page_title: Selkirk (sternwheeler 1895)
section_title: Operations on the Thompson River
hierarchical_section_title: Selkirk (sternwheeler 1895) / Operations on the Thompson River
caption_attribution_description: English: Selkirk (sternwheeler) somewhere in British Columbia (problably Kamloops, Thompson River, or Columbia River) ca 1900.
context_page_description: Selkirk was a small sternwheel steamer that operated on the Thompson and Columbia rivers in British Columbia from 1895 to 1917. This vessel should not be confused with the much larger Yukon River sternwheeler Selkirk.
context_section_description: Forster operated Selkirk on the Thompson River until June 29, 1898, when 25 miles above Kamloops, Selkirk turned into an eddy and capsized.  A number of passengers, including some children, were trapped and nearly drowned, but were rescued before the vessel sank.  Three months later Forster was able to raise Selkirk.  While he was floating the vessel downstream to Kamloops for repair, the boat capsized again, and this time the deckhouse was washed away.  Eventually Forster was able to return to Kamloops with the wreck of the steamer.
caption: Selkirk in interior British Columbia ca 1900
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