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| Keywords: outdoor photo border "S. S. Sicamous Penticton, B. C." Ship: S.S. Sicamous Type: stern-wheeler Decks: 5 Tons: 1787 Length: 200.5 ft. (registered); 228 ft. (overall) Breadth: 40 ft. Height (main deck to pilot house): 53 ft. Gross Tonnage: 1786.65 tons Net Tonnage: 994.38 tons Builder: Western Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company, Port Arthur, Ontario; Shipped by rail to Okanagan Landing, BC. Cost: $180,000 Owner: Canadian Pacific Railway for Okanagan Lake service. Port of registry: Victoria, BC No. 134726:56 Launched: May 19, 1914 Out of Service: 1937 Status: Museum ship (Gyro Club, Penticton Museum, S.S. Sicamous Restoration Society), purchased 1949; opened May 24, 1952. Built by the Canadian Pacific Railway for lake and river service, the S.S. Sicamous was launched in 1914. Retired from service in 1937, she was purchased by the City of Penticton in 1949 and placed on the Okanagan Lake beach on August 27, 1951. Address: 1099 Lakeshore Drive, Penticton, BC. "S. S. Sicamous Penticton, B. C." Ship: S.S. Sicamous Type: stern-wheeler Decks: 5 Tons: 1787 Length: 200.5 ft. (registered); 228 ft. (overall) Breadth: 40 ft. Height (main deck to pilot house): 53 ft. Gross Tonnage: 1786.65 tons Net Tonnage: 994.38 tons Builder: Western Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company, Port Arthur, Ontario; Shipped by rail to Okanagan Landing, BC. Cost: $180,000 Owner: Canadian Pacific Railway for Okanagan Lake service. Port of registry: Victoria, BC No. 134726:56 Launched: May 19, 1914 Out of Service: 1937 Status: Museum ship (Gyro Club, Penticton Museum, S.S. Sicamous Restoration Society), purchased 1949; opened May 24, 1952. Built by the Canadian Pacific Railway for lake and river service, the S.S. Sicamous was launched in 1914. Retired from service in 1937, she was purchased by the City of Penticton in 1949 and placed on the Okanagan Lake beach on August 27, 1951. Address: 1099 Lakeshore Drive, Penticton, BC. | ||||
