In 1994, the Stern Saloon of the venerable S.S. Okanagan (1907 - 1934) became available on the market and was acquired by the S.S. Sicamous Restoration Society through funding from the Royal B.C. Museums acquisition budget. The stern saloon of the ship had been salvaged during the ship's dismantling, and bought privately to be used as a summer beach house opposite the CPR shipyard at Okanagan Landing.
Virtually unchanged in its original interior colours, this last survivor of the early sternwheeler days will enhance the overall Historic Ships Site at Penticton. With Penticton becoming the focus of interpreting the history of the B.C. Lake and River Service of the CPR, and recently the Canadian National Railway Lake Service, the S.S. Okanagan's Stern Saloon has joined the two other complete vessels: the S.S. Sicamous sternwheeler and the S.S. Naramata tug.
Built in 1907 by C.P. Steamships, the S.S. Okanagan was one of three luxury passenger boats on Okanagan Lake (S.S. Aberdeen 1893 and S.S. Sicamous 1914) that made up the transportation network linking the Okanagan and the Shuswap to Sicamous on the main line.
GENERAL INFORMATION
S.S. OKANAGAN SALOON
Hull Dimensions and Tonnage
- Length:
193 feet
- Gross Tonnage: 1077.78 tons
Cost: $90,000
Passenger Capacity
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Registry
Port of Registry
Launch Date
Last Operated
Moved to Penticton
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Boiler
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Engines
Type:
- Compound, Jet condensing.
Propeller:
- piston valves on high pressure cylinders, balanced slide valves on low pressure cylinders
Horsepower:
- Nominal Horsepower: 101.3
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