Irving, William

IRVING, William, steamboat captain (b 3 Mar 1816, Annan, Scotland; d 28 Aug 1872, New Westminster). He went to sea as a young boy and was a veteran of steamboating in New Brunswick and Oregon when he arrived in VICTORIA in 1859. There he established a navigation company operating a fleet of PADDLEWHEEL STEAMBOATS on the FRASER R and HARRISON LK. He sold this operation in 1862 but immediately launched another company, the PIONEER LINE. It operated boats on the Fraser between NEW WESTMINSTER and...

If you are already registered on KnowBC, login now to get access to the full article.

You may already have access to KnowBC through your school, university or library.

• Schools that subscribe to KnowBC
• Colleges and universities that subscribe to KnowBC
• Public libraries that subscribe to KnowBC

If you do not already have access to KnowBC, you can subscribe.