''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