S.S. CRAIGFLOWER

Built:  1908 in Victoria by/for Roy Troup
Registration #:  126233

Hull length:  65.0 feet  (exclusive of sternwheel)
Hull width:  12.3 feet
Hull depth:  2.8 feet
Gross weight:  16.56 tons (later 21.26 tons)
Registered weight:  10.44 tons (later 12.00 tons)
Engines:  1904 Lambert & Main, Chicago, two horizontal high pressure cylinders 6" wide x 24" long, rated at 2.4 NHP

CRAIGFLOWER near Cedarvale
Image Courtesy of BC Archives - Detail of Call #C-07561

The CRAIGFLOWER was built as an excursion steamer for use around inner Victoria harbour.  On a hot tip about all the money that could be made on the Skeena River, owner Roy Troup brought her up the coast in 1901.   However, she proved hopelessly underpowered for the swift water of the Skeena.   As the smallest vessel to attempt the Skeena, she only made it as far as Kitselas Canyon and could go no further.   She headed back to Victoria where she was later dismantled in 1911.