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...
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...
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...
Skeena Map
A map of the Skeena River from Spokeshute (Port Essington) to the headwaters north of Kispiox.
Index of Indexes
A searchable index created from all of the indexes in the 40 books I have related to the Skeena River.








