Inlander

The Inlander was a sternwheeler that worked on the Skeena River in British Columbia, Canada from 1910 until 1912. She was owned by the Prince Rupert and Skeena River Navigation Company which was a syndicate of Skeena River businessmen who planned to use the Inlander as a passenger and freight steamer during the busy years of Grand Trunk Pacific Railway construction.

Her route took her from Port Essington to Hazelton, over 180 miles of one of the most treacherous rivers that was ever used for steam navigation.

Captains and crew

The Inlander's first captain was Joseph Bucey, who had been the pilot of the Hazelton. Some of the other officers were Robert Ryder, who was the chief engineer and Jerry Cunningham, the ship's mate. Wiggs O'Neill was the purser. O'Neill would become the foremost historian on the Skeena River sternwheelers and in his later years would write Steamboat Days on the Skeena River and Whitewater Men of the Skeena. Wiggs Creek near Smithers is named in his honour.

Captain Bucey left the Inlander in 1911 and appeared the following year as the captain of the BC Express on the Fraser River.

Inlander (disambiguation)

Inlander was a Canadian ship built in 1910.

Inlander may refer to:

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