page_title: Northwest (sternwheeler)
section_title: Sunk in the Cowlitz river
hierarchical_section_title: Northwest (sternwheeler) / Sunk in the Cowlitz river
caption_attribution_description: English: Steamer Northwestern sunk on the Cowlitz River about three miles upriver from Kalama.
context_page_description: Northwest was a steamboat that operated on the Columbia, Cowlitz and lower Willamette rivers from 1889 to 1907. In 1907 Northwest was transferred to Alaska, where it sank on the Skeena River
  This vessel should not be confused with several similarly named vessels operating at about the same time in the same region, including in particular the Northwest, a sternwheeler built in 1877 at Columbus, Washington, and dismantled in 1885.
context_section_description: On Friday, November 2, 1906, Northwest, running back on the Cowlitz river to Portland, struck a rock about three miles upriver from Kalama.  Northwest was beached immediately and passengers and crew taken off the boat with no harm.
  The next day, the sternwheeler Georgie Burton was dispatched to the scene, carrying divers, wrecking equipment, and towing two barges.
  The Kellogg Transportation Company chartered the sternwheeler Altona to take the place of Northwest until the sunken boat could be returned to service.  The company anticipated that Northwest could be raised with little difficulty.
  By November 8, 1906, Northwest had been raised and was being taken to Portland by the sternwheeler Wauna, supported by two wrecking barges, to be repaired.  Northwest was returned to service on November 20, 1906.
caption: Northwest sunk in the Cowlitz River, November 5, 1906.
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