''Daisy'' was a sternwheel steamboat that ran on

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and the

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from 1880 to 1897.

Career

''Daisy'' was built at

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for the Washington Steamboat Company in 1880. The vessel was placed in service for the

trade. In 1897 ''Daisy'' sank near

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, or on 12 October burned near

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Notes

References

* Affleck, Edward L., ''A Century of Paddlewheelers in the Pacific Northwest, the Yukon, and Alaska'', Alexander Nicolls Press, Vancouver, BC 2000 * Newell, Gordon R., ed., ''H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest'', Superior Publishing Co., Seattle, WA (1966) * 1880 ships Steamboats of Washington (state) {{ship-stub