- Otter (steamship)
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Career (Colony of Vancouver Island, Colony of British Columbia) Name: Otter Laid down: London, England In service: 1830s on General characteristics Propulsion: screw-steamer Notes: Displacement= The Otter was the second steamship to operate in the Pacific Northwest of North America, following its sister ship and twin, the much more famous Beaver. The Otter, a sidewheeler, was used to service trading posts maintained by the Hudson's Bay Company between Puget Sound and Alaska and like its sister the Beaver became pressed into service during the Fraser Gold Rush on the Lower Fraser River from 1858 onwards. From 16 April 1855 to 3 April 1862 the Otter was captained by William Alexander Mouat.
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Steamboats of the lower Fraser River and Harrison Lake Particular vessels Beaver (1836) • Otter (1852) • Eliza Anderson (1858) • HMS Satellite • Victoria • New Westminster • Brown's Landing • BC Pen • Fraser Mills • Port Hammond • Port Kells • Port Haney • Derby • Fort Langley • Albion • Whonnock • Glen Valley • Ruskin • Silverdale • Matsqui Village • St. Mary's Mission • Hatzic • Dewdney • Deroche • Greenville • Lake Errock • Harrison Mills/Kilby • Port Douglas • Tipella City • Chilliwack • Agassiz • Rosedale • Popkum • Laidlaw • Flood • Hope (Fort Hope) • Haig Emory Creek • Hill's Bar • Yale • Spuzzum • Boston Bar-North Bend • Siska • LyttonGeographic features Barnston Island • McMillan Island • Harrison Bay • Harrison River • Harrison Lake • Falls of the Fraser • Lady Franklin Rock • Saddle Rock • Hell's GateSteamboat owners and captains Shipwrecks Shipwrecks of the Fraser River •Lists of vessels Modern ferry routes Fort Langley-Albion Ferry • Barnston Island FerrySteamboats of Puget Sound and western Washington State Propellers Wood- Albion
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