SS Iroquois
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Owner: | T.W. Paterson |
| Launched: | 19 February 1900 |
| Fate: | Sank 1911 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Steamboat ferry |
| Length: | 82 ft (25 m) |
| Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Capacity: | 100 tons |
SS Iroquois was a Canadian steamboat ferry active in British Columbia.[1] She was launched on 19 February 1900 at Port Moody. She ran from Sidney, British Columbia to Nanaimo making stops at the southern Gulf Islands. On 10 April 1911, Iroquois was overloaded with poorly secured cargo and sank in a heavy storm as she left Sidney.[1][2] At least 21 people were killed and Iroquois ' captain was charged but acquitted of manslaughter.[2] In 1980 Iroquois ' propeller was salvaged and is part of a memorial in Iroquois Park, a municipal park in Sidney.[3]
Iroquois was originally built to service the smelter in Crofton, the town founded in 1902, and the area the ship was named after. But that same year at some point the mining stopped and Iroquois was out of service until she replaced the broken down Strathcona on the Sidney to Nanaimo run in 1902.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Transportation, S.S.Iroquois". Sidney Museum & Archives. Archived from the original on 2012-02-23.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chown, Diana (23 May 2011). "1911 Sinking of SS Iroquois". North Saanich Online. Archived from the original on 2011-11-04.
- ↑ "Iroquois Park". Town of Sidney. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
External links
- Morrison, Brad R. (30 April 2011). "Sinking Steamer Lingers 100 Years". Saanich Voice Online.