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Book Description Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Minor creasing of stapled wraps. ; A bright, solid book. ; B&W Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 96 pages; "SS Sicamous is a large five decked sternwheeler commissioned by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) and built by the Western Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company for Okanagan Lake service between the fruit communities of Penticton, and other towns of Kelowna and Vernon, British Columbia. Launched in 1914, Sicamous ran for many years connecting rail lines and areas. The vessel operated until 1937 and is currently beached as a part of a heritage shipyard operated by the S.S. Sicamous Restoration Society in Penticton. The vessel today is operated both as a museum and events and banquet facility." (Wikipedia). Seller Inventory # 19288
Book Description Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Minor creasing of stapled wraps. ; A bright, solid book, stapled wraps, B&W photos ; B&W Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 96 pages; "SS Sicamous is a large five decked sternwheeler commissioned by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) and built by the Western Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company for Okanagan Lake service between the fruit communities of Penticton, and other towns of Kelowna and Vernon, British Columbia. Launched in 1914, Sicamous ran for many years connecting rail lines and areas. The vessel operated until 1937 and is currently beached as a part of a heritage shipyard operated by the S.S. Sicamous Restoration Society in Penticton. The vessel today is operated both as a museum and events and banquet facility." (Wikipedia). Seller Inventory # 20509
Book Description Printed Card Wraps. Condition: Fine. First Edition. History of the celebrated Sternwheeler the S.S. Sicamous, operated on lake Okanagn, B. C., by the Canadian Pacific. 96pp, profusely photo illustrated, maps. Near new condition, unmarked, with a sound binding. [weight, 190g] Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book. Seller Inventory # 14012
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very slight wear. Seller Inventory # 047226
Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Apparently the 1st printing. Pictorial 4to wraps. 96pp. Illus. Signed "Enjoy / Doug Cox." From the cover: "On British Columbia's inland lakes and rivers the vessel of choice was the steam powered, paddle wheel driven, 'sternwheeler'. The S. S. Sicamous was the finest, and last of these magnificent boats to be built. This is the story of the 'Queen of Okanagan Lake.'" The author, Doug Cox, is one of those rare regional historians who just soaks up history wherever he goes and then writes cogently and in detail of that history, in his case mainly southern BC. Fine. Uncommon signed. Seller Inventory # 2401011