Bonnington (sternwheeler)
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Bonnington
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| History | |
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| Name: | Bonnington |
| Owner: | Canadian Pacific Railway |
| Route: | Arrow Lakes |
| Builder: | James M. Bulger |
| Cost: | $161,055 |
| Laid down: | November 1910 (assembly of pre-manufactured components began) |
| Launched: | 24 April 1911, at Nakusp, BC |
| Maiden voyage: | 10 May 1911 |
| In service: | 1911 |
| Out of service: | 1931 |
| Identification: | CAN 130555 |
| Fate: | out of service for a long time, eventually dismantled |
| Notes: | near twin of steamers Nasookin and Sicamous |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | inland shallow-draft boat passenger/freighter, steel hull, wood house |
| Tonnage: | 1663 gross; 955 net; later: 1700 gross; 1010 net |
| Length: | 202.5 ft (62 m) |
| Beam: | 39.1 ft (12 m) |
| Draft: | 3.5 ft (1 m) |
| Depth: | 7.5 ft (2 m) depth of hold |
| Decks: | four (main, saloon, gallery, texas) |
| Ice class: | steel hull allowed some ice navigation |
| Installed power: | coal-fired boiler generating steam pressure at 200 lbs/p.s.i, compound steam engines, bore: 16" high pressure/34" low pressure, each with 96" stroke, 98 hp (73 kW) nominal |
| Propulsion: | sternwheel |
| Speed: | 16 miles per hour (maximum) |
| Capacity: | 57 staterooms; licensed to carry 400 passengers |
| Crew: | 25 to 30 |
Bonnington was a sternwheel steamboat that ran on the Arrow Lakes in British Columbia from 1911 to 1931. Bonnington and two sisterships were the largest sternwheelers ever built in British Columbia.Bonnington was partially dismantled in the 1950s, and later sank, making the vessel the largest freshwater wreck site in British Columbia.
Steam navigation on the inland lakes of British Columbia was dominated by the River and Lake Service of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Since the early 1890s the River and Lake Service had maintained steamboat service on Okanagan, Arrow and Kootenay lakes. By 1910, with the important exceptions of the composite-hulled Moyie on Kootenay Lake and Minto on the Arrow Lakes, the wooden-hulled steamers of the River and Lake Service were starting to wear out and would need replacement. This time however the hulls of the replacements would be made of steel, although the cabins would be built of wood. It was also planned to greatly increase the passenger capacity of the vessels. The goal was to develop the entire Kootenay and Arrow Lakes area into a major tourist destination, as the C.P.R. had done with Banff
Bonnington was a near twin of the steamers Naskookin and Sicamous built shortly afterwards on Kootenay and Okanagan lakes respectively. Unusually for a sternwheeler, Bonnington was equipped with compound steam engines, which were manufactured by Polson Iron Works of Toronto, Ontario. The vessel's steel hull was also manufactured by Polson Iron Works and was then shipped in pieces to Nakusp where it was assembled at the Bulger shipyard and the upper works, built of wood, were constructed.
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