Comprehension – Short Answer Questions A

1. Aberdeen in 1892
2. By putting a white flag on a pole, or lighting one or two fires on the beach.
3. Greyhound
4. Because she did not have as many stops to make
5. Coal
6. Fifty cents
7. Okanagan Landing

Comprehension – Short Answer Questions B

1. Queen of Okanagan Lake and Great White Swan of Okanagan Lake
2. Paddlewheeler
3. She got stuck in the mud.
4. Everyday, except Sunday
5. 65 miles
6. $1.00
7. $1.7 million

Comprehension – Longer Answer Questions

1. The sternwheelers were used to transport people, food, supplies, tools, clothes, and mail. They also carried horses, cattle, and machinery.

2. People use waterways as a means of exploration and transportation. Exploration opens up new lands. Often, new settlements are built near waterways. Once people settle in new areas, a means of transportation is needed to get supplies to them and to get their trade goods out.

3. Part of the reason that the CPR stopped using the Sicamous was because she was a very expensive ship to operate. The CPR was losing $200 per day.