Hyak (sternwheeler)
Waterfront at Golden, British Columbia. Smaller steamer on left may be Hyak. Large steamer on right is probably Duchess | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Hyak (CAN #100687) |
| Owner | Upper Columbia Navig. & Tramway Co.; Columbia River Lumber Co. |
| Operator | Frank P. Armstrong |
| Port of registry | Golden, BC |
| Route | Inland British Columbia on the Columbia River in the Columbia Valley |
| Launched | 1892 at Golden, BC |
| Fate | Removed from service, 1906 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Inland passenger/freighter |
| Tonnage | 39 gross tons; 24.6 registered tons |
| Length | 81 ft (25 m) |
| Beam | 11.2 ft (3 m) |
| Depth | 3.9 ft (1 m) depth of hold |
| Installed power | twin steam engines, horizontally mounted, 6" bore by 24" stroke, 2.4 nominal horsepower, manufactured 1892 Jencks Machine Co., Sherbrooke, Que. |
| Propulsion | sternwheel |
Hyak was a sternwheel steamboat that operated in British Columbia on the Columbia River from 1892 to 1906. Hyak should not be confused with the Puget Sound propeller-driven steamboat also named Hyak. The name means "swift" or "fast" in the Chinook Jargon.