Steamboats on Okanagan Lake
Comprehension

The following paragraph comes from the Steamboats vignette. After reading the story, fill in the blanks from memory. Then review the paragraph from the vignette again until you have all the blanks filled.

The steamboats ran all year round on Okanagan Lake except in those rare years when the lake (1)______ over. Then, lake travel was very difficult and (2)_________. Sometimes the full trip could not be completed although a (3)_______ would attempt to keep one path free of ice. In the extremely cold winter of 1915/1916, the Sicamous could not make the (4)_______ all the way to Penticton. Eventually, she had to stop her run at Summerland because the (5)_______ end of Okanagan Lake was completely frozen. For over (6) _______ weeks that winter, the Sicamous was unable to make all her regularly scheduled stops due to ice on the lake. Even when the lake was not frozen over entirely, the (7) ______ weather could still cause trouble. For (8)_______, the paddlewheels could end up covered in a thin sheet of (9) _______ from water spray. This ice interfered with the ship’s ability to operate properly. Severe winter (10)_________ always was a concern for the CPR steamboats.