Since there is talk of riverboats...in an early post on this thread I mentioned a steamboat hull still being in the North Saskatchewan river in Edmonton. Just downstream of the Kinsmen Field House on the south side of the river you can see the hull during low water. I wasn't sure which boat this was when I posted about it.
Well, it turns out this steamboat was the"City of Edmonton" originally owned by John Walter. It is mentioned in the link I posted about Big Island in post #452. There is even a picture of what the boat once was. The write up explains the boat sat for years because it could not be sold. I know some of the things were salvaged. The flooring went to a dance hall downtown.
Neat when the pieces fit together.
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This country was started by voyagers whose young lives were swept away by the currents of the rivers for ten cents a day... just for the vanity of the European's beaver hats. ~ Red Bullets
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It is when you walk alone in nature that you discover your strengths and weaknesses. ~ Red Bullets
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