Viewing Object

Object Description

Object ID

2014.030.001

Title

People from a Sons of Scotland Picnic onboard the Beaver, a steamer, in Langley.

Date

8 Jul. 1906.

Description

Photograph; b&w and mounted on black board; people on a Sons of Scotland Picnic on the steamer the Beaver in Langley; inscription on front reads "Sons of Scotlad Picnic Langley, B.C. July 8 1906"; writing on back reads "Sons of Scotland Picnic, Langley, B.C. July 8 1906 (See writing on the photo)", written in pencil "Steamer Beaver of new Westminster B 6."

People/Subject

Beaver (sternwheeler), 1898-

The S.S. Beaver, a sternwheeler, was built in Victoria in 1898 for the Canadian Pacific Navigation Company. This ship should not be confused with the Hudson's Bay Company's steamer of the same name. It's stats are: Length 140 feet, Breadth 28 ft, Depth 5.1 ft, gross tonnage 545.44, Speed 12 knots, staterooms 12, Passengers 250, Engines - Cylinders 14' diameter, stroke 72" Boiler- one locomotive type 5' 8" x 6' 8" x 21 feet long. This Beaver was the first ship built of iron in British Columbia and was in service on the Fraser River between New Westminster and Chilliwack until about 1912 when that service was discontinued due to the B.C. Electric Railway Company starting the Interurban Line between these points. Was sold by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company in 1919 to the B.C. Government for $10,000. And was later used as a ferry between Ladner and Woodward's Landing.

picnics (see recreation)

Sons of Scotland

Term Source: HPC Record (PICNI-10/527)

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