''Strathcona'' was a
stern-wheel steamboat.
Not much is known of this steamer. She was built in 1900 to work for the
Hudson's Bay Company
The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC; french: Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson) is a Canadian retail business group. A fur trading business for much of its existence, HBC now owns and operates retail stores in Canada. The company's namesake business di ...
and did service between
Port Essington to
Hazelton on the
Skeena River
The Skeena River is the second-longest river entirely within British Columbia, Canada (after the Fraser River). Since ancient times, the Skeena has been an important transportation artery, particularly for the Tsimshian and the Gitxsan—whose n ...
. But she only did this trip once and retired from the Hudson Bay Company.
The steamer also helped do the service on the
Sidney and
Nanaimo ferry route starting on June 24, 1902 replacing the ''Iroquois''. This service was called the
Sidney and Nanaimo Transportation Company. The service also made stops in the Gulf Islands. She was soon replaced by the {{SS, Iroquois. ''Strathcona'' had worked for three months of that year before she blew a cylinder on August 19, 1902. The ship was unable to be repaired, so she was retired from S&NT immediately and replaced.
The stern-wheeler's true end is unknown. She was beached and stripped on one of the Gulf Islands.
References
* http://www.sidneymuseum.ca/history-shipping-ferries.html
* http://www.riverboatdays.ca/exhibit4.php
Strathcona
1900 ships
Hudson's Bay Company ships
Steamboats of the Skeena River