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Registration #: 111952
Built: 1904 in Fort Langley for J.
Alexander Cunningham of New Westminster
Registration #: 111952
Hull length: 112 feet
(exclusive of sternwheel)
Hull width: 17.2 feet
Hull depth: 5.2 feet
Gross weight: 251.45 tons
Registered weight: 158.42 tons
Engines: 9 NHP
PHEASANT
on the Skeena River
Image Courtesy of BC Archives - Detail of Call #A-01661
The PHEASANT arrived on the Skeena in 1905, under Captain Magar's command, and operated that summer without much success since she proved very underpowered for the Skeena. The locals quickly nicknamed her the "Chicken" as she had to scratch so hard to make it up the rapids.
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In 1906, veteran skipper Captain Bonser took over command of the PHEASANT. In the fall of that year, she received a contract to blast rocks out of two bad spots on the Skeena - Beaver Dam Rapids and the Hornet's Nest. Unfortunately, she stayed upriver too long and got wrecked on the rocks in Beaver Dam on November 16, 1906. She was Captain Bonser's first loss to the Skeena River.
PHEASANT
wrecked at Beaver Dam Rapids
Image Courtesy of BC Archives - Detail of Call #C-05492
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