The CPR steamboats were mainly freight boats, but they also provided first-class service to passengers. On the Aberdeen and the Okanagan, there were staterooms, smoking rooms, ladies’ saloons, and dining rooms. A stateroom was a private room that included a bed. Passengers could book a stateroom in which to sleep during the trip, or the stateroom could be booked and used just for privacy from the rest of the passengers. Male passengers used the smoking room to smoke their pipes, cigars, or cigarettes separate from the women. The ladies’ saloon was a room especially designed for the ladies to travel in comfort, away from the smoke and away from the sometimes coarse men. The Aberdeen and Okanagan dining rooms provided excellent food. On the Aberdeen, people could have a meal for 50 cents, which was expensive in the 1890s. However, people who travelled on the CPR steamboats reported that the meals were well worth the money. To make a trip on a steamboat was a treat for settlers in the Okanagan Valley.