MVCygnet
| History | |
|---|---|
| Canada | |
| Owner | South Okanagan Transportation Company |
| Builder | Summerland Boat Works |
| Completed | 1911 |
| Fate | Sold c. 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Length | 40 ft (12 m) |
| Beam | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
| Installed power | Fairbanks marine engine |
MVCygnetwas a 40 feet (12 m) by 10 feet (3.0 m) motor launch that provided ferry and freight service onSkaha LakeinBritish Columbia,Canada.[1]She was built by Summerland Boat Works in 1911 for the South Okanagan Transportation Company, owned by James Fraser Campbell and A. S. Hatfield, to replace the tugKaleden.[2]Cygnethad a Fairbanks marine engine that was started by turning the flywheel with a steel bar that fitted into sockets in the wheel. In the early 1920s, she was moved toOkanagan Laketo carry fruit toKelowna, British Columbiafor a summer before she was sold in Kelowna.[3]
References
[edit]- ^"The Birth of Kaleden".Forty-fourth annual report of the Okanagan Historical Society.1980. pp. 135–155.Retrieved17 August2015.
- ^Hatfield, A. S. (1949). "Navigation on Skaha Lake".The thirteenth report of the Okanagan Historical Society.p. 63.Retrieved18 August2015.
- ^Hatfield, Harley R. (1992). "Commercial Boats of the Okanagan".Okanagan history. Fifty-sixth report of the Okanagan Historical Society.pp. 20–33.Retrieved2 Aug2015.