Keywords: outdoor "S.S. "Kokanee" at Nelson, B.C." S.S. Kokanee. In service 1896-1923. Builder: James Bulger, Columbia & Kootenay Steam Navigation Company at Nelson, BC. Cost: $22,000. Launched: April 7, 1896. Length: 142.5 ft. Beam: 24.8 ft. Depth: 5.7 ft. Speed: 15.6 knots (18 m.p.h.; 29 km/h) Capacity: 200 passengers. A speedy vessel designed for passenger and freight service on Kootenay Lake, the Kokanee was used mainly on the Nelson to Kaslo route but served as a relief vessel for the larger S.S. Moyie during the early years of the Crowsnest service. touchstonesnelson.ca/exhibitions/sternwheelers/en/boats/k... "S.S. "Kokanee" at Nelson, B.C." S.S. Kokanee. In service 1896-1923. Builder: James Bulger, Columbia & Kootenay Steam Navigation Company at Nelson, BC. Cost: $22,000. Launched: April 7, 1896. Length: 142.5 ft. Beam: 24.8 ft. Depth: 5.7 ft. Speed: 15.6 knots (18 m.p.h.; 29 km/h) Capacity: 200 passengers. A speedy vessel designed for passenger and freight service on Kootenay Lake, the Kokanee was used mainly on the Nelson to Kaslo route but served as a relief vessel for the larger S.S. Moyie during the early years of the Crowsnest service. touchstonesnelson.ca/exhibitions/sternwheelers/en/boats/k... |