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“In many respects the noblest of all Canadian rivers is the majestic and mysterious Skeena. It owes this supremacy not to its length, for it is only a little over three hundred and thirty miles long, nor to its width, for it is barely three miles wide where it debouches into the Pacific; but it has an imposing and royal mien, and its stupendous environment of forbidding mountains, with the vastness and volume of its swift waters, makes it well nigh unique.”
— E.E. Prince
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Feature Stories . . .

S.S. Essington

S.S. Essington << Back to List Snagboat Essington Courtesy BC Archives The Essington was built in Prince Rupert in 1931 for the Canadian Dept. of Public Works. They ran her on the Skeena and Nass Rivers as a snag boat, removing trees and stumps from...

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S.S. Cygnet

S.S. Cygnet << Back to List Picture of the Cygnet snagboat, Courtesy Walter Wicks and his book Memories of the Skeena. Walter is second person from the right in the black hat on the saloon deck. In February 1906, the Member of Parliament for Nanaimo...

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S.S. Bobolink

S.S. Bobolink << Back to List Courtesy Northern BC Archives, UNBC Accession No. 2009.10.3.37 Bobolink was a sternwheel powered snagboat that operated on both the Nass and Skeena Rivers. Bobolink removed stumps, trees and any other obstruction in the river that might interfere with navigation...

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Library

A list of the books that have been published about the Skeena River and area.

Skeena Map

A map of the Skeena River from Spokeshute (Port Essington) to the headwaters north of Kispiox.

Sternwheelers

Information about the sternwheelers that plied up and down the Skeena River from 1864 to 1912.

Index of Indexes

A searchable index created from all of the indexes in the 40 books I have related to the Skeena River.

Skeena Atlas

A series of maps covering the Skeena River and the Pacific Northwest.

Stories

Stories about the people, places and events along the Skeena River.

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