September 2005

Miscellaneous Victoria Photographs

Mattie (happy to see us....)

Taken at the nursing home on September 20 - 2005

The SS Beaver

 The side-wheeler "SS Beaver" was built at Blackwall on Thames in 1833-34 as a trading vessel for the Hudson Bay Company. She was the first steamship on the West Coast, at 101 feet long, brigg rigged, and fitted by a prestigious firm of engineers by the name of Watt she was built in 163 days and cost an estimated 25,000 pounds.

In 1836 the beaver was converted into a steamer, and was the first steam vessel to sail circuits around the Columbia River and Williamette Slough. After that she became a trading vessel sailing up and down the coast transferring fur trading goods. Through out her later years she was sold to a trading company, in which her rigging and appearance were altered and she began service as a towing vessel. During her final trip she ran aground at the mouth of Vancouver Harbour, where she eventually sank. Today a rough replica of the S.S.Beaver sits in the Victoria Harbour.

Float plane coming into the harbour

Wharf art?

One of the many wharfs around Victoria.......

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