagan Historical Society. 1980. pp. 135–155. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
2. Hatfield, A. S. (1949). "Navigation on Skaha Lake". The thirteenth report of the Okanagan Historical Society. p. 63. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
3. Hatfield, Harley R. (1992). "Commercial Boats of the Okanagan". Okanagan history. Fifty-sixth report of the Okanagan Historical Society. pp. 20–33. Retrieved 2 Aug 2015.