Steamboats on Okanagan Lake
Research

Use the Canadian Encyclopedia, the World Book Encyclopedia, or other sources in the library to find out more about one of the following topics:

1. Steamboats
2. Okanagan Lake

2. Paddlewheelers
5. Penticton

3. Canadian Pacific Railway
6. Canadian pioneers

Read the article in the encyclopedia carefully. Then reread the article and pick out five important facts about the topic. Summarize the five facts in point form on a piece of paper or on a chart. You may want to put your chart on the wall so all students can share the information.

Find out more about early steamboats. Visit the web site:
www.royal.okanagan.bc.ca/octconf/abstract/rmanuel.html

Visit the S.S. Sicamous website at www.sssicamous.com
Take the virtual tour.

The S.S. Sicamous had wood and fittings from around the world. It had mahogany from Australia, teak from Burma, and brass fittings from Scotland. Using a world map, find Australia, Burma, and Scotland. How far are these countries from British Columbia?

Find a map of Okanagan Lake and see if you can locate these landings that were visited by the S.S. Aberdeen: Okanagan Landing, Fintry, Carr’s Landing, Okanagan Centre, Wilson’s Landing, Kelowna, Okanagan Mission, Westbank, Hall’s, Gellatly, Peachland, Greta Ranch, Summerland, Naramata, Penticton.