SS SICAMOUS


THE SS SICAMOUS IS A FIVE DECKED STERNWHEELER COMMISSIONED BY THE CANDIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY TO PROVIDE DAILY SERVICE ON OKANGAN LAKE BETWEEN PENTICTON AND VERNON.  SHE WAS LAUNCHED IN 1914 AND THE VESSEL OPERATED UNTIL 1937.

SHE IS NOW A MUSEUM AND HERITAGE PARK OPERATED BY THE SS SICAMOUS RESTORATION SOCIETY.  THEY HAVE DONE MANY RENOVATIONS AND MONEY IS ALWAYS BEING RAISED FOR MORE.

ON BOARD THERE IS A WORKING MODEL OF THE KETTLE VALLEY RAILWAY.





Loading her passengers                        Heading  up  Okanagan Lake
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SHE IS THE LARGEST SURVIVING STERNWHEELER IN BRITISH COLUMBIA

Comments

  1. Elephant's Child31 March 2017 at 21:04

    How amazing. I don't think I have ever seen a sternwheeler. I wonder whether we had any? Somehow I doubt it.

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  2. Sienna Smythe31 March 2017 at 21:48

    That is a good question...so, I looked it up...actually used on the Murray River...one commissioned in 1915...referred to as paddleducks....(who would have known)

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