Beaver was a sternwheel steamboat built in 1873 for the Willamette Transportation Company.
Service history
In 1875 Beaver passed into the ownership of the Willamette Falls Locks and Canal Company. Beaver worked on the Willamette River and then on the
Columbia River on the run from
Portland, Oregon to
Astoria, Oregon.
In June 1876 Beaver was sold to Uriah Nelson and taken north to the
Stikine River to serve traffic generated by the
Cassiar Gold Rush.
On May 17, 1878 Beaver struck a rock 60 miles (97 km) below
Glenora, British Columbia. The boat was wrecked but her machinery was salvaged.[1]
Notes
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abcdefgAffleck, Edward L., A Century of Paddlewheelers in the Pacific Northwest, the Yukon, and Alaska, at 8, Alexander Nicholls Press, Vancouver, BC 2000
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abcMills, Randall V., Sternwheelers up Columbia -- A Century of Steamboating in the Oregon Country, at 103, 143, 190, University of Nebraska, Lincoln NE (1977 reprint of 1947 ed.)
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^Corning, Howard McKinley, Willamette Landings -- Ghost Towns on the River, at 127, Oregon Historical Society, Portland, OR (2d Ed. 1973)
ISBN0-87595-042-6