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[[File:Wreck of Enterprise (sidewheeler) near Victoria BC, July 1885.JPG | thumb | Wreck of the ''Enterprise'', near Victoria BC, July 1885.]]
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'''''Enterprise''''' was a steamship operated on the [[Fraser River]] system, from 1861 until her loss in 1885.<ref name=ManitobaArchivesShipEnterprise1861/>
'''''Enterprise''''' was a steamship operated on the [[Fraser River]] system, from 1861 until her loss in 1885.<ref name=ManitobaArchivesShipEnterprise1861/>
She should not be confused with several similar vessels of the same name that also operated on the Fraser, around the same time, including the [[Enterprise (1855)|''Enterprise'' of 1855]] and [[Enterprise (1863)|''Enterprise'' of 1863]].
She should not be confused with several similar vessels of the same name that also operated on the Fraser, around the same time, including the [[Enterprise (1855)|''Enterprise'' of 1855]] and [[Enterprise (1863)|''Enterprise'' of 1863]].

Revision as of 10:50, 24 July 2022

Wreck of the Enterprise, near Victoria BC, July 1885.

Enterprise was a steamship operated on the Fraser River system, from 1861 until her loss in 1885.[1] She should not be confused with several similar vessels of the same name that also operated on the Fraser, around the same time, including the Enterprise of 1855 and Enterprise of 1863.

She was built in San Francisco in 1861, and first operated from Victoria, British Columbia to the lower Fraser River.[1] She made her first voyage after purchase by the Hudson's Bay Company in April 1862.

In 1883 she was sold to the Canadian Pacific Navigation Company, and, she was lost on July 28, 1885, after a collision with the R.P. Rithet.[1][2][3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 ENTERPRISE AREA OF SERVICE: VICTORIA-NEW WESTMINSTER (1862-1883), Manitoba archives. Retrieved on 2020-11-21. “Purchased for the Hudson's Bay Company to carry passengers along the Victora-New Westminster and up the Fraser River route, to supersede the Otter.”
  2. (1974) The Princess Story: A Century and a Half of West Coast Shipping. Mitchell Press. 
  3. 1885 Enterprise: Princess Sophia's loss is the worst disaster in the Pacific Northwest, Victoria Harbour History. Retrieved on 2020-11-21. “At about 2:25 p.m. near Victoria, at Ten Mile Point (now known as Cadburo Point) at the entrance to Cadburo Bay, the two vessels collided.”