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Tag Archives: Upper Columbia RIver

Marion

Posted on September 1, 2021 by @inthewindermere
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Marion Creek, flowing into Columbia Lake; Mount Marion

The Marion didn’t spend much time on the Upper Columbia, but she was one of the most well travelled steamboats in the Kootenays.

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Posted in Mountains, Rivers/Creeks, Steamboat | Tagged Adela Cochrane, Alexander Watson, Captain F.P. Armstrong, Captain Robert Sanderson, Charles J. Brownrigg, Columbia Lake, Columbia River Steamboats, Duncan Lake, Francis Patrick Armstrong, Halcyon Hot Springs, Howser Lake, John Hopkins Taynton, Lodestar Gold Mining and Development Company, Marion Creek, Purcell Mountains, Sproat's Landing, Steamboat, The Duchess, Thomas Belhaven Henry Cochrane, Thunder Hill Ranch, Thunderhill Ranch, Upper Columbia RIver, William Taynton | 1 Reply

Nowitka

Posted on June 9, 2021 by @inthewindermere
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Nowitka Mountain, Nowitka Lake, head of Findlay Creek

The Nowitka … has the distinction of being the last commercial steamboat on the Upper Columbia River.

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Posted in Lakes, Mountains, Steamboat | Tagged Captain F.P. Armstrong, Columbia River Steamboats, Francis Patrick Armstrong, Kootenay Central Railway, Nowitka, Purcell Mountains, Steamboat, Upper Columbia Navigation and Tramway Company, Upper Columbia RIver | Leave a reply

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