Built in 1953, the Badger was the last and largest – along with its sister ship the S.S. Spartan – coal-fired, steam engine ...

An avalanche in Kaslo north of Nelson has killed three skiers and critically injured another. The incident Monday occurred in ...

The Kootenay Lake ferry has resumed normal service for the first time in months after the union ended its strike action in ...

Nelson, Castlegar and Trail municipal councils have issued a joint resolution to the Association of Kootenay Boundary Local Governments (AKBLG) to be presented for consideration at the upcoming ...

An alternate route from Creston to Nelson uses Highway 3A, via the Kootenay Lake Ferry. Estimated travel time is two and a half hours. However, there are currently limited sailings. Due to the ...

It was a late summer evening when conditions on Lake Superior turned from bad to treacherous. The year was 1892, and the ship — a 300-foot steamer christened the Western Reserve, hailed as one ...

Talks meant to end the ongoing Kootenay ferry strike have once again suffered a setback. The B.C. General Employees Union (BCGEU), which represents 80 ferry workers on the Harrop and Glade cable ...

From the Great Lakes Shipwreck Society - March 11, 2025 After 132 years, the final resting place of the 300’ steel steamer Western Reserve has been discovered roughly 60 miles northwest of Whitefish ...

The remains of the steamer Western Reserve have been confirmed to be located in Lake Superior. The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society recently made that report, citing an initial discovery ...

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Along the way, he works on a canal barge and later on a lake steamer, learning about the transportation systems of the time, including stagecoaches, canal barges, and steamers. The narrative ...