Princess Louise

PRINCESS LOUISE was a wooden sidewheel steamboat purchased by the HBC in 1878 to carry passengers between VICTORIA and NEW WESTMINSTER. It inaugurated steamer service between Victoria and BURRARD INLET in 1883 as part of the newly organized CANADIAN PACIFIC NAVIGATION CO. Later it was part of the PRINCESS LINE of coastal vessels owned by the CPR. In 1906 when it was sold and converted to a barge it was the last surviving sidewheeler in the coastal passenger service. The second Princess Louise...

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