Beaver (steamship)

	Beaver about 1870
History
Canada
Name	Beaver
Builder	Wigram & Green, Blackwall Yard, London
Laid down	London, England
Launched	9 May 1835
In service	1835-1888
Fate	Wrecked 25 July 1888
General characteristics
Type	Sidewheel paddle steamer
Tonnage	109 tons
Length	101 ft 9 in (31.01 m)
Beam	33 ft (10 m)
Draft	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Propulsion	Two 35 hp (26 kW) Boulton & Watt steam engines; Two 13 ft (4.0 m)diameter paddlewheels [42in bore and 36 inch stroke;2cyl];
Sail plan	Brigantine
Armament	4 brass cannons

Beaver was a steamship originally owned and operated by the Hudson's Bay Company. She was the first steamship to operate in the Pacific Northwest of North America, and made remote parts of the west coast of Canada accessible for maritime fur trading. At one point she was chartered by the Royal Navy for surveying the coastline of British Columbia. She served off the coast from 1836 until 1888, when she was wrecked.

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