Sister ship of the S.S Bonnington and S.S Nasookin, the Sicamous combined features of older CPR ships from the 1890s, with modern design.

Canadian Pacific Railway owned and operated trains and hotels across Canada, built to encourage people to travel and see the country.

The popularity of luggage trunks skyrocketed during the Victorian era, perfectly timed with the golden age of railroad and ship transportati

cooks would have no option but to pack lightly, meaning crews would have to acquire provisions somewhere in the remote back country

British Colombia has had a continuous Chinese presence since 1788, with fur trade expeditions led by Captain John Meares. Then again 70...

While much of the CPR was built by Chinese immigrants, Penticton’s local branch, the KVR, was an exception. Immigration policies were...

There were a number of men who Captained this ship, but the longest serving was Joseph Weeks. The SS Sicamous left Penticton about 6:20...

The grand mirror in the SS Sicamous. It hangs above the grand staircase between B deck and C deck on the sternwheeler.

There are no dredges that worked the Okanagan existing anymore, and few photographs to show. The photo below shows us what the Okanagan...

Following numerous negotiations with the provincial governments of the day, and a decade after the first surveys, construction finally...