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Steamboats on Okanagan Lake Longer Answer Questions Prepare answers for some or all of these questions. Work in pairs or small groups. Make notes on a separate sheet of paper. Share your answers with the whole class. |
| 1. | What did the CPR sternwheelers transport on Okanagan Lake? |
| 2. | Why are waterways and transportation important to an area? |
| 3. | Why did the CPR stop using the S.S. Sicamous? |
| 4. | Why did the need for steamboats come to an end? |
| 5. | Why did winter weather cause concern for the CPR steamboats on Okanagan Lake? |
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Discussion Questions |
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| 1. | Why do you think there was no number 13 stateroom on the S.S. Sicamous? Do you know of any other superstitions? Do you believe in any superstitions? Why and how do you think superstitions start? |
| 2. | Why do you think the Sicamous did not travel on Sundays? |
| 3. | For many of the early Okanagan Valley settlers, the only way to and from their homesteads was by boat. What do you think it would have been like for those early settlers? |
| 4. | Why do you think the names of places change over the years, such as Sunnywold to Carr’s Landing? Do you know of any place whose name has changed? Discuss. |
| 5. | Why do you think boats were and still are referred to as “she” and “her”? |
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