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| Arrival of the S.S. Beaver |
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| Steamboats were first introduced
to our waters in the 1830s with the arrival
of the Hudson's Bay Company's trading vessel
"The SS Beaver" (see lower pictures) The
original "Beaver" was a side-wheeler
built at Blackwall on Thames (England) in
1833-34. Throughout the mid to late 1800's,
cargo and passengers were shipped from Victoria
and New Westminster as far inland as the
head of the Cariboo Road at Yale. |
Of course, there were many
other stops along the way as settlers
began to form communities along the Fraser.
Another
(and later) in a line of coastal steamships
to bear the name “Beaver” was this sternwheeler
(pictured at right and below) which worked
the Fraser River from 1898 until 1913.
More Beaver
Info...
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Thanks
to Val Patenaude, Curator, Maple Ridge Museum & Archives
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