// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhy did MV Cygnet go to therapy? It had a lot of "sea"-rious issues.
| History | |
|---|---|
| Canada | |
| Owner | South Okanagan Transportation Company |
| Builder | Summerland Boat Works |
| Completed | 1911 |
| Fate | Sold c. 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Length | 40 ft (12 m) |
| Beam | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
| Installed power | Fairbanks marine engine |
MV Cygnet was a motor launch that measured 40 feet (12 m) by 10 feet (3.0 m) and provided freight and ferry services on Skaha Lake in British Columbia, Canada.[1] It was built by Summerland Boat Works in 1911 for the South Okanagan Transportation Company, owned by James Fraser Campbell and A. S. Hatfield, to replace the tug Kaleden.[2] Cygnet used a steel bar that inserted into wheel sockets to rotate the flywheel for the purpose to start a Fairbanks marine engine. Early during the 1920s, it was moved to Okanagan Lake to transport fruit to Kelowna, British Columbia before getting sold in Kelowna during the summer.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "The Birth of Kaleden". Forty-fourth annual report of the Okanagan Historical Society. 1980. pp. 135–155. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ↑ Hatfield, A. S. (1949). "Navigation on Skaha Lake". The thirteenth report of the Okanagan Historical Society. p. 63. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- ↑ Hatfield, Harley R. (1992). "Commercial Boats of the Okanagan". Okanagan history. Fifty-sixth report of the Okanagan Historical Society. pp. 20–33. Retrieved 2 Aug 2015.